High-level Forum on Climate Finance

At the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties, the UNFCCC secretariat was requested to assist developing country Parties in assessing their needs and priorities, in a country-driven manner, including technological and capacity-building needs, and in translating climate finance needs into action. To fulfil this mandate, the secretariat launched the Needs-based Finance (NBF) Project. The NBF projects are currently being implemented as regional and national projects.

The World Green Economy Organization (WGEO) emerged in response to the priorities and concerns identified in the path from Rio+20 in 2012 to the recent passage of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Change Agreement to support emerging global actions towards the green, low-carbon climate-resilient development model.