# Protecting climate finance: An anti-corruption assessment of the Climate Investment Funds

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/protecting-climate-finance-climate-investment-funds
Type: Publication or report
Published: 2014-02-28
Updated: 2019-11-22

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28 February 2014

Protecting Climate Finance: An Anti-corruption Assessment of the Climate Investment Funds is the second in a series of reports by Transparency International aimed at analysing the policies and practices that seven multilateral climate funds have in place to prevent corruption and enable accountability. The purpose of this study was to contribute to the positive development and strengthening of the Funds to support effective achievement of their objectives to deliver adaptation and mitigation finance and results for middle income and developing countries.

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