The Parties to the Paris Agreement have made ambitious commitments to combat climate change - both in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilience targets as well as financial targets.
In their Nationally Determined Contributions, most developing countries have made their commitments conditional on receiving international financial support.
Developed countries and international organisations, in turn, have responded by offering various types of capacity development support. However, not enough attention has been paid to assessing the legal frameworks of the developing countries to identify legal barriers and opportunities for legal modernisation to optimise options for climate finance to fund their Nationally Determined Contributions.
This article highlights some of the legal barriers faced by developing countries in optimizing their options for funding their nationally determined contributions and showcases examples from the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Republic of Fiji, where the countries have embarked on legal modernization to attract more international climate finance.
Authors:
Christina Pak
Principal Counsel and Team Leader,
Law and Policy Reform,
Asian Development Bank
Takako Morita
Principal Counsel,
Asian Development Bank
Authors:
Christina Pak
Principal Counsel and Team Leader,
Law and Policy Reform,
Asian Development Bank
Takako Morita
Principal Counsel,
Asian Development Bank
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