Following the Money Isn’t Enough: How Civil Society Organizations Provide Accountability for Climate Adaptation Finance

The document argues that local communities are often marginalized from national climate adaptation planning and financing, leading to ineffective investments. It positions civil society organizations as essential intermediaries that can facilitate community participation and monitor finance flows. To achieve this, the paper proposes a four-step capacity-building process for CSOs: conducting political economy assessments, analyzing finance allocation and reporting, developing engagement strategies, and pursuing peer-to-peer learning and training.

• Local communities and local governments are frequently excluded from the national planning and financing of climate adaptation, which results in investments that are misaligned and ineffective.
• Civil society organizations are essential for creating inclusive adaptation finance systems by leading decision-making processes and tracking climate-related policies and finance flows.
• CSOs can enhance their ability to ensure accountable climate finance systems by following a four-step process: assessing the political economy, analyzing how finance is determined and reported, implementing engagement strategies, and building capacity through training and information sharing.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Following the Money Isn’t Enough: How Civil Society Organizations Provide Accountability for Climate Adaptation Finance. https://www.wri.org/research/following-money-isnt-enough-how-civil-society-organizations-provide-accountability-climate

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Following the Money Isn’t Enough: How Civil Society Organizations Provide Accountability for Climate Adaptation Finance. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/following-money-isnt-enough-how-civil-society-organizations-provide-accountability-climate.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendfollowing, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Following the Money Isn’t Enough: How Civil Society Organizations Provide Accountability for Climate Adaptation Finance}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/following-money-isnt-enough-how-civil-society-organizations-provide-accountability-climate}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }