Going in the Right Direction?

This working paper by the World Resources Institute examines local finance structures in Nepal, the Philippines, Uganda, and Zambia, focusing on the challenges and best practices for channeling climate adaptation funding to vulnerable communities.

• The paper identifies a disconnect between national priorities and community needs in adaptation project decision-making, noting that national climate finance strategies often lack input from local communities and subnational institutions.
• There are significant hurdles in tracking adaptation finance because projects labeled as such by donors and governments do not always directly address climate change risks, and information on fund dispersal is often difficult to access from national agencies and donors.
• To improve accountability and effectiveness, the paper recommends that governments and finance providers enhance coordination within districts, streamline reporting mechanisms, provide clear tagging criteria for adaptation projects based on expenditure, and build local capacity for vulnerability assessments and transparent reporting.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Going in the Right Direction? https://www.wri.org/research/going-right-direction

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Going in the Right Direction? n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/going-right-direction.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendgoing, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Going in the Right Direction?}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/going-right-direction}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }