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Home»GSDRC Publications»Designing and Managing National Climate Finance Vehicles

Designing and Managing National Climate Finance Vehicles

Helpdesk Report
  • Brian Lucas
December 2024

Question

Please provide an overview of how national climate finance vehicles (to mobilise, coordinate, allocate, monitor and account for climate finance) have been organised, including: how they have been defined and what missions, guiding principles, or mandates they have been given; how they have been structured, implementation and fiduciary management arrangements; how (and from where) they raise funds; how they manage and account for funds; and what governance and oversight arrangements have been used.

What recommendations have been made in the literature regarding how the model for national climate finance vehicles ought to be adopted, designed, and approaches to rolling out of such vehicles in light of capacity considerations? Any risks and political economy issues to consider?

Summary

This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review provides a very brief outline of some of the issues that are likely to emerge, and decisions that need to be made, in developing an NCFV, along with a small number of illustrative examples.

The issues and choices are grouped in terms of objectives, legal structures, governance and oversight structures, organisational structures and partnerships, capitalisation, fiduciary standards, investment framework, project management and political economy issues.

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Suggested citation

Lucas, B. (2024) Designing and Managing National Climate Finance Vehicles. K4DD Rapid Evidence Review 185. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies. DOI: 10.19088/K4DD.2025.045

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