Thirty-fifth meeting of the SCF
Dates: 4 – 6 September 2024
Time: 09:00 – 18:00 (GMT+3)
Venue: Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania
Documents: Provisional agenda and other documents are available here
2024 SCF Forum
Accelerating climate action and resilience through gender-responsive financing
Dates: 2 – 3 September 2024
Time: 09:00 – 18:00 (GMT+3)
Venue: Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania
Documents: Provisional agenda and other documents available here.
Draft Guidance to the Operating Entities of the Financial Mechanism
The annual reports of the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environment Facility are available (as advance versions). Click here to download the GCF report. Click here to download the GEF report.
Parties and other constituted bodies are invited to provide their submission on the draft guidance to standingcommittee@unfccc.int by using this template.
The deadline for submitting the draft guidance is 21 August 2024 for the GEF and 28 August 2024 for the GCF.
Call for input launched for the 2024 Forum of the SCF
Call for input: The 2024 SCF Forum on accelerating climate action and resilience through gender-responsive finance
Please click here to go to the 2024 SCF Forum website to view the submissions received.
SCF Regional Webinars
The SCF organized regional webinars on the second report on the determination of the needs of developing country Parties related to implementing the Convention and the Paris Agreement. The webinars was held in three different times to accommodate different regions and time zones:
Africa and Eastern Europe
15:00 (CEST) Friday 17 May 2024
Latin America and the Caribbean
17:00 (CEST) Friday 17 May 2024
Asia and the Pacific
07:00 (CEST) Tuesday 21 May 2024
For recordings and presentation click here
SCF Webinar on Key Technical Reports
On 30 April 2024, the SCF organized a webinar on the following three key technical reports as part of its outreach and stakeholder engagement:
- Sixth biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows
- Second report on progress towards achieving the goal of mobilizing jointly USD 100 billion per year to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation
- Report on common practices regarding climate finance definitions, reporting and accounting methods
Agenda: Please click here to download.
Presentation slides: Please click here to download.
Call for evidence launched for SCF technical reports in 2024
Call for evidence: Information and data for the preparation of the second report on the determination of the needs of developing country Parties related to implementing the Convention and the Paris Agreement
Call for evidence: Information and data for the preparation of the sixth Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows
Call for inputs: Information and data for the preparation of the second report on progress towards achieving the goal of mobilizing jointly USD 100 billion per year to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency of implementation
Technical reports on doubling adaptation finance and clustering types of climate finance definitions in use
Background
At the sixteenth session of the Conference of Parties (COP), 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.