Climate Finance Law: Legal Readiness for Climate Finance - Report and Findings of Workshop held at King’s College London 9-11 March 2018

This document summarises a workshop examining how legal and regulatory systems can enable climate finance to support mitigation and adaptation. It outlines the concept of legal readiness, defined as the development of coherent domestic legal frameworks and institutional capacity to attract and manage public and private investment. The document describes workshop activities, including case studies from Mexico and Kenya, and introduces a legal analytical framework combining financial mechanisms and facilitative measures across multiple legal forms. Findings emphasise the importance of integrated regulatory approaches, knowledge exchange, and engagement with private actors. The report concludes with lessons on strengthening legal frameworks and identifies areas for further development and collaboration.