Report

Finance for National Adaptation Plan Processes

What can we learn from countries' national adaptation plans?

This review of 59 multi-sector national adaptation plan (NAP) documents sheds light on how developing 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.

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 developing 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.

Report details

Topic
Climate Change Adaptation
Project
NAP Global Network
Impact area
Climate
Publisher
IISD
Copyright
IISD, 2025