Aligning Climate Finance and Development Finance for Asia and the Pacific: Potential and Prospects
Haites, Erik | January 2014
Abstract
"Development projects may contribute to mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation and adaptation projects likewise may have development benefits. But development and climate change projects are not the same. All projects should, to the extent possible, contribute both to development and to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation. Alignment requires that development projects access climate funding and that climate projects access development funding. Alignment implies two different roles for the Asian Development Bank (ADB): seeking climate finance for its development projects and serving as an implementing entity for climate projects in countries in Asia and the Pacific. The first role is best implemented using climate change funds from bilateral donors or from ADB’s own resources. ADB would need to continue to mobilize climate change funds for this purpose. The shifting institutional structure for climate finance creates challenges for ADB as an implementing entity. However, there will be relatively few competitors in many of the countries in the Asia and Pacific region where ADB operates. "
Citation
Haites, Erik. 2014. Aligning Climate Finance and Development Finance for Asia and the Pacific: Potential and Prospects. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2266. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Agriculture
Women in agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Climate
Climate change
Climate impacts assessment
Global climate change
Investment climates
Agricultural statistics
Sustainable development
Agribusiness
Agricultural trade
Agricultural economy
Agricultural product marketing
Agricultural products
Climatic change
Climatic influence
Climatic
Climatology
Global commons
Ozone depletion
Investment analysis
Investment bank
Investment dispute
Investment policy
Investment return
Agricultural information network
Agricultural processing industry
New agricultural enterprise
Produce trade
Export
Import
International competition
Commercial policy
International trade
Economic policy
Foreign investment
Ratio analysis
Risk return relationship
Wind
Ozone layer
Investment
Bank and banking
Speculation
Climate change mitigation
Global temperature change
Precipitation anomaly
Precipitation variability
Goat farming
Green Revolution
Harvesting
Herb farming
Hill farming
Land capability for agriculture
Livestock
Traditional farming
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