Special Issue Editorial: Reframing Climate Finance for the Global South

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An editorial introduction to this special issue on climate finance mechanisms tailored to Global South economies.

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This special issue brings together six papers examining how climate finance mechanisms designed largely by and for developed economies translate — or fail to translate — into the operating realities of Global South institutions.

A recurring theme across the contributions is the mismatch between the multi-year, high-certainty funding cycles that adaptation projects require and the short, competitively-renewed grant structures most climate funds still operate under. We hope this issue sharpens the case for structural reform rather than incremental adjustment.