As a result, individual projects were screened out in order to identify direct support to the private sector according to the definition adopted in this paper. The project level information gathered was used to identify which activities within the OECD DAC database on climate-related development finance could be counted as direct donor support to the private sector. As the definition of the private sector varies by agency, projects were further screened to align with the definition of the private sector adopted in this paper. For example, projects that supported state owned companies directly were not counted under direct support, but were considered as part of the next section i.e. donor support to governments and CSOs that is ‘likely to engage’ the private sector.