Climate Finance for Adaptation in Africa

The research finds that climate adaptation finance for Africa is significantly lower than mitigation finance and the actual investment needs of the region. Between 2014 and 2018, adaptation finance was dominated by loans over grants, heavily concentrated in only two sectors, and suffered from low disbursement rates compared to general development finance.

• Climate finance for Africa is insufficient relative to the region's high vulnerability and low adaptation capacity, with mitigation funding nearly doubling adaptation funding, which totaled US$16.5 billion compared to US$30.6 billion for mitigation.
• Adaptation-related finance in Africa is primarily delivered as loans (57%) rather than grants (42%) and is highly concentrated, with half of the funding directed toward only two sectors: water supply and sanitation, and agriculture.
• The disbursement ratio for adaptation finance in Africa is 46%, which is substantially lower than the 96% disbursement ratio for total development finance in the region.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). Climate Finance for Adaptation in Africa. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-finance-adaptation-africa

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Climate Finance for Adaptation in Africa. 2021. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-finance-adaptation-africa.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021climate, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Climate Finance for Adaptation in Africa}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-finance-adaptation-africa}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }