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Combining and Blending Financial Instruments
to Promote Mitigation Action Investments
Interactive Session
UNFCCC Regional Workshop on CDM
and NAMAs for LAC
31 August – 2 September, Bogota, Colombia
Climate Change
Session Structure
• Welcome & Initial Remarks on Combining and Blending (5 min)
• Tshering Sherpa, UNFCCC Secretariat
• The importance of utilizing different instruments for achieving
market transformation (7 min)
• Pablo Benitez, The World Bank
• Interactive Session Instructions (3 min) and Activity (30 min)
• Participant Presentations (30 min; 5 min per group)
• Feedback & Lessons Learned (15 min)
• Pablo Benitez, The World Bank
• Tshering Sherpa, UNFCCC Secretariat
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Interactive Session Instructions & Activity
• Participants organize into 6 groups of 5 people max.
• Groups select a project in their own country aimed at lowcarbon and climate-resilient growth
• Discussion Questions:
#1 - define your project or program, and what you aim to achieve.
#2 - to reach market transformation, what are potential sources of investment
(public and private, national and international)?
#3 - identify any barriers for mobilizing, accessing and/or utilizing those sources.
#4 - what instruments might be suitable to help leverage private sector investment
given your project financing needs and identified barriers?
#5 - how would you combine and blend financing for your project, listing a few key
considerations for climate finance combining and blending in general
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