What is it about
This Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) guide outlines a step-by-step process for governments and practitioners to track climate finance at the national level. It draws on CPI’s experience across multiple countries and expands from land-use finance tools to cover all major mitigation and adaptation sectors. The framework is structured around four steps: scoping, defining terms and frameworks, collecting and verifying data, and consolidating and presenting results. The document highlights how national climate finance tracking can improve transparency, inform policy, mobilize resources, and align domestic and international finance with climate goals.
When to use it
By governments developing climate finance tracking systems or preparing national reporting (e.g., for NDCs or the Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework).
For ministries of finance, environment, and planning to integrate climate finance into budgets and strategies.
To mobilize private investment by providing a clear picture of financing gaps and flows.
As a reference for analysts and practitioners designing climate finance landscapes or conducting climate expenditure reviews.