Evaluating the resource mobilisation strategies and sustainability of national climate change funds

The report evaluates National Climate Change Funds (NCCFs), finding that they currently play a limited role in global climate finance, accounting for less than 0.2% of total flows in 2013. It identifies key barriers to resource mobilisation, including weak institutional capacities and a lack of clear vision, and proposes a structured three-step approach—defining vision, building capacity, and engaging investors—to improve their sustainability.

• National Climate Change Funds (NCCFs) have a marginal impact on global climate finance flows, with 2013 disbursements of less than USD 400 million, representing less than 0.2% of total climate finance for that year.
• A small number of funds dominate the NCCF landscape; four funds in Brazil and Bangladesh received USD 2.1 billion of the USD 2.5 billion total pledged to NCCFs since their inception.
• Bilateral donors are the primary source of funding for NCCFs, contributing over 60% of total funds, followed by public domestic sources at 37%.
• The report identifies several internal barriers to successful resource mobilisation, specifically the absence of a well-defined vision and strategy, and weak institutional capacities such as poor fiduciary standards.
• Government support is critical for providing credibility and legitimacy to an NCCF, though donors often value a degree of autonomy to protect funds from political instability.
• Private sector finance is primarily attracted to NCCFs focusing on mitigation projects that are commercially viable, whereas adaptation projects often struggle to attract private investment.
• The report proposes a three-step resource mobilisation approach: first, defining a vision and strategy through a theory of change and benchmarking; second, building institutional capacities across people, tools, governance, and partnerships; and third, identifying and engaging target investors.
• Incubation through existing organisations, such as the UNDP, can provide new funds with necessary fiduciary credibility and a environment to develop project pipelines.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2015). Evaluating the resource mobilisation strategies and sustainability of national climate change funds. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN-Dalberg-NCCF-Resource-Mobilization-Report_final.pdf

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Evaluating the resource mobilisation strategies and sustainability of national climate change funds. 2015. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN-Dalberg-NCCF-Resource-Mobilization-Report_final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2015evaluating, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Evaluating the resource mobilisation strategies and sustainability of national climate change funds}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2015}, month = jul, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN-Dalberg-NCCF-Resource-Mobilization-Report_final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }