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Owning adaptation: Country-level governance of climate adaptation finance / Rebecca Pearl-Martinez. Oxfam International, June 2011, 28 p.  (Oxfam Briefing Paper ; 146)http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp146-owning-adaptation-130611-en.pdfAs  financing for climate change adaptation in developing countries begins  to flow, it is essential that the governance of funding at the global  and country level be shaped so that the needs of the most vulnerable can  be met.    The core issue is country-level ownership of adaptation finance.  Providers of adaptation finance must put developing countries in the  driver’s seat, while the countries themselves must exercise leadership  and respond to the needs of those most affected by climate change. Most  importantly, civil society and vulnerable communities must be able to  steer and hold accountable the way in which adaptation finance is used. (© Oxfam)The  paper makes a series of recommendations for the Green Climate Fund and  other providers of finance, based in part on an examination of the  current situation with climate finance in seven countries. (© Oxfam)