Publication

This brief presents CCAPS methodology to track activities relevant to climate change adaptation within official development assistance (ODA) projects in Malawi. Empirically determining how much climate change work is being integrated, or “mainstreamed,” into traditional development assistance programs requires a robust methodology for identifying and measuring how much of development aid contributes to adaptation and can be thus called “climate aid.” This proof of concept shows that it is indeed not only desirable, but possible, to provide accessible and timely data on climate aid to facilitate donor coordination, country adaptation planning and budget management, and stakeholder feedback and accountability.