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Designing Climate Projects for Funding

Work from a defined climate problem to activities, results, costs and delivery arrangements. Practise building a project that a funder can assess.

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Course 2

Intermediate · 16 learning hours

Sample lessons available · Course delivery planned · No enrolment or payment

Level
Intermediate
Estimated time
16 learning hours
Audience
Project developers, public agencies, utilities, NGOs and advisory teams.
Prerequisite
Basic climate finance vocabulary and a project concept.
Material status
Open sample lessons; full course planned
Completion record
Planned only; sample lessons do not earn a certificate.

Learning outcomes

  • Define a climate problem and the likely situation without the project.
  • Build a theory of change and results chain.
  • Link financial structure to barriers and cash flows.
  • Test implementation, safeguards and monitoring readiness.

Sample lessons

Modules

Four modules, open to read.

Sample lessons

Each sample lesson introduces a concept, explains its role in project preparation and sets an applied exercise. Use the knowledge check to test the reasoning, then record how the concept applies to a real or hypothetical project.

Module 1

Problem boundary and evidence

Define the location, affected people or system, climate problem and intended change. Record the source, date, geographic coverage and limits of each important claim. National data may establish context but may need further analysis for a local design decision. The purpose is to identify what the evidence supports and where further work is needed.

Exercise

Create a ten-claim evidence register for the learner project.

Knowledge check

A national climate projection always supports a local asset decision without further analysis. True or false?

Show the answer

False. Geographic scale, method and uncertainty must be suitable for the asset and decision. National projections do not automatically justify a specific local design.

Module 2

Theory of change and results

A theory of change explains how activities are expected to produce results. Distinguish outputs, such as completed works, from outcomes, such as a more reliable service. State the assumptions linking them and the external factors that could interrupt progress. Each indicator needs a baseline, target, method and responsible party.

Exercise

Write one result chain and identify two assumptions that could break it.

Knowledge check

Which item is an output: improved household resilience or 20 drainage channels completed?

Show the answer

Twenty completed drainage channels are an output. Reduced disruption or improved resilience would be an outcome requiring separate evidence.

Module 3

Financial model and concessionality

Separate investment costs from operating costs, then identify sources of finance and repayment. Test revenue, affordability, exchange-rate exposure and other assumptions that affect viability. If concessional support is proposed, explain the barrier it addresses and why its size and terms are proportionate.

Exercise

Create a sources-and-uses table and describe what each finance layer changes.

Knowledge check

Concessional capital should cover every risk. True or false?

Show the answer

False. Concessional support should address a defined barrier with an appropriate allocation of risk. Other risks remain with the parties best able to manage them.

Module 4

Delivery and risk

Implementation depends on more than a list of activities. Identify the organisations with authority, the procurement steps, environmental and social risk management, stakeholder participation and monitoring arrangements. Assign responsibility for each major risk and define how issues will be escalated.

Exercise

Run a pre-mortem: list five reasons implementation could fail and assign controls.

Knowledge check

Who owns a risk: the party named in the risk register or everyone?

Show the answer

The named accountable owner coordinates the response, supported by clearly assigned roles. Shared involvement should not obscure accountability.

Tools and assessment

Practice materials and planned assessment.

Downloads

Download the course workbook. Each worksheet includes an example row and marked cells for your own project.

  • Evidence register
  • Theory-of-change canvas
  • Sources-and-uses template
  • Implementation checklist
Download the workbook (XLSX, 15 KB) All learning resources

Assessment and certificate

A practical project task and a source-based knowledge check are planned. Assessment criteria, marking, feedback and any reassessment will be explained before enrolment. No assessment or tutor feedback is provided through these sample pages.

A completion record would document the course and assessment completed. It would not confer professional accreditation, endorsement by a fund or permission to submit a funding application.

Course interest

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