Equity and Efficiency in Adaptation Finance: Initial Experiences of the Adaptation Fund

This research paper evaluates the early operations of the Adaptation Fund, focusing on the disbursement of limited resources and the tension between equity and efficiency in its allocation processes.

• The Adaptation Fund's allocation of resources is primarily driven by equity concerns, though this is implemented as a de facto distribution between states rather than addressing inequities among subnational communities.
• Despite the central importance of vulnerability to the Fund, it has not been formalized as the currency for determining equitable outcomes; instead, the Fund has implemented uniform national caps, which the author suggests may be inequitable.
• To improve the project proposal process, the Adaptation Fund Board needs to further specify evaluation criteria, compile best practices from approved proposals, and increase the transparency of its review process.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2014). Equity and Efficiency in Adaptation Finance: Initial Experiences of the Adaptation Fund. https://www.sei.org/publications/equity-and-efficiency-in-adaptation-finance-initial-experiences-of-the-adaptation-fund/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Equity and Efficiency in Adaptation Finance: Initial Experiences of the Adaptation Fund. 2014. https://www.sei.org/publications/equity-and-efficiency-in-adaptation-finance-initial-experiences-of-the-adaptation-fund/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2014equity, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Equity and Efficiency in Adaptation Finance: Initial Experiences of the Adaptation Fund}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2014}, month = feb, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/equity-and-efficiency-in-adaptation-finance-initial-experiences-of-the-adaptation-fund/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }