| ACliFF | Asia Pacific Climate Finance Fund |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AFD | Agence Française de Développement |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| ASAP | Adaptation SME Accelerator Project |
| BCM | Business Continuity Management |
| CBA | Community-Based Adaptation |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| CI2 | Climate Investor 2 |
| COP | Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol |
| CPI | Climate Policy initiatives |
| CRB | Climate Resilience Bond |
| CRPP | Community Resilience Partnership Programme |
| CRS | Creditor Reporting System |
| CSO | Civil Society Organisations |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DBJ | Development Bank of Japan |
| DRR | Disaster Risk Reduction |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EU | European Union |
| FONERWA | Rwanda Green Fund |
| GCF | Green Climate Fund |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| GSS | Green, Social and Sustainability bonds |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IHLEG | Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance |
| IIED | International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IS-FSD | OECD-UNDP Impact Standards for Financing Sustainable Development |
| ITMO | Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes |
| JETP | Just Energy Transition Partnership |
| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LDC | Least Developed Country |
| LDCF | Least Developed Countries Fund |
| LFI | Local Financial Institution |
| LMIC | Lower-Middle Income Country |
| MDB | Multilateral Development Bank |
| MSME | Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
| MW | Megawatt |
| NAP | National Adaptation Plan |
| NDB | National Development Bank |
| NDC | Nationally Determined Contribution |
| NDF | Nordic Development Fund |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NPC | Nature, People and Climate Program |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OOF | Other Official Flows |
| PBF | Policy-Based Finance |
| PBL | Policy-Based Loan |
| PPA | Purchasing Power Agreement |
| PPCR | Pilot Program for Climate Resilience |
| PRGT | Poverty and Growth Trust |
| ROI | Return on Investment |
| RST | IMF's Resilience and Sustainability Trust |
| SCCF | Special Climate Change Fund |
| SCF | Strategic Climate Fund |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SDR | Special Drawing Right |
| SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
| SLB | Sustainability-linked Bond |
| SME | Small or Medium-sized Enterprise |
| SOFF | Systematic Observations Finance Facility |
| SOP | Share of Proceeds |
| STAR | System of Transparent Allocation of Resources |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UMIC | Upper Middle-Income Country |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| US | United States |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USD | US Dollars |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organisation |
Scaling Up Adaptation Finance in Developing Countries
Challenges and Opportunities for International Providers
