Dr Simon Bradshaw (Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator, Oxfam Australia) - Presentation at the United Nations Association of Australia (Victorian Division) Climate Finance: Sustainability with Integrity Seminar held in Melbourne, 29 October 2012, in partnership with National Australia Bank. The seminar is part of the UNAA (Vic) Sustainability Leadership Series. Building momentum for collective action post-Rio+20, the seminar brought together key players from government, business and civil society to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with climate finance. In particular, the seminar addressed issues of governance, transparency and accountability for climate finance, key requirements to ensure that climate finance becomes an effective driver of sustainable development. Expert panel discussion focussed on: - The Australian Government perspective on climate finance: current priorities, role, contributions, and commitments; - The global Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Australia's fast-start finance contribution Issues of transparency and accountability for climate finance governance. - Investor perspective on climate finance: challenges and opportunities and the role of the investment community. - Community development perspective on climate finance: achieving sustainable development objectives - Experiences and opportunities for cross-sector collaboration Facilitator: - Rosemary Sainty (Former Head, Secretariat, UN Global Compact Network Australia and Adviser, Corporate Engagement, Transparency International Australia) Guest Speakers: - Gregory Andrews (Assistant Secretary, Finance, Forests and Development Branch, International Division, Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) - Graham Tupper (Director, Transparency International Australia) - Nathan Fabian (Chief Executive, Investor Group on Climate Change) - Dr Simon Bradshaw (Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator, Oxfam Australia) For more information on this or other events in the Sustainability Leadership Series please contact: United Nations Association of Australia (Vic) T: (+613) 9670 7878 E: sustainability@unaavictoria.org.au www.unaavictoria.org.au

1. Financing
Adaptation
Making climate finance work for vulnerable communities
Simon Bradshaw Monday 29 October
Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator Melbourne

2. Climate Change and
Development

3. “Left unchecked, climate
change will wipe out all
development gains of the last
25 years.”
Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive
Secretary, speaking at the Lowy Institute
on 24 October 2012

4. Climate change is happening and is already affecting
women, men and children around the globe.

5. Climate change is happening and is already affecting
women, men and children around the globe.
The poorest communities in developing countries are
being hardest hit. Why? They are more dependent on
climate-sensitive ecosystems, more likely to live in areas
exposed to climate hazards and have limited capacity to
respond.

6. Climate change is happening and is already affecting
women, men and children around the globe.
The poorest communities in developing countries are
being hardest hit. Why? They are more dependent on
climate-sensitive ecosystems, more likely to live in areas
exposed to climate hazards and have limited capacity to
respond.
If left unchecked or not addressed in a fair and equitable
way, climate change will further increase poverty and
undermine development gains.

7. Climate change is happening and is already affecting
women, men and children around the globe.
The poorest communities in developing countries are
being hardest hit. Why? They are more dependent on
climate-sensitive ecosystems, more likely to live in areas
exposed to climate hazards and have limited capacity to
respond.
If left unchecked or not addressed in a fair and equitable
way, climate change will further increase poverty and
undermine development gains.
However, meeting the challenge of climate can provide
enormous benefits and opportunities to poor people,
providing stronger overall development outcomes.

8. Climate change is happening and is already affecting
women, men and children around the globe.
The poorest communities in developing countries are
being hardest hit. Why? They are more dependent on
climate-sensitive ecosystems, more likely to live in areas
exposed to climate hazards and have limited capacity to
respond.
If left unchecked or not addressed in a fair and equitable
way, climate change will further increase poverty and
undermine development gains.
However, meeting the challenge of climate can provide
enormous benefits and opportunities to poor people,
providing stronger overall development outcomes.
Read more in Oxfam Australia’s Plan of Action on climate change
available at www.oxfam.org.au

9. Adapt or mitigate?

10. Many communities face no choice but to adapt if they are
to build a resilient future.

11. Many communities face no choice but to adapt if they are
to build a resilient future.
But adaptation poses very different challenges from either
mitigation or conventional aid programs.

12. Many communities face no choice but to adapt if they are
to build a resilient future.
But adaptation poses very different challenges from either
mitigation or conventional aid programs.
While more money has been flowing to adaptation since
2011, climate finance remains heavily skewed towards
mitigation – the “Adaptation gap”.

13. What does adaptation
look like?

15. “adaptive capacity”

16. Owning adaptation

17. Strengthen national governance

18. Strengthen national governance
Simplify funding mechanisms

19. Strengthen national governance
Simplify funding mechanisms
Build inclusive, meaningful partnerships that support
collaboration among all development actors

20. Strengthen national governance
Simplify funding mechanisms
Build inclusive, meaningful partnerships that support
collaboration among all development actors
Include and empower those most vulnerable

21. Strengthen national governance
Simplify funding mechanisms
Build inclusive, meaningful partnerships that support
collaboration among all development actors
Include and empower those most vulnerable
Ensure a culture of learning