The Plumbing of Adaptation Finance

The document examines the difficulties of ensuring adaptation finance reaches the local level and the most vulnerable people. It introduces a framework for assessing finance delivery and notes that the Adaptation Finance Accountability Initiative (AFAI) analyzes specific finance flows in Nepal, the Philippines, Uganda, and Zambia to determine how funds are used and who receives them.

• The paper proposes a specific framework to evaluate the delivery of adaptation finance, centering on four key criteria: transparency, ownership, responsiveness, and equity.
• International climate finance for developing countries saw a significant increase from 2008 to 2012, driven largely by developed countries' commitments under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
• The Adaptation Finance Accountability Initiative (AFAI) is conducting analysis of adaptation finance flows in four specific countries: Nepal, the Philippines, Uganda, and Zambia.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). The Plumbing of Adaptation Finance. https://www.wri.org/research/plumbing-adaptation-finance

Chicago

World Resources Institute. The Plumbing of Adaptation Finance. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/plumbing-adaptation-finance.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendplumbing, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{The Plumbing of Adaptation Finance}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/plumbing-adaptation-finance}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }