In particular, it provides a number of concrete tools and recommendations to help interested countries, such as: an overview of international public funding sources dedicated to
adaptation investments, seven fundamental eligibility criteria for accessing international public funding and guidance on how to apply these concepts to project ideas, a template for developing / presenting
adaptation project ideas to international donors; and an overview of critical concepts and
requirements for accessing private
financing for
adaptation and a number of instructive case studies.
Some studies suggest that current climate
finance provides between 30 % to 60 % of the 100 billion USD that countries have pledged, and this represents only a fraction of the financial
requirements to meet global mitigation and
adaptation goals.