Functions and Responsibilities of Climate Change Financing Unit
To serve as the nodal point on all climate change financing matters in the Finance Ministry.
To represent Ministry of Finance in all climate change and related issues in all international and domestic fora.
To prepare briefs and position papers for Government of India's position on climate financing
To provide guidance and inputs to MoEF to feed into climate change negotiations as well as to develop capacity to analyze emerging issues
Assess the submissions on 'climate change financing' from various national Governments who are Parties to the UN framework Convention on Climate Change
Analyze the financial pledges of developed countries
Provide inputs to the designing, operationalization and working of Green Climate Fund as per the Cancun agreement
Intergovernmental Expert Committee on Sustainable Development Financing (ICESDF), set up under the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - or Rio+20