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The Adaptation Fund is one of the leading international climate finance mechanisms dedicated exclusively to helping developing countries adapt to the impacts of climate change. The Fund was established in 2001 under the framework of the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC and became operational in 2009.

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a fund for climate finance that was established within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with the objective of supporting developing countries in addressing climate change through both mitigation and adaptation actions.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is one of the oldest and most influential international environmental financing mechanisms in the world. Established in 1991 and later restructured in 1994, the GEF serves as a financial partnership that provides grants and concessional financing to developing countries and …