Lebanon and Tracking Climate Finance: status and capacity needs, Mary Awad CCXG GF September 2016 Breakout A

1. Lebanon and
Tracking Climat e
Finance: St at us
and Capacit y
Needs
Mary Aw ad
Clim ate Change Policy Expert
Ministry of Environm ent
Lebanon

2. ‘’
Article 13, para. 6:
The p urp ose of the
fram e w ork for transp are ncy
of sup p ort is to p rovid e
clarity on sup p ort p rovid e d
and re ce ive d b y re le vant
ind ivid ual Partie s in the
conte xt of clim ate chang e
actions und e r Article s 4, 7, 9,
10 and 11, and , to the e xte nt
p ossib le , to p rovid e a full
ove rvie w of ag g re g ate
financial sup p ort p rovid e d , to
inform the g lob al stocktake
und e r Article 14

3. Im port ance of Tracking Finance for
Lebanon
▣ Assess adequacy of support from national and international
sources;
▣ Identify if areas are receiving m ore support than others;
▣ Enable a transparent reporting m echanism and enhance
institutional arrangem ents;
▣ Identify the linkages betw een finance and adequate
im plem entation of clim ate change actions;
▣ Abide by the provisions of the Paris Agreem ent; properly
inform the global stocktake

4. Current Effort s t o Track Clim at e
Finance
Clim ate M apping Exercise
Biennial Update Report - BUR
M oE - M oF & M oE - M oEW Coordination

5. Finance Flow s and Ease of Report ing
International
donors to
central
governm ent
International
donors to non-
governm ental
organization
National
budget to
m inistries &
institutions
Private sector
to NGOs –
Le b ano n
Clim ate Act

6. Enablers t ow ards a Transparent and
Accurat e Report ing of Climat e Finance
Im proved
tracking and
reporting of
national
budget
initiatives
Agreem ents
w ith
international
donors
CPEIR
Capacity-
building for
Ministry of
Finance
Assessm ent
of finance and
related GHG
reduction

7. Thank you
Any quest ions?
Mary Aw ad
m .aw ad@m oe.gov.lb