Readiness Before Resources? Why Enabling Conditions Matter for Local Climate Finance

by Jonas Brian Almendrala  Editor’s Note: Jonas currently serves as the Manager for Urban Development at the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, supporting partner cities in their climate-readiness projects under the Urban-Act Project. Our usual conversations and discussions on climate finance usually deal with questions on knowing how much money is available, where it can come from, how quickly it can be mobilized, and most importantly, how can we access it?  These are important questions.  But for many Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Philippines, the issue is not only the availability and access of climate [...]

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