This document provides an update on the Partnership for Climate Finance and Development and ongoing dialogues related to climate finance and the post-2015 sustainable development goals (SDGs). The Partnership promotes effective use of climate finance at the country level through cooperation among climate, finance, and development communities. It operates at global, regional, and country levels. A series of dialogues have been held or are planned around climate finance and the SDGs. For successful implementation of the SDGs, the document advocates for a holistic, integrated approach that breaks down silos, tailors goals to local contexts, strengthens capacity and partnerships, and ensures policy and financing coherence.

1. Partnership for Climate Finance and
Development and Post-2015 Dialogues:
Update
20 May 2015
OECD Rio Markers Workshop on Partner Country
Perspectives
Tom Beloe (UNDP) and Jan Corfee-Morlot (OECD)

3. Partnership on Climate Finance and Development
• A “building block” of the Global Partnership on
Effective Development Co-operation
• A voluntary initiative – building block of the
Global Partnership on Effective Development
Co-operation
• Promotes the deployment and effective use of
climate finance at country-level through:
– Coherence and collaboration among climate change,
finance and development co-operation communities
– Operates at the country, regional and global levels

4. A Series of Dialogues on Climate Finance
and Post-2015 Sustainable Development
• April 2014, Mexico, Global Partnership on Effective
Development Co-operation, Ministerial
• February 2015, DAC ENVIRONET, pre-meeting
session
• 1 April 2015, Global Forum on Development, OECD,
Breakfast session
• April 2015, OECD Task Team on Adaptation and
Development Co-operation, special session
• July 2015 (tbc), Addis Ababa, Conference on
Financing for Development, side event

5. Informal Discussion on Implementation of the
Post-2015 SDGs – Ways forward:
• Environment, climate and development issues are
fundamentally related –reflected in wide number of proposed
SDGs
A holistic, joined up and integrated approach to
implementation:
• Starting with political will and a visionary approach
considering long-term objectives.
• A “whole of government” approach & common language.
• A “whole package” approach identifying solutions that target
multiple goals and multiple benefits
• That is “breaking down the silos” across the international
communities, i.e. climate, energy, development and finance

6. Informal Discussion on Implementation of the
Post-2015 SDGs – Ways forward:
Moving from global goals to local and tailored solutions...
• Goals are universal – but a “one size fits all” approach is not
appropriate, contexts vary, local solutions are required.
• Countries and individuals need ownership - goals need to be
translated into local agendas.
Through strengthened capacity, institutions, financing and
partnerships...
• Need new approaches to building capacity and
organisations fit for delivering the SDGs
• Policy coherence and coherence in financing – allocating
finance to where it is most needed, and avoiding fragmentation
• Need global, regional and local partnerships to support
implementation.

7. For more information
Contacts:
• Jan.Corfee-Morlot@oecd.org
• Thomas.Beloe@undp.org
Visit our website:Post-2015 sustainable
development and
www.oecd.org/dac/environment-development