Breakout Group 2: presentation by Sara Moarif

1. Climate Change Expert Group www.oecd.org/env/cc/ccxg.htm
Transparency of support:
Tracking financial resources
received
Sara Moarif
CCXG Global Forum on the Environment
15-16 March 2016

2. 2 Climate Change Expert Group
Transparency of financial support
received: outline
 Reporting of information under UNFCCC
o Current status
o Relevance
o Challenges
 Tracking receipt and use of finance
o Relevance
o Challenges
o Ongoing efforts
 Discussion questions

3. 3 Climate Change Expert Group
Information on support received
currently requested under UNFCCC

4. 4 Climate Change Expert Group
This information serves several purposes
within UNFCCC…
 Confirming whether funds for climate-relevant activities
are reaching developing countries
 Globally, providing a more complete overview of the flow
of climate finance
o Relevant to global stocktake (Art. 14)
o Transparency framework for support to provide clarity on
support received (Art. 13.6)
 To inform any assessment of “effectiveness”
o Reporting on support received, including the use, impact
and estimated results thereof (para 94d)
o Global stocktake meant to review adequacy and
effectiveness of support provided for adaptation (Art. 7.14)

5. 5 Climate Change Expert Group
…though it remains difficult to
report…
 Limited guidance on how and what to report
 Setting up domestic tracking system can be challenging
 No connection to domestic tracking systems in place

6. 6 Climate Change Expert Group
…and is ultimately most relevant for
domestic policy making
 Improves coordination and management needed for
policy implementation
 Provides accountability, i.e. resources are reaching
projects and people as planned, policies being delivered
 Assists with securing financial resources
 Helps in overall strategic planning, including pushing for
better donor coordination

7. 7 Climate Change Expert Group
Tracking systems are specific to particular
domestic contexts and purposes
 Connected to overarching development priorities,
national budgets, existing tracking systems
 Covers wider range of activities, e.g. climate co-benefits
Tracking inflows and allocation in budgets
and expenditures
Domestic
public and
private funds
External
public and
private funds
Strategic
priorities

8. 8 Climate Change Expert Group
Main challenges to tracking climate
finance received (1)
 Donor coordination, resource
predictability
 Lack of dialogue and
coordination between donor
and partner country
 Funds not always channelled
to central government, various
actors can be involved
 Limited use of national
tracking systems

9. 9 Climate Change Expert Group
Main challenges to tracking climate
finance received (2)
 Need to add climate
“indicator” or “marker” to
financial flows and
budget systems
Country-specific
 Adapting existing
systems or developing a
new system for
monitoring climate funds
can be resource intensive
Source: Governance of Climate Change
Finance Team (UNDP) (2015), Budgeting
for Climate Change.

10. 10 Climate Change Expert Group
Countries are actively working to
improve their domestic tracking systems
 Using a wide variety of tools, as appropriate for a given
country’s situation and priorities
o Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review
(CPEIR)
o Climate Budget Tagging (CBT)
 Low emission budget tagging and scoring system
(LESS)
 Climate expenditure tracking framework (CETF)
o Climate Change Financing Frameworks (CCFF)
o Setting up special climate change funds
 Best implemented in the context of broader budget
transparency and management systems

11. 11 Climate Change Expert Group
Discussion questions
 How has tracking climate finance inflows helped improve
prioritisation, planning, and the identification of funding
gaps?
 What are three main challenges associated with tracking
climate finance inflows, and what options exist to
address them?

12. Climate Change Expert Group www.oecd.org/env/cc/ccxg.htm
Thank you
sara.moarif@oecd.org