Finance for National Adaptation Plan Processes: What can we learn from countries’ national adaptation plans?

Financing is an important enabling factor for effective, inclusive NAP processes. Developing countries need access to sufficient finance throughout the NAP process from a diversity of sources and through mechanisms that do not exacerbate existing debt burdens.

This review of 59 multi-sector NAP documents sheds light on how countries are addressing adaptation finance issues. The report also highlights good practices and identifies areas for improvement to better support countries in identifying, prioritizing, and mobilizing adaptation finance.

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Publisher: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)