Climate financing in Ukraine: state and prospects

Introduction. Solving problems related to climate change requires ensuring adequate financial support for counteraction / fight, mitigation and adaptation, as well as further recovery, transformation at the global, regional and local levels. The implementation of these tasks will be largely determined by the progressive development of public and private climate financing, as well as public-private partnership in this area in Ukraine. In turn, such development is possible with a careful definition of approaches to climate financing, measures to expand its sources, key results of its development, stages of implementation of climate projects, improvement of climate risk management by all economic agents. Problem Statement. The progressive development of public and private climate finance, the implementation of public-private partnerships (PPP) in this area is a complex, complex task that requires a clear definition of existing and potentially possible approaches to it, an arsenal of measures to expand its sources, stages of climate project implementation, clarification of existing problems, shortcomings and unresolved issues. Attention should also be focused on assessing the advancement of climate finance in Ukraine, the effectiveness and efficiency of its development. The purpose is to clarify the directions of climate finance development in Ukraine. Methods. A systematic approach, methods of generalization, comparative and expert analysis were applied. Results. The directions of development of climate finance and its improvement in Ukraine are determined; forms, models and methods of PPP in climate finance; components of building the architecture of climate governance in Ukraine; elements of improving the consideration of climate risks in macroprudential regulation; approaches to assessing the progress, effectiveness and efficiency of climate finance. Conclusions. Progressive development of climate finance in Ukraine is possible with a comprehensive solution to the tasks of improving its state, private and public-private components; improving climate risk management; building the architecture of climate governance.