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Adaptation Financing post 2012
Some thoughts
Saleemul Huq (Senior Fellow, Climate Change Group, International
Institute for Environment and Development)
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initiative européenne de renforcement des capacités
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for sustained capacity building in support of international climate change negotiations
pour un renforcement durable des capacités en appui aux négociations internationales
sur les changements climatiques
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Nature of adaptation funding
Existing funding under the UNFCCC
Existing funding outside the UNFCCC
Key issues for funding for COP15
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Amounts needed
Potential Sources
Cannels of funding
Who and what to fund
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Contents
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Nature of adaptation funding
• Different from mitigation
• Already has history in UNFCCC
• Mainly public sector (very little role for private
sector)
• Focus on most vulnerable countries, ecosystems
and communities
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Existing funding under UNFCCC
• LDCF: For NAPAs in LDCs
• SCCF: For all developing countries, adaptation
projects only
• AF: From adaptation levy on CDM
• GEF/SPA: 50 Million pilot fund now ended
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World Bank : PPCR
Bilaterals: DFID. DANIDA, SIDA, etc
EC: GCCA
Non-Govt: Foundations
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Existing funding outside UNFCCC
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Amounts needed
Potential sources
Channels of funding
Who and what to fund
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Key issues for funding
• Various estimates:
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World Bank: USD 10-40 B
UNFCCC: USD 28-67B
OXFAM: USD 80B
Martin Parry et al: Much higher
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Amounts needed
• Various proposals
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Norway: Levy on AAUs
G77:Assessed contributions from Annex 1
LDC: IAPAL
Mexico: Contribution from all countries
Switzerland: Carbon tax
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Potential sources
• Various proposal/options
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Under UNFCCC with new body
Using existing bodies under UNFCCC
Using channels outside UNFCCC (e.g. WB)
Mixture of channels
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Channels for funding
• What? Various options/proposals:
– Projects?
– Programmes?
– Countries?
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What to fund
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Priority to LDCs
Priority to LDCS and SIDS
Priority to LDC, SIDS and Africa
Developing new list of vulnerable countries
All developing countries
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Who to fund?
• Various proposals:
– Include Adaptation funding as part of ODA
– Adaptation funding to be “new and additional” to
ODA (above 0.7%)
– Allow some (e.g. agreed percentage) of ODA to
count towards adaptation funding obligations
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Relationship of Adaptation funding to
ODA