Operationalizing of Finances in the UNFCCC:
- Building Civil Society Viewpoints into Copenhagen

The workshop was organised by Dalindyebo Bafana Shabalala from CIEL in consultation with colleagues in the CAN tech/finance working group.

The objective was to discuss how finance might be operationalised in the UNFCCC and to identify cross cutting issues relating to technology, mitigation, adaptation as well as discussion a possible governance structure for channeling the funds.

Outcomes:

* Analysis of the status of UNFCCC negotiations on financing, including an analysis of different party positions
* Strategy planning for the forthcoming session in June
* Identification and discussion of sources of financing for global Climate Change efforts
* Suggestions to how finances should be governed and administrated
* Discussion of how financing should be used for mitigation and adaptation
* Identification and analysis of crosscutting finance issues.

A briefing paper was developed which discusses possible elements for an institutional mechanism for finances, addressing primarily multilateral elements, and with contributions from the following team of resource-persons: Raman Mehta, ActionAid India, Mark Lutes, David Suzuki Foundation and Kristen Hite, CIEL.

The briefing paper continues to be refined in discussion forums such as CAN.