Roadmap Development

Before a country platform can be effective, countries must establish the analytical and political foundations on which the platform will be built. The Roadmap Development pillar is intended to support this foundational work by providing resources that map climate finance flows, assess gaps between investment needs and available resources, model energy and sectoral transition pathways, and identify the policy and reform agenda linked to platform priorities.

Resources

This pillar brings together tools, frameworks, and methodologies to help country teams carry out an initial diagnostic. These resources address several questions to help a country platforms establish solid foundations:

What are the current investment needs across key transition sectors, including insights from climate finance landscape assessments?
What are some key analyses and modeling strategies available to help define investment priorities, including energy emissions mapping, adaptation and resilience priorities, and scenario mapping?
How do we ensure platform alignment with national development and climate strategies?
What is the investor appetite in key sectors, and what gaps exist across the finance and policy space?

As the Knowledge Portal progresses to its full launch at COP31, available resources are expected to grow.

NDC Partnership

Building Blocks Assessment Framework

This report identifies the core enabling conditions and building blocks necessary for EMDEs to drive whole-of-economy climate action and attract investment. It outlines how governments can establish high-level political ownership, strengthen institutional collaboration, and implement robust regulatory frameworks to support their NDCs. Frameworks like an NDC can help inform the platform's design alongside national development plans and sectoral strategies, and signal climate ambition to external stakeholders.

Tools and Frameworks

Climate Prosperity Plans

CVF

Climate Prosperity Plans

Climate Prosperity Plans (CPPs) are country-owned national investment strategies integrating climate, nature, and development to attract capital and build project pipelines. They offer valuable insights into how delivery units and country platforms can connect policy, finance, and implementation to drive climate-resilient economic growth.

Framing Reports

UNDP

INFFs as an instrument to finance NDCs

This paper examines how Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs) can serve as an instruments to unlock and organize public and private capital behind national climate priorities. It can help policymakers looking to structure holistic financing strategies that integrate with national development plans and support robust country platforms. Frameworks like INFFS can help inform the platform's design alongside national development plans and sectoral strategies, and signal climate ambition to external stakeholders.

Framing Reports

NDC Partnership

Transitioning from NDC Planning to Investment

This policy brief explores how countries can effectively transition from centralized climate planning to implementation and investment mobilization. It guides policymakers through enabling conditions, such as enhancing the role of finance ministries, designing functional investment plans, and fostering enabling environments for private investment. Existing frameworks, such as NDCs, can help inform the platform's design alongside national development plans and sectoral strategies, and signal climate ambition to external stakeholders.

Briefs & Explainers

ODI

Designing and Governing Country Platforms

This report analyzes the design, lifecycle, and governance arrangements of established country platforms to clarify their scope and implementation. It offers strategic recommendations for national governments and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to successfully structure political agreements, investment plans, and appropriate coordination mechanisms.

Framing Reports

SEI

SEI Water Evaluation and Adaptation Planning

The Water Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) is a software tool that provides an integrated, practical framework for water resources planning and policy analysis. It helps technical planners evaluate the impacts of climate change on water supply and demand, assess reservoir operations, and develop sustainable water management strategies.

Tools and Frameworks

SEI

SEI Low Emissions Analysis Platform

The Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) is a software tool for energy policy analysis and climate change mitigation assessment. It serves as a decision support system that allows technical experts to model energy scenarios, track emissions, and evaluate the trade-offs of different policy options.

Tools and Frameworks

CCG

Modelling Tools and Frameworks: Techno-economic; Financial; Geographic Information Systems

Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) tools offer a suite of open-source modeling tools and frameworks designed to support the complete planning and financing pipeline for energy transitions. Technical advisors can use these tools to project energy demand, assess system capacity, and design national financing strategies.

Tools and Frameworks

CPI

Integrating Urban and Subnational Priorities into Country Platforms

This policy brief highlights the importance of integrating urban and subnational climate priorities into the design, governance, and financing of national country platforms. It provides an actionable roadmap to help governments overcome multi-level coordination barriers, support local project pipelines, and mobilize finance for urban climate action.

Briefs & Explainers

World Bank

Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs)

The World Bank Group's Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) are a diagnostic tool that integrates climate change into national development priorities. They provide governments with data-driven recommendations on how to attract public and private financing for high-impact climate actions and build resilient country platforms. A country's CCDR may inform the design of a country platform.

Tools and Frameworks

GGGI

Aligning NDCs and LT-LEDS: A Step-by-Step Guide for Practitioners

This guide provides a framework for aligning short-term Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS). It is useful as a way to understand how these frameworks can provide early-analysis for a country platform, and is helpful for those seeking to harmonize institutional governance, stakeholder engagement, and financial planning across stages of climate policy development.

Tools and Frameworks

What are the current investment needs across key transition sectors, including insights from climate finance landscape assessments?
What are some key analyses and modeling strategies available to help define investment priorities, including energy emissions mapping, adaptation and resilience priorities, and scenario mapping?
How do we ensure platform alignment with national development and climate strategies?
What is the investor appetite in key sectors, and what gaps exist across the finance and policy space?

As the Knowledge Portal progresses to its full launch at COP31, available resources are expected to grow.