Service
Climate Rationale
The climate rationale is where most concept notes are thinnest and the hardest section to repair after the fact.
Scope
The project logic holds but the climate evidence does not yet carry it.
When you need this
The project logic holds but the climate evidence does not yet carry it.
What problem it solves
The climate rationale is where most concept notes are thinnest and the hardest section to repair after the fact.
What is carried out
- Hazard identification and location-specific climate data
- Exposure and vulnerability evidence
- Attribution of the problem to climate drivers rather than development deficits
- Baseline construction and measurable change
- Data provenance and defensibility under review
What you receive
- A written climate rationale section
- The underlying data sources, cited
- A statement of what the evidence does and does not support
- Identified gaps requiring primary data
- Timeframe2–4 weeks
- Inputs neededExisting project documentation, available climate and baseline data, and the name of the target mechanism if one has been chosen.
- LimitsWhere the available data cannot support a claim, we say so rather than writing around it.
Climate Readiness Advisory is an independent practice and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting on behalf of the Green Climate Fund, the Adaptation Fund or any other financing institution.
