open-consultation-final-3eb4790303e37bbe.pdf

The document outlines revisions made to a systematic review protocol following stakeholder consultation in late 2020. Key changes include narrowing the geographic focus to sub-Saharan Africa, refining the set of analyzed funders to include specific bilateral and multilateral sources, and updating the search strategy to prioritize project names over specific climate hazards. The review team also introduced a causal-process-tracing theory of change (pToC) to better visualize links between interventions and outcomes, while clarifying that only projects with adaptation as a principal objective will be included.

• The review's geographic scope has been restricted specifically to sub-Saharan Africa due to the region's high vulnerability to climate change and the volume of resources invested there.
• The analysis focuses on a specific set of funders, comprising two bilateral donors (Sweden and the United Kingdom) and four multilateral climate funds, including the Adaptation Fund (AF), Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF), and the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR).
• To ensure the review focuses on adaptation effectiveness, only projects where adaptation is the main objective are included, specifically those with a Rio marker for adaptation score of 2 for bilateral funders.
• The research team replaced the previous search approach with one based on project names rather than specific climate hazards or impacts to avoid missing relevant interventions.
• A causal-process-tracing theory of change (pToC) was developed to provide a detailed visualization of the links between interventions and outcomes, including the identification of derailers, safeguards, and enablers.
• The review defines adaptation based on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) glossary, describing it as "the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects."
• The review incorporates maladaptation as a potential outcome, specifically when an intervention results in negative impacts on non-targeted populations or locations.

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@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendopenconsultationfinal3eb4790303e37bbepdf, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{open-consultation-final-3eb4790303e37bbe.pdf}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/open-consultation-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }