the role of national authorities eg national authorities designated andor accredited for climate action and leadership is important to engage the private sector while norfund has been a forerunner in major re investments in a number of developing countries it is questionable how investments in cleaner gas technologies could be aligned with the well below c degree pathway the ndf high score on criteria well below c target is based on the importance given in project screening criteria for identifying approaches and technologies that are aligned with lowcarbon development and the importance given for upscaling and replicability