Impacts of Climate Investment Funds on Multilateral Adaptation Finance

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) is a global agreement between 194 countries to stabilize greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere to avoid dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Through this Convention, developed countries have also agreed to provide developing countries with funds to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions (mitigate) and build resilience to the current and anticipated changes in average climate conditions (adaptation). While there are several funds administered by a UNFCCC-appointed institute, the World Bank recently launched Climate Investment Funds as an interim mechanism for providing, among other things, adaptation finance in selected developing countries. This book will explore the opportunities and challenges for adaptation financing under the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), as compared to the UNFCCC.

Archana Datta holds a master's degree in Environment & Resource Studies from the University of Waterloo. Her areas of specialty and interest are international climate financing, climate change adaptation, and environmental governance. She currently works as an Environmental Specialist for various development projects in the Lower Mekong Countries.