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FOURTH REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL MECHANISM : REVISED DRAFT CONCLUSIONS

China will establish a financial system with rational division of labour and complementarities among different financial sectors such as the commercial, development-oriented, policy-oriented and the cooperative, while guiding the financial industry to better serve sustainable development and developing inclusive finance. (...) Financial institutions like the banks will increase loans to farmers and agricultural business entities. By 2020, ensure sustained growth in agriculture-related loans every year and realize basic financial services for all administrative villages while conditions permitted. 2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality Implement the National Plan for Sustainable Agricultural Development (2015-2030).

FOURTH REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL MECHANISM : DRAFT CONCLUSIONS / PROPOSED BY THE CHAIR

Collaboration with the Global Environment Facility Expected accomplishments Performance indicator Parties assess the progress made in the cooperation with the Global Environment Facility, and provide guidance on further improvement in order for the GEF to serve as a financial mechanism of the Convention CRIC draft decision submitted to COP 11 on a revised memorandum of understanding with the GEF Target for 2014 GEF reports according to the revised reporting requirements F. (...) ICCD/CRIC(10)/L.1 GE.11-71054 21 Expected accomplishments (2012–2015) Performance indicators (2012–2015) 4.1.1 Opportunities for targeted capacity-building under the Convention are improved The extent to which Parties participate in capacity-building that addresses Convention-related needs Subprogramme 5 – Financing and technology transfer To mobilize and improve the targeting and coordination of national, bilateral and multilateral financial and technological resources in order to increase their impact and effectiveness. (...) Expected accomplishments Performance indicators Main joint outputs JWP 3.1 The review by the CRIC of the status of financing for the implementation of the Convention is based on sound information At least 50% of the recommendations of the GM and the secretariat are reflected in the recommendations of the CRIC A CRIC document containing an analysis of financial information in the national reports Information on key issues on financing SLM for the CRIC and the COP Collaboration in the context of PRAIS, including use of the query functions on the public interface of PRAIS to allow access to data by the general public Revised templates, reporting guidelines and glossary as regards the programme and project sheets, the standard financial annex and strategic objective 4 CRIC documentation on best practices Operational objective 5: Financing and technology transfer To mobilize and improve the targeting and coordination of national, bilateral and multilateral financial and technological resources in order to increase their impact and effectiveness Expected accomplishments Performance indicators Main joint outputs JWP 5.1 A policy environment that is more conducive to financing the Convention through the implementation of the common fundraising strategy The extent to which the financial requirements of and flows to the Convention are clearly and transparently communicated to and understood by partners The extent to which resources are mobilized to effectively deliver the work packages of the secretariat Material on resource needs, priorities and policy arguments for effective resource mobilization Joint or coordinat

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 12 (Submission received 12 August 2003) - 3 - PAPER NO. 1: ARGENTINA Submission of the Government of the Argentine Republic: Financial matters relating to Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention: provision of financial and technical support. (...) Australia recognises that preparing National Communications needs appropriate capacity such as information (scientific, inventory, adaptation) human resources and financial resources and the GEF plays a key role in providing developing countries with the financial support to develop national communications. (...) The details of financial arrangements for funding the national communications should continue to be handled directly by the GEF.

Cinquième examen du mécanisme financier de la Convention ...................... 22–24 9 C. (...) Executive summary of the technical paper on the fifth review of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention................................................................................ 25 IV. (...) Cinquième examen du mécanisme financier de la Convention 22. Par sa décision 8/CP.1826, la Conférence des Parties a décidé d’engager le cinquième examen du mécanisme financier de la Convention.

FOURTH REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL MECHANISM : DRAFT CONCLUSIONS / PROPOSED BY THE CHAIR

To optimize the use of available financial resources, the Governing Council recommended that SIAP continue to pursue a decentralized approach through subregional and in-country courses. (...) Consideration of matters relating to the programme of work of the Institute 1. Work and financial plan of the Institute for academic year 2013 51. The Governing Council had before it the document entitled “Work and financial plan of the Institute for the academic year 2013” (E/ESCAP/SIAP/GC(8)/4). 52.

However, there are no internationally agreed methods for reconciling financial support provided against support received. (...) In general, methodologies used to estimate financial needs or definitions of scope were not specified, and differed substantially. (...) The SCF invites the COP to consider the following recommendations: (a) Invite Parties, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and other relevant bodies under the Convention to consider the 2016 biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows, particularly its key findings, in order to improve guidelines for the preparation and reporting of financial information,8 as 8 This includes enhanced information on: sectors, financial instruments, the methodology used for reporting financial support through bilateral channels, the methodology used to identify climate- specific portions of public financial support through multilateral channels, and disaggregated data at the activity level.

However, there are no internationally agreed methods for reconciling financial support provided against support received. (...) In general, methodologies used to estimate financial needs or definitions of scope were not specified, and differed substantially. (...) The SCF invites the COP to consider the following recommendations: (a) Invite Parties, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and other relevant bodies under the Convention to consider the 2016 biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows, particularly its key findings, in order to improve guidelines for the preparation and reporting of financial information,12 as 12 This includes enhanced information on: sectors, financial instruments, the methodology used for reporting financial support through bilateral channels, the methodology used to identify climate- specific portions of public financial support through multilateral channels, and disaggregated data at the activity level.