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• Building a cohort of domestic climate donors in India, GOING FORWARD
both corporates and individuals: The network has seen
a six-fold growth, including the addition of 12 domestic Over the next five years, the ICC will:
and 6 international funders, who have pledged support • Aid the reduction of emissions and carbon intensity
to fund climate action through the ICC. In addition to in critical, identified sectors, including agriculture, industrial
directly funding 14 projects and research studies, the decarbonisation, and state - level climate planning.
ICC has mobilised nearly `578 million (of which
international funding constitutes `473 million) for
• Ramp up resilience of vulnerable populations through
climate action across over 25 funding opportunities
adaptation measures, including working towards
through introduction and facilitation.
building climate resilient cities, building a water
diagnostic toolkit to enhance water security, and
• Building a cohesive network and platform for
scaling ecosystem-based adaptation.
collaboration: The ICC currently has a network of over 100
ecosystem partners willing to join
• Augment climate and environmental justice by building
hands and work together. The ICC
has also built partnerships with grassroots capacity to co-create just transition
various state governments, pathways and support communities through re-skilling
including Telangana, Andhra and livelihood diversification.
Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Karnataka, and • Accelerate climate finance by building a flourishing
Odisha, as well as the Ministry ecosystem for domestic climate funding in India by
of Home A airs, by co-creating a pooled fund and platform for
incorporating a Climate Risk Atlas Nature-Based Solutions (NBS).
(CRA) tool. The CRA is a sector-wise
vulnerability assessment tool for • Mainstream the climate narrative in India.
Indian districts, which assesses risks,
informs disaster plans, and helps with
designing institutional capacity building. CHALLENGES FACED

• Cementing India’s thought leadership at crucial • Shifting the focus of other domestic donors towards a
international platforms: The ICC has represented India unique climate narrative, which is specific to and
at global forums to develop a Global South-focused invests in, impactful climate solutions.
• Incubating programmes in spaces characterised by
narrative helmed by Indian leadership to influence key
under-action or no action: The ICC has identified,
decisions in the developing world. Keeping this in mind,
co-created, and launched programmes in critical • Building capacity and enabling implementor
the ICC has led discussions and hosted round tables at
sectors, including air quality, land use, water, sustainable organisations to solve for relevant problem statements.
several global climate-focused initiatives, including The
energy, sustainable agriculture, climate data, and risk
Sustainable Markets Initiative by His Royal Highness
assessment. These have been operational for the past 8
(HRH) Charles, Prince of Wales, the Giving Pledge,
to 16 months, with a projected cumulative impact on
UNFCCC Climate Dialogues, Project Drawdown’s Global
1 million lives over five years.
Collaborative, and the U.S. Consulate’s Opportunities for
U.S.-India Collaboration on Sustainability, among others.

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