ALM UNDP

Summary:

Anne Hammill, Richard Matthew and Elissa McCarter suggest that microfinance deserves careful consideration by the climate change adaptation community. The authors "believe that the potential for a constructive linkage is there – in some cases much has already been realised – and should not be ignored." The focus of this article is to identify possible links between microfinance services and climate adaptation and to highlight the opportunities and the risks of these links for vulnerability reduction among the world’s poorest populations.