Institutional barriers to climate finance through a gendered lens

Posted on 6 Oct 2022
Updated on 6 Oct 2022
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Using a gender lens to explore climate finance allocations in the Pacific.

This project aimed to understand the decision-making processes underlying climate finance allocations in the Pacific to ensure that future climate adaptation investments are equitable, effective and more gender sensitive. The research examined the types of adaptation projects that get funded, the main recipients and sources of climate finance, and investigated if locally-led and gender equitable processes are related and are being supported by existing climate finance streams.

The research also attempted to unpack key institutional barriers associated with accessing the major sources of international climate finance. The results aimed to help Pacific governments, civil society organisations and communities better navigate the complex world of climate finance by identifying the current funding options for the Pacific countries and communities. The findings from the research also recommend novel ways of intervening in, or managing around climate finance flows to better support gender equity, community-based goals and adaptive processes in the Pacific.