Setting up national climate funds and budget codes by Ram Parsad Lamsal, Nepal

1. Setting up national climate
funds and budget codes
Ram Parsad Lamsal,
Joint-Secretary
Ministry of Science, technology and Environment (MoSTE)
Government of Nepal

2. Policy Context
• Climate Change Policy, 2011.
– Vulnerability Assessment
– Capacity Enhancement
– Resource Allocation
– Mainstreaming in Planning Process
– Social Mobilization
• National Periodic Plan (2013/14-2015/16)
– Information Dissemination
– Integration in Development Programs
– Capacity for Climate Change Resilient
• Climate Change Budget Code, 2012
– Budget tracking

3. • National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA)
– Country Vulnerability Assessment
– Coping Strategy Development
– Community Engagement
( The total cost for implementing National Adaptation program of Action
(NAPA) is estimated at US$ 350 million)
• National Framework on Local Adaptation Plans
for Action, 2011
– Integrating climate change into local participatory
planning process.
– Implementing adaptation actions
(80% of estimated NAPA cost is committed to be spent at the local -
village/municipal level)
Policy Context

4. • Environment Friendly Local Governance (EFLG)
Framework
– Environment, Climate Change Resilience, Disaster
Risk Reduction, Solid Waste Management/Sanitation
• CPEIR initiation - Climate Public Expenditure
and Institutional Review
– Fact and insight of Climate Change Finance, basis for
Climate Budget Code
• National REDD-plus Strategy of Nepal, 2012
• Nepal Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, 2014-
2020
• Low Carbon Economic Development Strategy
Policy Context

5. • Formulated in the year 2012
• effort towards generating information on
climate expenditure that would facilitate
tracking climate expenditure and
maintaining financial records to eventually
help build a climate financing framework
• facilitate prioritization of allocating
development investment on the most
vulnerable areas and key sectors.
Climate Change Budget Code, 2012

6. Entry Point for Climate Change Budget Code
Climate Change Budget Code, 2012

7. Programme Budget Allocated to Climate
Change Related Activities
Relevance of the
Programme to
Climate Change
Code to be
used in the
Budget
Sheet
If more than 60 percent of the programme
budget is allocated to climate change activities
Highly relevant 1
If 20 to 60 percent of the programme budget is
allocated to climate change activities
Relevant 2
If less than 20 percent of the programme budget
is allocated to climate change activities, or if the
programme is not related to climate change
activities
Neutral 3
Scoring System; 1-3 (based on 11 different criteria)
Climate Change Budget Code, 2012
Fiscal year Annual budget Climate budget %
2069/70 4048247 272826.29 6.74
2070/71 5172400 534825.16 10.34
2071/72 6181000 663496.56 10.73
Figure in NRP, 00,000

8. Some glimpse from the field- Rolpa
After the intervention Before

9. Glimpses from the field- Agriculture, Livestock and Food Security
Livestock farming
training organized by
DLSO, Rukum
Model seed
production plot in
Bardiya
Sprinkle irrigation
used for agriculture,
Rolpa

10. Forest Management and Biodiversity
Nursery training field visit,
Dailekh
Fire line constructed in Lusna Pako
CF, Dailekh

11. Alternative Energy
Participants of Improved
cooked stove training,
Bardiya
Newly constructed ICS,
Accham

12. Physical Infrastructure
Community Involved in
construction of gabion wall,
Rolpa
Irrigation Pond, Rolpa

13. Human Resources and Livelihood
Bamboo furniture making
training, Accham
Sewing training conducted,
Accham

14. Human Health
Health camp being conducted,
Jajarkot
Health camp being conducted,
Bardiya

15. THANK YOU