Climate Investment Planning and Mobilization Framework

The Climate Investment Planning and Mobilization Framework, developed by the NDC Partnership and the Green Climate Fund, outlines a six-stage process to bridge the gap between climate planning and implementation. It is structured into two main pillars: Investment Planning (Stages 1-3) and Finance Mobilization (Stages 4-6). The framework emphasizes the integration of financial planning with policymaking, the use of evidence-based decision-making, and the creation of enabling environments to attract public, private, and blended finance. It highlights the critical role of central coordination, stakeholder engagement, and iterative feedback loops to ensure that climate investments are socially just, sustainable, and aligned with Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS).

• The framework is organized into two pillars across six stages: Pillar 1 (Investment Planning) covers institutional capacity, identifying investment needs, and financing strategy; Pillar 2 (Finance Mobilization) covers programming with partners, project development, and implementation.
• Centralized coordination is essential for the success of climate investment planning to ensure that national efforts are well-directed and monitored, often through a specialized unit within a ministry of finance or the presidential office.
• To identify evidence-based investment needs, countries should conduct Climate Change Risk Assessments (CCRAs) at sectoral and subnational scales and develop emission scenarios based on driving forces such as population growth and energy use.
• The framework advocates for a Social Cost-Benefit Analysis (SCBA) to weigh social, environmental, and economic costs against long-term benefits, ensuring resources are allocated to projects with the highest societal value and equity.
• Mainstreaming climate goals requires integrating them into national budgeting and planning processes, specifically through tools like climate budget tagging (CBT) to track and evaluate public expenditures.
• Mobilizing private sector capital requires the creation of 'enabling environments' through regulatory reforms, fiscal incentives, and de-risking measures to improve the risk-return profile of climate investments.
• A comprehensive financing strategy involves mapping the climate finance ecosystem and matching prioritized needs with the most suitable sources, whether public, private, or blended finance.
• Project preparation for public or blended finance is resource-intensive and requires specific studies, including prefeasibility, technical configuration, feasibility, and gender, social, and environmental impact analyses.
• The framework incorporates iterative feedback loops, using monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) data to refine future iterations of NDCs, NAPs, and LT-LEDS.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2024). Climate Investment Planning and Mobilization Framework. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/climate-investment-planning-and-mobilization-framework.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Climate Investment Planning and Mobilization Framework. 2024. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/climate-investment-planning-and-mobilization-framework.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2024climate, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Climate Investment Planning and Mobilization Framework}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2024}, month = dec, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/climate-investment-planning-and-mobilization-framework.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }