Alignment: A key element of successful financing strategies for climate change adaptation

This briefing note by the International Institute for Sustainable Development discusses the importance of aligning national financing strategies for climate change adaptation with other financial plans, such as those for biodiversity and the Sustainable Development Goals, to ensure coordinated resource mobilization and implementation.

• Financing strategies for adaptation are defined as a series of actions intended to help countries obtain funding for adaptation priorities from both public and private sources, both nationally and internationally.
• Aligning adaptation financing strategies with other national financing plans can lead to several benefits, including a better government-wide understanding of the costs and benefits of adaptation, consistent communication with international partners, and increased involvement from various ministries and partners to boost funding.
• Alignment helps prevent adaptation strategies from becoming stagnant documents limited to the ministry responsible for climate change, instead facilitating stronger prioritization, resource mobilization, and the integration of adaptation into national and subnational public budgeting and planning.
• Many developing countries are currently utilizing support from the Green Climate Fund to prepare these financing strategies as part of their implementation of nationally determined contributions and national adaptation plans.

APA

Murphy,, D. (2023). Alignment: A key element of successful financing strategies for climate change adaptation. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/alignment-financing-strategies-climate-change-adaptation

Chicago

Murphy,, Deborah. Alignment: A key element of successful financing strategies for climate change adaptation. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2023. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/alignment-financing-strategies-climate-change-adaptation.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{murphy2023alignment, author = {Murphy,, Deborah}, title = {{Alignment: A key element of successful financing strategies for climate change adaptation}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/alignment-financing-strategies-climate-change-adaptation}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }