Setting up national climate funds and budget codes

Ram Parsad Lamsal,

Joint-Secretary Ministry of Science, technology and Environment (MoSTE)

Government of Nepal

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Entry Point for Climate Change Budget Code

Climate Change Budget Code, 2012

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

Some glimpse from the field- Rolpa

After the intervention Before

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

Forest Management and Biodiversity

Nursery training field visit,

Dailekh

Fire line constructed in Lusna Pako

CF, Dailekh

Alternative Energy

Participants of Improved

cooked stove training,

Bardiya

Newly constructed ICS,

Accham

Physical Infrastructure

Community Involved in

construction of gabion wall,

Rolpa

Irrigation Pond, Rolpa

Human Resources and Livelihood

Bamboo furniture making

training, Accham

Sewing training conducted,

Accham

Human Health

Health camp being conducted,

Jajarkot

Health camp being conducted,

Bardiya

THANK YOU