Direct Access to the Adaptation Fund: realising the potential of National Implementing Entities
Jessica Brown, Neil Bird and Liane Schalatek
The Adaptation Fund (AF), established by the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is mandated to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries that are Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and to allow direct access to the Fund by Parties. This paper explores the current status of direct access and examines the challenges countries face in securing its potential.
