Standing Committee on Finance

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Biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows

Find out more about the first biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows of the Standing Committee on Finance.

SCF side events during SB 40

The Standing Committee on Finance is organizing two side events during SB 40:

8 June 2014, 1:15-2:45pm: Biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows

13 June, 1:15-2:45pm: Update of the status of work on the fifth review of the financial mechanism

Second Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

The second Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance will take place 21 to 22 June 2014 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

At COP 16, Parties decided to establish a Standing Committee on Finance to assist the COP in exercising its functions in relation to the financial mechanism of the Convention. This involves improving coherence and coordination in the delivery of climate change financing, rationalization of the financial mechanism, mobilization of financial resources and measurement, reporting and verification of support provided to developing country Parties.

The Standing Committee on Finance will conduct activities such as: the organization of a forum for communication and continued exchange of information among bodies and entities dealing with climate change finance; the maintaining of linkages with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and thematic bodies of the Convention; the provision of draft guidance for the operating entities of the financial mechanism; the provision of recommendations on how to improve the coherence, effectiveness and efficiency of the operating entities of the financial mechanism; the provision of expert input into the preparation and conduct of the periodic reviews of the financial mechanism; and the preparation of a biennial assessment, overview of climate finance flows.

OVERVIEW

Contact information:
standingcommittee@unfccc.int

Side events during SB 40 New!

8 June 2014, 1:15-2:45pm: Biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows - update of the work of the SCF and inputs from collaborating institutions

13 June 2014, 1:15-2:45pm: Update of the status of work on the fifth review of the financial mechanism

MEETINGS

The next meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance will take place 16 to 18 June 2014 in Bonn, Germany. New!

Click here for meeting documents and information.

Click here for the webcast of the meeting.

FORUM

The Standing Committee on Finance is mandated to organize a forum for the communication and continued exchange of information among bodies and entities dealing with climate change finance in order to promote linkages and coherence.

Find out more about the second Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance. New!

More about the first Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance can be found here.

Virtual forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

Please also visit the virtual Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance.