Integrated governance, finance and transparency for delivering climate goals

The Global NDC Conference 2017 brought together over 250 participants from 80 countries to exchange best practices on advancing low-carbon resilient development. The report identifies integrated governance, multi-dimensional financing strategies, and the Enhanced Transparency Framework as the three pillars necessary for the successful implementation of NDCs. Key recommendations include the need for high-level leadership to break down sectoral silos, the translation of NDCs into bankable project pipelines to attract private investment, and the institutionalization of data systems to build trust and accountability.

• Effective NDC implementation requires a reconfiguration of governance systems to be inclusive and integrated, necessitating high-level leadership to coordinate multi-sectoral and multi-level processes.
• Long-term strategies (LTSs) are essential to ensure that near-term NDC actions do not lead to the 'lock in' of ineffective strategies and to facilitate deeper decarbonization.
• Attracting investment for NDCs is a complex challenge where the public sector must use policy and regulatory incentives to create bankable project pipelines that attract private finance.
• National Climate Funds (NCFs) serve as a unique tool for countries to collect, blend, and coordinate climate finance to deliver national policy objectives and create co-benefits like job creation.
• Integrating NDCs into national budgets is critical for systemic response, though this requires significant capacity building for line ministries to implement climate-responsive budgeting.
• The Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) is described as the 'backbone' of the Paris Agreement, essential for building trust, tracking NDC progress, and informing the global stock-take.
• Harmonizing project-level mitigation activities with national emissions inventories is a key requirement for increasing the efficiency and transparency of NDCs.
• Corporate climate reporting is an increasing trend that allows businesses to benchmark risk reduction and provides governments with data to enable climate-friendly capital allocation.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2017). Integrated governance, finance and transparency for delivering climate goals. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Conference-Report-1.pdf

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Integrated governance, finance and transparency for delivering climate goals. 2017. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Conference-Report-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2017integrated, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Integrated governance, finance and transparency for delivering climate goals}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2017}, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Conference-Report-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }