Readiness for Climate Finance: A framework for understanding what it means to be ready to use climate finance

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

The paper presents a framework for understanding what it means to be “ready” to use climate finance in a transformative way at the national level. In the context of the financial challenges posed by climate change, including the scale of financing required and the barriers to the effective use of climate finance (international and domestic; public and private), the paper presents a four-part framework through which to understand the different components of readiness and the specific capacities needed to underpin it.

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