sei-pb-2011-adaptation-finance-b32ebd97a4f060a6.pdf

This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the challenges of ensuring equity, transparency, and accountability in adaptation finance for developing countries. It analyzes the fragmented landscape of funding channels, the conflicting interpretations of 'new and additional' resources between developed and developing nations, and the governance structures of UNFCCC-linked funds. The document emphasizes that the lack of common metrics for measuring vulnerability and adaptation success hinders the effective and equitable delivery of finance.

• Adaptation finance is transitioning from millions to billions of US dollars, necessitating stronger frameworks for equity, transparency, and accountability across its generation, governance, delivery, and use.
• There is a fundamental disagreement between developed and developing countries regarding 'new and additional' funding. Developing countries view this as resources exceeding the 0.7% gross national income target for official development assistance (ODA), while developed countries often include ODA as a component of these resources, leading to risks of double-counting.
• The governance of the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) is seen by some as undermining equitable representation because their double-weighted majority voting system favors donors over recipients.
• The Adaptation Fund is distinguished from other UNFCCC instruments because it does not rely solely on voluntary contributions, receiving a 2 per cent share of proceeds from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
• There is no international consensus or uniform definition for which countries are 'particularly vulnerable' to climate change, making the prioritization of adaptation funding a political choice rather than an objective technical determination.
• Unlike mitigation activities, which can be measured in CO2 equivalents, adaptation lacks a common metric for monitoring and evaluation, meaning the choice of indicators and baselines is critical for accountability.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). sei-pb-2011-adaptation-finance-b32ebd97a4f060a6.pdf. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/sei-pb-2011-adaptation-finance.pdf

Chicago

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@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendseipb2011adaptationfinanceb32ebd97a4f060a6pdf, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{sei-pb-2011-adaptation-finance-b32ebd97a4f060a6.pdf}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/sei-pb-2011-adaptation-finance.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }