Measuring what matters: climate funds’ results and monitoring systems

Results and monitoring systems for climate adaptation projects are often developed around success indicators defined by funders and intermediaries.

These tools operate in one direction only, holding local communities accountable to funders. As a result, funders and intermediaries often overlook local perceptions of success and impact among the communities that are most affected by climate change.

This briefing explores the perspectives of entities that are accredited to multilateral climate funds and considers how results and monitoring systems can be designed to be more locally led.