TCLP Working Session #13: Mainstreaming Scaling in Climate Adaptation: Insights and Lessons from the Adaptation Fund

Time

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (GMT-4)

About

The Transformational Change Learning Partnership (TCLP) Working Session on May 21, 2025, will focus on "Mainstreaming Scaling in Climate Adaptation: Insights and Lessons from the Adaptation Fund"

The Adaptation Fund (AF) is a multilateral, vertical climate fund established to protect vulnerable communities from the devastating impacts of climate change. Since 2010, the AF has committed approximately USD 1.25 billion to climate change adaptation and resilience projects and programs, including 183 concrete, localized projects in the most vulnerable communities of developing countries. The Fund's goal is to ensure that its pilot projects are not only impactful but also designed to be scalable. In other words, the AF aims to ensure that successful projects can be expanded and replicated.

The Adaptation Fund is currently developing a case study on mainstreaming scaling. The objective of this case study is to understand how the Adaptation Fund has integrated scaling into its mission, vision, and operations; to share lessons learned with other funders, particularly vertical funds and those working in the climate space, on how to integrate scaling into their activities; and to identify gaps or areas within the Adaptation Fund that could be improved to make further progress on scaling, along with recommendations to address them.

Neha Sharma, Results Based Management (RBM), Knowledge and Learning Lead, and Martina Dorigo, Climate Change Specialist, both at the Adaptation Fund, will lead the discussion and will share early findings from consultations and analyses conducted to develop this case study.

This virtual working session forms part of a series of informal 60-minute workshops to collaborate on evidence, knowledge, and analysis that can drive transformational change in climate action and grow the TCLP's community of practice. Follow the series here.