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UNDP/World Bank Climate Finance Options Platform

UNDP/World Bank Climate Finance Options Platform. www.climatefinanceoptions.org. How the CFO Platform works. Learn about climate financing issues and ideas ( Glossary, Library, Links ) Research project feasibilty ( Tools ) and financing ( Funding Sources & Tools )

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UNDP/World Bank Climate Finance Options Platform

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  1. UNDP/World Bank Climate Finance Options Platform www.climatefinanceoptions.org

  2. How the CFO Platform works • Learn about climate financing issues and ideas (Glossary, Library, Links) • Research project feasibilty (Tools) and financing (Funding Sources & Tools) • Plan a new project (On the Ground, Library) • Implement a project and collaborate with other CFO users www.climatefinanceoptions.org

  3. The CFO Platform: A joint UNDP/World Bank initiative • CFO Team: Project managers Ari Huhtala (WB) & Marcel Alers (UNDP) with UNDP and WB support staff • Initial funding of the Platform combined the resources of UNDP and World Bank for scoping and development • Fundraising for permanent, independent CFO Platform home to be coordinated by UNDP & World Bank • Supports key result area ‘Catalysing environmental finance: creating conditions that allow markets to provide effective solutions for sustainable development’ www.climatefinanceoptions.org

  4. Outcomes of the UNDP/WB CFO collaboration • Strengthening national and subnational capacities to make informed investment decisions through improved access to climate finance information • Enhancing national and subnational capacities to assess and understand climate finance through peer networking and knowledge sharing • Strengthening UN and MDB capacities for monitoring and reporting climate finance flows through the development and testing of indicators • Establishing a permanent Programme Secretariatto administer and host the Platform www.climatefinanceoptions.org

  5. CFO: An example of the UN “delivering as one” • CFO Platform already draws on resources of UNFCCC, UNEP, GEF, UNIDO, World Bank Group, regional MDBs & more • UNDP/WB CFO effort is developed in parallel with UNFCCC’s revision of its adaptation funding web interface • Spanish, French, Russian, and Arabic language versions of the CFO Platform to be developed with regional partners (universities, MDBs, etc) • Coordination with bilateral agencies, UNEP Finance, IUCN, and WBCSD to improve content quality www.climatefinanceoptions.org

  6. Other CFO partnerships • Technology partnerships with contractors (Prognoz) and possible future hosting relationships with larger firms (Google, Microsoft) • Financial firms and project developers in both developed and developing countries • Municipal, subnational and national governments in developing countries and affiliated civil organisations • Developed country NGOs and philanthropic institutions specialising in climate finance www.climatefinanceoptions.org

  7. Potential opportunities for resource mobilisation • Bilateral agencies and governments, such as partnership with Government of Netherlands’ Fast-Start Finance initiative • Web-services and technology firms (Google.org) • Financial data services firms (Bloomberg New Energy Finance) www.climatefinanceoptions.org

  8. Knowledge sharing & capacity building • Close coordination with UNFCCC climate finance information initiatives in adaptation funding • South-South cooperation with CFO workshops and online collaboration via CFO User Community • Information sharing with civil organisations: World Resources Institute, Climate Funds Update, Project Catalyst • Translation of hard-to-find climate finance data and information into several languages • Archive of best practices and lessons learned in relatively new field of sequenced climate finance www.climatefinanceoptions.org

  9. CFO: Measuring the impact • Since early 2011, over 10,000 visits from 154 countries have viewed CFO Platform content more than 35,000 times • CFO attracts new and returning visitors in almost equal amounts (60% new visitors) • Of the top ten countries in terms of CFO web traffic, five are developing countries • Web traffic patterns and user survey point to weekly use of the CFO for a variety of reasons, including opportunities for peer-to-peer networking on climate finance issues www.climatefinanceoptions.org

  10. Thank You www.climatefinanceoptions.org

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