This report is prepared in response to a request by the participants of the Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-Dev) for a desktop study describing donor activities in Low Income Countries (LICs) in Africa and Asia that have elements in common with the Ci-Dev Methodology Work Program (MWP).
The Government of Vietnam developed a coordination platform for climate funding, which mobilizes donor funding in support of a comprehensive climate change policy.
A multitude of initiatives, networks and organisations have adopted the concept of ‘green growth’ in recent years, in particular following the 2012 Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. New and innovative concepts and approaches to green growth have been designed and tested in the field.
Through donor commitments, the pneumococcal Advanced Market Commitment incentivizes vaccine makers to produce suitable and affordable vaccines for developing countries. This model has been proposed as an innovative finance mechanism for clean energy and pollution reduction.
The OECD has developed a Policy Guidance with information and advice on how to facilitate the integration of adaptation within development processes.