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Owning Adaptation in the Pacific:Strengthening governance of climate adaptation finance
Presentation to 9th Regional Policy Briefing
Sarah Meads, Senior Policy Advisor 1 November 2012
CONTEXT
• Builds on earlier research• How adaptation finance can be
used most effectively• National-level governance focus• Within context of:
- global architecture
- community level adaptation
ADAPTATION FINANCE: NEW CHALLENGE & OPPORTUNITY
• Though still limited, new flows of finance from developed to developing countries
• Requires multi-sectoral approaches
• Requires attention to local level and vulnerable communities
• Not aid, but an opportunity to build new way of doing finance
KEY LESSONS FROM DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
• Promote country ownership • Avoid donor-imposed priorities that don’t match
country needs and realities• Streamline complex and non-transparent funding
processes • Ensure meaningful participation of civil society &
affected communities
Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda
COUNTRY OWNERSHIP
Civil society & communities
International climate finance channels
Country governments
METHODOLOGY
• Involved all stakeholders• Bottom-up and top-down• Participatory workshop• Concrete suggestions• 3 focal countries:
Tonga Vanuatu Papua New Guinea
KEY QUESTION
Q. What factors are limiting, or enhancing, national-level responses to strengthen governance of climate adaptation finance
- to improve access to adaptation funding
- to build an enabling environment
so that climate resources reach those most in need?
ARE PACIFIC COUNTRIES IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT?
• Major focus is accountability up• Donor rigidity limits access to climate
finance & delays programs • Country capacity not adequately
supported
• Some efforts to coordinate international
finance, but not yet adequate
ARE PACIFIC COUNTRIES PREPARED TO LEAD?
• Efforts on institutional changes & coherence with national development strategies
• Key ministries or agencies often under-resourced, low integration across departments and at provincial level as lack resources & accountability
• Sound lessons from some existing initiatives
IS THERE ACCOUNTABILITY TO CIVIL SOCIETY & COMMUNITIES?
• Civil society often not consulted, though some positive models used
• Outreach to, and participation by, marginal communities particularly challenging & limited
• Women and gender issues not at all central
TAPPING ADAPTATION POTENTIAL IN THE PACIFIC
Climate change strategies must target five key areas:
1. Capacity building
2. Partnerships & coordination
3. Information & communication
4. Learning cultures
5. Direct access to climate finance
BETTER INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION & TRANSPARENCY
• Better reporting & transparency of climate finance• Sharing by different methods• Culturally appropriate information• Extending participatory &
evidence-based research • Integration of gendered approach