Equity and efficiency in adaptation finance: initial experiences of the Adaptation Fund

Persson, Åsa; Remling, Elise

doi:10.1080/14693062.2013.879514

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“…Persson and Remling 2014;Remling and Persson 2015;Stadelmann et al 2014;Betzold 2015), we find that vulnerability is an important predictor for the allocation of adaptation aid. Countries that are more vulnerable to climate change Ð as measured by different vulnerability indicators Ð receive more adaptation aid.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Several studies examine funding decisions of the multilateral Adaptation Fund; they conclude that the Adaptation Fund does not accord priority to vulnerable countries (Persson and Remling 2014;Remling and Persson 2015;Stadelmann et al 2014). Robertsen et al (2015) focus on bilateral aid from seven donors to sub-Saharan Africa.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Allocation of aid for adaptation to climate change: Do vulnerable countries receive more support?

Betzold

Weiler

2017

Int Environ Agreements

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Section: The Political Economy Of (Adaptation) Aidmentioning

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Allocation of aid for adaptation to climate change: Do vulnerable countries receive more support?

Betzold

Weiler

2017

Int Environ Agreements

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“…One exception is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Adaptation Fund, established in 2010 and approving funding since 2012 (cf. Persson and Remling 2014). The fund was legally established through the Kyoto Protocol stating an obligation to 'assist developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable […] to meet the costs of adaptation' (UN 1998;cf.…”

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Adaptive Ideals and Aspirational Goals: The Utopian Ideals and Realist Constraints of Climate Change Adaptation

Baard

2015

J Agric Environ Ethics

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There is a growing need to implement anticipatory climate change adaptation measures, particularly in vulnerable sectors, such as in agriculture. However, setting goals to adapt is wrought with several challenges. This paper discusses two sets of challenges to goals of anticipatory adaptation, of (1) empirical and (2) normative character. The first set of challenges concern issues such as the extent to which the climate will change, the local impacts of such changes, and available adaptive responses. In the second set of uncertainties are issues such as the distribution of burdens to enhance adaptive capacities in vulnerable agents with a legitimate claim to such resources, and what anticipatory adaptation ideally should result in. While previous discussions have been limited to either discuss the first or second set of uncertainties, this paper suggests that both dimensions should be considered when setting goals in social planning with long time frames. A taxonomy will be suggested that combines both dimensions. Furthermore, strategies for managing situations in which there are either empirical, or normative, uncertainties will be proposed which could be used in social decision-making with long planning time-frames in which goals must be set.

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“…The third issue concerns principles for the allocation of climate finance, of which the most pertinent for this paper are efficiency and equity (see e.g. Persson and Remling 2014;Stadelmann et al 2014). Efficiency refers to the ''allocation of public resources such that net social benefits are maximised'' (Persson and Remling 2014: 489).…”

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Limiting costs or correcting market failures? Finance ministries and frame alignment in UN climate finance negotiations

Skovgaard

2017

Int Environ Agreements

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Finance ministries are increasingly involved in UN climate finance negotiations, yet this development received very limited attention in the literature on climate finance or climate negotiations. It is not obvious from the literature on bureaucratic politics how these ministries will position themselves on climate finance: they may frame climate finance as expenditure to be limited or as an instrument for correcting the market failure of climate change. This paper investigates which frames have characterised the positions of finance ministries on key issues in the climate finance negotiations, and whether the use of a given frame corresponds to particular factors. Case studies of Denmark, India, Indonesia and the USA based on official documents and interviews show that the position of each finance ministry is generally consistent with one particular frame. The Indonesian and Danish finance ministries predominantly framed climate finance as a way of correcting a market failure. The Indian Ministry of Finance emphasised Common but Differentiated Responsibilities, which fits with the budget frame. The US Treasury's position similarly fits with the budget frame while sharing elements of the market failure frame. Finance ministries that had the lead on climate finance were more likely follow the budget frame. The use of both frames cuts across the divide between industrialised and emerging economies. With the exception of the USA, left-and right-wing governments were equally likely to adopt either frame. These findings indicate that strengthening finance ministry forums built around the market failure frame can be a way of reducing norm fragmentation.

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Equity and efficiency in adaptation finance: initial experiences of the Adaptation Fund

Cited by 101 publications

References 32 publications

Allocation of aid for adaptation to climate change: Do vulnerable countries receive more support?

Allocation of aid for adaptation to climate change: Do vulnerable countries receive more support?

Adaptive Ideals and Aspirational Goals: The Utopian Ideals and Realist Constraints of Climate Change Adaptation

Limiting costs or correcting market failures? Finance ministries and frame alignment in UN climate finance negotiations

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