The Multilateral Development Banks and Rural Climate Finance: Adaptation, Mitigation, and Resilience

Adrian Robert Bazbauers · 2024 · The Journal of Environment & Development

Summary. Multilateral development banks emphasize climate adaptation and mitigation in their governance documents as essential for equitable outcomes and poverty reduction. However, analysis of 140 governance documents and 284 lending operations reveals they predominantly finance climate resilience projects that focus on reducing agricultural and rural income vulnerability to climate change rather than pursuing transformative adaptation or mitigation strategies.

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  author  = {Adrian Robert Bazbauers},
  journal = {The Journal of Environment & Development},
  year    = {2024},
  doi     = {10.1177/10704965241305842},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1177/10704965241305842}
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DOI

10.1177/10704965241305842

Countries

United Kingdom

Regions

Europe

Categories

climate-and-environment, food-systems, policy, general-innovation

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