Financing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions: Insights from CDKN’s experience

The document examines the financing gap for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), noting that demand for implementation funding far exceeds available dedicated supply. It identifies several barriers to investment, including a narrow focus on specific donor requirements, a lack of financial planning expertise in project design, and misalignment with the investment logic of multilateral development banks. The paper argues that NAMAs must diversify their funding sources and integrate with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to achieve transformational impact, while recommending early engagement with finance ministries and the private sector to improve project bankability.

• There is a significant mismatch between the demand for NAMA financing and the available supply. As of November 2014, the total support sought for NAMAs was US$6.5 bn, while dedicated funding from international donors amounted to approximately US$250 m.
• NAMAs often fail to attract diverse funding because they are designed as bespoke offerings tailored to the specific requirements of the NAMA Facility rather than as general investment prospectuses.

APA

Khan, D. (2016). Financing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions: Insights from CDKN’s experience. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CDKN_NAMA_WP_web-1.pdf

Chicago

Khan, Dina. Financing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions: Insights from CDKN’s experience. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2016. http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CDKN_NAMA_WP_web-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{khan2016financing, author = {Khan, Dina}, title = {{Financing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions: Insights from CDKN’s experience}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2016}, month = jun, url = {http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CDKN_NAMA_WP_web-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }