The Multi-Scalar Inequities of Climate Adaptation Finance : A Critical Review
(2024) In Current Climate Change Reports- Abstract
Purpose of Review: Following a multi-scalar analytical approach, this critical literature review explores the factors that determine adaptation finance accessibility and allocation with particular attention to how the needs of climate-vulnerable communities are considered. Recent Findings: Our review reveals that climate vulnerability is not a primary determinant in the accessibility and allocation of climate adaptation finance at inter-state, sub-national and local scales. Instead, factors such as institutional capacities and financial and political interests exert significant influence. This leads to maladaptation and multi-scalar inequities where climate finance favours relatively resilient groups across scales with less support for... (More)
Purpose of Review: Following a multi-scalar analytical approach, this critical literature review explores the factors that determine adaptation finance accessibility and allocation with particular attention to how the needs of climate-vulnerable communities are considered. Recent Findings: Our review reveals that climate vulnerability is not a primary determinant in the accessibility and allocation of climate adaptation finance at inter-state, sub-national and local scales. Instead, factors such as institutional capacities and financial and political interests exert significant influence. This leads to maladaptation and multi-scalar inequities where climate finance favours relatively resilient groups across scales with less support for more vulnerable populations. Summary: We argue that finance does not trickle down, but “ripples” within a climate finance arena – where we define the latter as a messy space of competition, negotiation and collaboration. To unlock equitable adaptation finance patterns, future research should focus on the multi-scalar configurations of adaptation finance beyond the international level and consider local and regional territorial and scalar politics.
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- author
- Venner, Kayin ; García-Lamarca, Melissa LU and Olazabal, Marta
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024-05-23
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- epub
- subject
- keywords
- Climate adaptation finance, Climate change governance, Climate justice, Climate vulnerability, Maladaptation, Scalar politics
- in
- Current Climate Change Reports
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85194077454
- ISSN
- 2198-6061
- DOI
- 10.1007/s40641-024-00195-7
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.
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