Improving access for marginalized populations in Indonesia
Climate action is needed at the international, regional and national level, but how can the
delivery of international climate finance be improved so that it is more effective in reaching
the local level (Soanes et al., 2017). During COP 26 in Glasgow, ‘accessibility’ and ‘inclusivity’
were some of the most contentious issues on climate finance. (UK Government, 2021) stated
that developing countries have long been calling for improvement in access to climate finance.
Mechanisms for accessing climate finance are often slow, complex, resource intensive,
uncertain, and project based. Despite the impacts of climate change being felt more acutely at
the local level, climate finance decision-making continues to be made at a high level with local
actors playing a minor role in defining the interventions and the subsequent management of
funds (Coger et al., 2021).
At present, most local financing is reliant on public climate finance delivered in a top-down
manner. The quantum of climate and development funding that reaches the local level is not
known but it is estimated to be less than 10% or US$1.5 billion of international, regional, and
national funds between 2003 and 2016. This indicates a major imbalance in the flow of these
funds between national and local levels (Soanes et al., 2017). This is also demonstrated by
access to current Green Climate Fund (GCF).. By the end of 2020, of the 103 Accredited Entities
(AE), only six are Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), accounting for only 4% of approved
projects (Hirsch, 2021).
In essence, climate finance should be able to address the most urgent local needs and support
the most vulnerable populations impacted by climate change. The impact of climate change is
most felt at the local level; hence climate finance must be able to respond to the needs defined
at the local level, and cater to the priority of the beneficiaries, including those at the margin,
with the greatest immediate needs and the lowest capacities to access funds.
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