The Resilience and Adaptation Mainstreaming Program (RAMP) leverages leading universities, research institutes and international technical partners to build the capacity of ministries of finance in vulnerable African countries to better manage climate change risks.
By mainstreaming climate adaptation into the core capacities and operations of ministries of finance, governments will be better able to align and effectively pursue their adaptation and development priorities. As a result, they will also be better positioned to access adaptation finance.
RAMP enables ministries of finance to better manage climate change risks by improving staff knowledge and internal policies around the economics and finance of climate adaptation. Policymakers receive interdisciplinary training that emphasizes actionable skills related to their ministries’ core functions; these include macro-fiscal policies, budgeting, financial sector supervision, trade and public financial management. RAMP’s core curricula is organized around three thematic clusters: economics, finance, and program design.
Hosted by the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS University of London, RAMP’s University Network is committed to building universities’ interdisciplinary research and teaching capacities around climate adaptation economics and finance in low- and middle-income countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Universities interested in joining the network should have established graduate programs and centers related to economics, finance or development policy; an interest in conducting relevant interdisciplinary research related to climate change adaptation; and experience delivering professional courses to policymakers. The University Network does not publish calls for membership applications, but interested universities are welcome to reach out on a rolling basis.