LEARNING WEEK FOR COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE CHANGE PLANNING

1. LEARNING WEEK FOR COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE CHANGE PLANNING National level – What international support is being delivered to countries? Miguel A. Altamirano Deputy Director on Adaptation Coordination of the Climate Change Program National Institute of Ecology / SEMARNAT Windhoek, Namibia, OCT 13, 2011.

2. What climate finance is out there? What is the scale of finance that has been pledged internationally? Under UNFCCC • Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF). • The total amount pledged to date is the equivalent of USD 253.5 million • Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) • LDCF resourcesnowamountto more than $400 million in grants • Adaptation Fund (AF), Kyoto Protocol • TheFundisfinancedwith 2% of theCertifiedEmissionReduction (CERs) issuedforprojects of theCleanDevelopmentMechanism (CDM) and othersources of funding • CopenhagenAccord • tomobilizebetween U.S. $ 30 fortheperiod 2010 to 2012 and to $ 100 billionannuallyby 2020. • Funding to climate change activities is also available through bilateral, regional and multilateral channels. • African Development Bank (AfDB), WB, Finland, Germany, Norway, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America

3. How to access it? Each fund includes guidelines that define criteria used to determine which programs and activities receive funds Mexico has accessed to resources through partnerships and collaboration with Implementing Agencies of the Global Environment Facility: WB, UNDP, UNEP; and bilateral cooperation.

4. What has facilitated accessing this finance? • Having financial and administrative transparent management processes in the Secretary of Finance (SHCP) and standard bidding documents agreed with the WB and IDB about procurement of goods • The raising in awareness and technical capacity building at the national and subnational levels to develop strategic projects proposal • Establishment of a National Evaluation Committee with state ministries with the objective of according a national portfolio of projects to be promoted to donors. • Alliances and collaboration with Implementing Agencies of the GEF: WB, UNDP, UNEP; and bilateral cooperation. • Leadership of Mexico in compliance with commitments under the UNFCCC • Demonstrate mainstreaming of project’s results in planning and policy , eg PECC, PEACC, strategy of low carbon growth and resilient to CC.

5. What are some of the challenges in accessing this finance? • Strengthen capacity building in technical areas of the secretaries to develop project proposals • Achieving inter-secretarial coordination • Establishment of national priority themes and to define projects included in the portfolio • Maintaining national interests over those of the implementing agencies • Resources to include co-financing on the projects being promoted to donors

6. ¡¡ THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !! Miguel A. AltamiranoNational Institute of Ecology / SEMARNAT Periférico Sur 5000, 5th floor Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco Delegación Coyoacán 04530 México, D.F. maltamir@ine.gob.mx Visit our Website: http://www.ine.gob.mx/ Climate Change Website http://cambio_climatico.ine.gob.mx/ Territorial Approach to Climate Change - Phase 1