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The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is one of the world’s largest and most ambitious climate finance mechanisms. Founded in 2008, it represents one of the first global efforts to invest in a dedicated climate finance vehicle.The CIF emerged from recognition by world leaders that climate change and development are inextricably intertwined. The CIF’s creation also recognized a need to fill a gap in the international climate finance architecture—to deliver climate-smart investment at scale. The CIF supports developing and emerging economies in shifting to low carbon and climate resilient development. Learn more here: https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/
The CIF was established in 2008 following an intensive, multi-stakeholder design process. It embodies a model of equitable governance that fosters participation, partnership, and transparent decision making. Arrangements includes equal representation of donor and recipient countries, consensus decision making, and active observer status for private sector, civil society, and indigenous peoples representatives. The two trust funds that comprise the CIF, the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and Strategic Climate Fund (SCF), are each governed by a committee that oversees and decides on operations and activities. The SCF further designates sub-committees to govern its three targeted programs: the Forest Investment Program (FIP), Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR), and Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries (SREP). To learn more about CIF governance and decision-making, please visit this page: https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/governance
Civil Society Organization Observers attend CIF meetings and represent the interests of CSOs from one of the following regions: Africa/Middle East; Asia/Europe/Pacific; Latin America and the Caribbean; and Northern Countries. There is is also one Community seat. Observers cannot vote at CIF meetings, but have access to information and may speak to the issues under discussion. Paramount to the CSO observer role is engaging with regional CSO constituents on issues discussed at the meetings and representing constituent perspectives at CIF meetings.
CSO Observers are identified through a self-selection process that includes applications and a global election process. Interested organizations based in one of the REDD+ countries and a Northern country must submit an application to demonstrate their interest, eligibility, and qualifications. CSOs around the world working on relevant issues who have registered to vote then have the opportunity to vote to select the representative from their region.
For over 40 years, RESOLVE has been developing and promoting the effective use of collaboration and consensus building, helping groups with diverse interests engage in dialogue and find workable solutions to difficult problems. With partners in the U.S. and abroad, our organization designs innovative, sustainable solutions to the toughest natural resource, environmental, and public health challenges. RESOLVE is recognized internationally for helping parties analyze and work through contentious issues – particularly those involving highly visible and political dynamics, cultural differences, and complex technical and scientific information. RESOLVE advances new learning, best practices, and ethics, and our work is grounded in problem solving, process expertise, and a commitment to fostering relationships that break deadlocks and help parties achieve results.
In addition to the CIF, RESOLVE has successfully developed and facilitated the selection process for CSO Observers to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). Our work on this process included developing a set of guidelines designed to promote CSO engagement, identifying methods to increase efficiency and achieve credible, transparent, representative results, and managing an application and global voting process to identify CSO Observers. RESOLVE relied upon fundamental principles of public participation and the guidance of well-respected CSO members through the selection efforts. Given the similar process and previous experience facilitating the CIF selection process in 2012 and 2015, RESOLVE was asked to provide process design, management, and facilitation support and services for the selection process for the official CSO Observers to the CIF.
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