The building blocks of climate-resilient development

Climate-resilient development requires 1) political vision and leadership 2) a development planning process that has climate resilience at its core 3) an institutional structure that facilitates central co-ordination and targeted engagement 4) a strong evidence base and methods for dealing with uncertainty 5) sufficient financing, combining the effective use of domestic and international resources and 6) mechanisms for monitoring, evaluating and learning including strong feedback between lessons learned and policy design. The chapter outlines experience to date in implementing these building blocks.