Is adaptation finance supporting ecosystems?

The paper finds that the Adaptation Fund provides limited support for ecosystem-related activities, with only 15% of funding allocated to such projects as of 2016, and most of these focusing on human-centric ecosystem services rather than ecological resilience.

• As of 2016, ecosystem-related activities accounted for only approximately 15% of the total funding allocated by the Adaptation Fund.
• The majority of ecosystem-related funding is directed toward providing specific services for humans, such as coastal erosion or flood protection, rather than supporting other species, which likely reduces the positive impact on ecological resilience.
• The analysis concludes that ecosystem outcomes are generally of limited importance across nearly all projects, including those that incorporate some ecosystem-related activities.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2019). Is adaptation finance supporting ecosystems? https://www.sei.org/publications/is-adaptation-finance-supporting-ecosystems/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Is adaptation finance supporting ecosystems? 2019. https://www.sei.org/publications/is-adaptation-finance-supporting-ecosystems/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Is adaptation finance supporting ecosystems? |date=24 April 2019 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/is-adaptation-finance-supporting-ecosystems/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2019adaptation, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Is adaptation finance supporting ecosystems?}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, month = apr, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/is-adaptation-finance-supporting-ecosystems/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }