This resource from the Knowledge for Development (K4D) Helpdesk examines the issue of management of climate finance in lower income countries and small island developing states, It makes the case for taking a more inclusive and targeted approach in dealing with climate change. The authors highlight the limited role played by lower income countries and small island developing states in contributing to climate change conversations. The resource emphasises that excluded groups, including Indigenous people, need a bigger role in managing climate change.
The resource focuses on access to the Green Climate Fund by local civil society organisations, Indigenous people, and women’s organisations in the Global South. It emphasises that more local actors need to be engaged and gender equality needs to be taken into account because of the barriers they face in accessing climate finance.
