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ADB / Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Tonga

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Tonga
TITLE

 

Climate Finance Specialist

COUNTRIES

 

Tonga

PACIFIC ISLANDS
DATES

 

2013

SECTOR

 

Climate change

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

 

The Kingdom of Tonga has been selected for participation in the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) as one of three pilot countries in a Pacific Regional Program.  The PPCR is the first active program under the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). The PPCR will be transformational by piloting and demonstrating approaches for the integration of climate risk and climate resilience into core development policies, planning, budgeting and implementation, and to strengthen related capacities at the national and regional levels.

SERVICES PROVIDED BY STRATEGY & ECONOMICS

 

S&E provided the Economics / Finance specialist for this assignment targeted at preparing Tonga’s Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) for implementation.  The work involved two key activities:

  • Reviewing and developing options for climate financing delivery including domestic public financial support, bilateral and multilateral financing and the use of dedicated climate funds.  This element of the work culminated in the successful establishment of Tonga’s National Climate Change Trust Fund.

  • Producing an economic and financial appraisal in relation to the overall SPCR programme that encompassed over a dozen individual ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ climate adaptation initiatives.

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