The Coalition for Capacity on Climate Action (C3A) is a knowledge-exchange and capacity-building program for Ministries of Finance, hosted and funded by the World Bank, that aims to bridge the science-policy gap and support MoFs in taking on a leadership role in tackling climate change.
It was created in June 2023 on the sidelines of the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact to address the lack of attention paid by MoFs to developing a systemic vision for dealing with the challenges of climate change and its impacts.
Themes: C3A takes a demand-driven approach, meaning thematic activities are chosen to address crosscutting issues and stimulate knowledge creation where MoFs have specific needs: e.g., in green innovation and structural change, fiscal policy, debt sustainability, and financing strategies for the transition, as well as nature transition aspects.
Activities: C3A supports MoFs by providing access to a knowledge network (research-to-policy, policy-to-research, and peer-to-peer), technical training, and in-depth capacity-building on analytical tools. More generally, core C3A activities include regional conferences; national, regional, and global training; collaborations with “champion” countries; and an annual global symposium. C3A also publishes a series of technical notes relevant to MoFs, policy briefs on country experience, working papers on frontier topics, and global flagship reports.
Delivery: Activities are delivered through C3A network partners and regional and thematic hubs. Regional hubs apply thematic knowledge and contextualize it to specific issues, and their responsibilities include assessing capacity-creation needs and priorities for policy design and peer-to-peer exchange, engaging with local partners to develop local knowledge and analytical tools, and facilitating capacity creation and peer-to-peer exchange between MoFs within and across regions.
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capacity buildingknowledge exchangelocalmodelstechnical assistance
