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This paper discusses how the Green Climate Fund, the aim of which is to assist developing countries in their climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts, could be put to better use for the benefit of the poorer citizens in developing countries. In particular, the authors recommend 1) that the benefits and rights of the poor should be addressed more directly and clearly in the fund's Result's Framework; 2) that rigorous attention should be paid to how adaptation is funded at the country level and through the private sector; and 3) that free and fair access to funding for subnational institutions and stakeholders is key for pro-poor adaptation and mitigation.