Public Authorities’ Manual for Leveraging Finance

From adaptation priorities to investment-ready plans and bankable projects

It provides CLIMATEFIT’s operational pathway for Public Authorities to transform climate adaptation needs into structured investment strategies, actionable investment plans and finance-ready project pipelines.

What is Project Result 3?

Project Result 3 is CLIMATEFIT’s practical pathway for Public Authorities to leverage finance for climate adaptation.

It supports the transition from strategic adaptation priorities to structured investment strategies, actionable investment plans and finance-ready project pipelines. In practice, it helps Public Authorities move from identifying climate risks and resilience needs to developing projects that can realistically attract public and private finance.

It brings together methodologies, operational guidance and practical tools to support this full process. This includes the development of investment strategies, the translation of these strategies into measurable investment plans, and the preparation of investment cases aligned with financial actors’ expectations.

As such, PR3 is not only a methodological result. It is the operational bridge between analysis, capacity building and implementation, and a core component of CLIMATEFIT’s ambition to make climate adaptation projects more investable and scalable across European territories.

Who is this result for?

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Public Authorities

To support the design of investment strategies, project pipelines and finance-ready adaptation plans.

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Facilitators

To accompany Public Authorities in investment planning and project maturation processes.

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Policymakers

To better understand how adaptation priorities can be translated into concrete financing pathways.

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Replication territories

To reuse tested methodologies and practical tools in other contexts across Europe.

Key takeways

Key outputs

Public Authorities often struggle to move from climate strategies to concrete investment processes.
Structured investment strategies are essential to leverage private and public finance.
Practical guidance helps transform adaptation priorities into bankable projects.
Investment plans must align territorial needs with financial actors’ expectations.
PR3 provides a step-by-step pathway from strategy to implementation.

Methodology to build an investment strategy (D2.3)
Framework supporting the definition of strategic investment priorities and financing pathways.

Guidelines to build investment plans (D3.1)
Practical guidance to develop structured investment plans and project pipelines.

Guidance on suitable Incentive Mechanisms (D3.2)
Operational support to identify the most relevant mechanisms to facilitate investment.

Manual for leveraging finance (D4.3)
A hands-on legacy guide for Public Authorities based on CLIMATEFIT’s territorial experience.