The opinions expressed and arguments employed are those of the authors. All requests for public or commercial use and translation rights should be submitted to rights!®oecd.org. The paper outlines existing synergies between climate and development finance and proposes factors to improve coherence for sustainable development with a particular focus on the role of development co-operation providers in the post-2015 context The paper contributes to the discussion about how the international community can successfully deliver on the commitments to sustainable development and climate action made in 2015. An earlier version of the paper was drafted to foster the discussion on the role of development co-operation providers in relation to climate and sustainable development finance during the annual meeting of the ENVIRONET on 1-2 March, 2016.