Exploring migration, habitability and climate change in the future – scenarios for Africa and Asia
Insight by Emily Wright O'Kelly, Tobias Bernstein
News publ. 31. Jul 2013
adelphi joined forces with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to organise a two-day training session focussing on the challenges of climate finance, held in Khustai National Park near the Mongolian capital, Ulan Bator.
Adapting to climate change and cutting greenhouse gas emissions will require considerable financial resources. In future, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will manage a significant part of this funding at international level; there are already several funding channels available, such as the Adaptation Fund. Many developing and emerging countries are faced with major challenges concerning direct access to this international funding, the role and structure of national institutions and the involvement of the private sector.
Representatives from various Mongolian ministries and other climate-related institutions were particularly interested in learning more about ways to gain access to funds at international level, such as the Adaptation Fund and the Green Climate Fund. The agenda also included sessions on the challenges involved in setting up national climate funds and the involvement of the private sector, aiming to facilitate capacity building in the area of climate finance in Mongolia. The structure of the event was based on concepts from the Climate Finance Readiness Programme, currently being developed by the GIZ and other international organisations.