The Regional Workshop on Options for an Innovative Climate Finance Regime for South Asia was held at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on the 19^th and 20^th August 2013. The event organised by CANSA, APAN, ADAPT Asia-Pacific, LEAD brought together a group of participants which included government officials, members of civil society as well as the business sector. The workshops included panel discussions as well as group work which facilitated the comprehension of different thematic areas pertaining to climate finances for the better implementation of it in the South Asian regime.

Please find below the presentations made at the workshop and the agenda of the event.

• Way Forward
• Promoting Investments in Climate Change Mitigation – Dr. Afifa Raihana
• Future Areas of Research in Climate Finance – Thirthankar Mandal
• Private Sector Approach in Promoting and Financing Climate Resilient Agribusiness – Dr. Afifa Raihana
• Thinking Out of the Box – Finance for Adaptation – Siddharth
• Nepal Presentation-19 Aug 2013-INDIA
• National Efforts on Climate Change Finance – India – Rajasree Ray
• Critical Knowledge Gaps Existing in Climate Finance – Puja Sawhney
• Sri Lanka’s Approach to Challenges of Finance in Adaptation
• UNDP-GEF Adaptation 2013 South Asia Focus – Pradeep Kurukulasuriya
• National Climate Finance and Institutional Arrangement in Bangaladesh
•  Scaling Up Private Sector Finance — Peter du Pont
• Maldives Green Fund – Ministry of Environment and Energy, Maldives
• Fast out of the Gate – Jem Porcaro
• Implementation Challenges – Mozaharul Alam
• Current State of Play in Financing Adaptation and Mitigation – Mozaharul Alam
• Sources to Mobilize Climate Finance and Cost Estimates – Sanjay Vashist