Making Adaptation Count

The World Resources Institute report 'Making Adaptation Count' provides a practical framework for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems to track the success and failure of climate adaptation initiatives within development contexts.

• Climate change impacts threaten poverty reduction and development goals, with potential global GDP losses of 5–10 percent over the 21st century, while poor countries could see wealth declines exceeding 10 percent. Human security is further threatened by increased water scarcity, reduced agricultural production, and exposure to diseases, storms, floods, and droughts.
• Because national, sectoral, and project-based adaptation plans are currently relatively untested and in their infancy, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems are critical for determining effectiveness and deciding which efforts to scale up. Such systems are also required by donor agencies and industrialized countries providing adaptation finance, including those operating under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
• The report's framework is designed for the planning, design, and early implementation stages of adaptation interventions and can be used by funders to formulate evaluation questions or analyze programmatic agendas. Beyond tracking success, M&E can identify positive synergies between adaptation and other goals like climate change mitigation or economic growth.
• The guidance provided is based on consultations, case studies, and interviews, specifically reviewing M&E systems for natural resource management and adaptation projects in India implemented by the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Bankengruppe (KfW) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Making Adaptation Count. https://www.wri.org/research/making-adaptation-count

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Making Adaptation Count. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/making-adaptation-count.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendmaking, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Making Adaptation Count}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/making-adaptation-count}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }