Roundtable Report: Governing Climate Finance, Critical Perspectives from Africa, Asia and Latin America

This report summarizes a two-day roundtable held in September 2010 by the Institute for Security Studies' Corruption & Governance Programme, featuring civil society experts from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The document outlines a pilot project to monitor the governance of climate finance at local levels, specifically examining the Adaptation Fund, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).

• The report emphasizes that the effectiveness of global climate finance architecture depends on democratic governance at the local level to ensure funds reach the most vulnerable and are not lost to poor governance or corruption.
• The study analyzes the practical application and effects of three specific funding mechanisms: the Adaptation Fund, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), including their pilot programs.
• The research evaluates the extent to which climate funds incorporate universal democratic principles, including social justice, inclusiveness, public participation, transparency, and accountability, while identifying new types of corruption concerns.

APA

Institute for Security Studies (n.d.). Roundtable Report: Governing Climate Finance, Critical Perspectives from Africa, Asia and Latin America. https://issafrica.org/research/publication-archives/conference-reports/roundtable-report-governing-climate-finance-critical-perspectives-from-africa-asia-and-latin-america

Chicago

Institute for Security Studies. Roundtable Report: Governing Climate Finance, Critical Perspectives from Africa, Asia and Latin America. n.d. https://issafrica.org/research/publication-archives/conference-reports/roundtable-report-governing-climate-finance-critical-perspectives-from-africa-asia-and-latin-america.

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BibTeX

@techreport{instituteforsecuritystudiesndroundtable, author = {{Institute for Security Studies}}, title = {{Roundtable Report: Governing Climate Finance, Critical Perspectives from Africa, Asia and Latin America}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, url = {https://issafrica.org/research/publication-archives/conference-reports/roundtable-report-governing-climate-finance-critical-perspectives-from-africa-asia-and-latin-america}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }