Mainstreamlining Climate Change Mousumi Pervin PECM Project, Planning Commission, Bangladesh

Outline Government Perspective Methodology Mainstreamlining The Framework Emerging Trends

Methodology Government Perspective of South-east Asia, South Asia, Africa on how to integrate Climate Change into Development Planning The paper is being prepared -through Reflection, Sharing experience as well as Review of literature and policy Consultation with outside the government (COP/CBA7)

Mainstreamlining ‘Mainstreamlining’ refers to an approach to integrate climate resilience into development planning. It refers to a strategic, country-grown that is efficient and effective It emphasise the need to streamline cross sectorial integration efforts with existing priorities and planning capacity.

Framework To ASSESS AND PLAN climate Mainstreamlining a framework of KEY BUILDING BLOCKS that are supportive. It was developed through the reflection, systematization and experience sharing

Building Blocks for Mainstreamlining Enabling environment Policy and Planning Programme/Project National Sectorial Local Political Will Information Policy Institutional Budgetary Instruments

The building blocks framework Assessment questions Enabling Environment Political Will: Whose political will is it (Politicians/Technocrats?) What is political will responsive to (UNFCCC; Parliament debate Information Services What are the available sources of information supporting decision making? Is there a national system for generating climate information? A system may include institutions and/or tools for generating, managing and communication information services. Policy and Planning Policy How is CC reflected in Policy? Is it reflected in policies, action plans, and legislation? What planning cycle has CC been integrated into? Institutional Instrument What institutional arrangements have been put in place to mainstream CC into development planning? Are institutional arrangements sustainable? Budgetary Instrument Have CC interventions have been costed and integrated into national development priorities and budgets? Is there a resource mobilisation strategy in place to develop & implement stated climate resilient policy objectives? Does the management of climate funds support the articulation and implementation of integrated climate resilient development objectives? Programmes/ Projects Do projects/programme climate proof existing development? Do projects/programmes have the potential to be integrated into national/local/sectoral development programmes? Do projects/programmes have the potential to deliver climate resilience at scale? The building blocks framework

Emerging Trends Political will: Bangladesh Information Services: Kenya Policy framework: Gambia Institutional agreement: Kenya and Bangladesh Financial Framework: Rwanda, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Laos Each block indicates that countries are increasingly Mainstreamlining efforts within the existing planning system