The Global Environment Facility is tasked with supporting adaptation under the UNFCCC through the Least Developed Countries Fund and Special Climate Change Fund. More recently, the establishment of the Green Climate Fund offers the potential to scale-up finance for adaptation activities. Seven of the largest MDBs reported providing a total of USD 21 billion to support action on climate change in 2012, of which USD 6 billion was identified by them as supporting adaptation (AfDB et al.,