Does adequate financing exist for adaptation in developing countries?

Climate Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-114

  Flåm, Karoline Hægstad ^a   Skjærseth, Jon Birger ^a  

^a FRIDTJOF NANSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation finance; Adaptation fund; Climate change; Developing countries; Development aid; Multilateral funds

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AID FLOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT AID; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERNATIONAL AID; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 60849095793     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2008.0568     Document Type: Article

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