Shivaranjani is an economist and climate finance expert in our Climate, Resilience and Sustainability practice, specialising in climate and public finance, particularly mainstreaming climate in public budgets and building government capacity to access international climate finance. She supports national and sub-national governments in establishing integrated climate and disaster budget tagging systems, building readiness and identifying project pipelines to access external climate funds such as the Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund.
How can vulnerable countries bridge the gap between estimated climate adaptation costs and actual financial flows? Could domestic budgets be used as stepping stones to external funds?