the existing climate funds have been criticised by some developing countries for their complex and differing procedures which make access to funds difficult in particular for countries with capacity constraints odi the paris agreement instructs the financial mechanism of the convention to simplify approval processes and enhance readiness support to improve access for developing countries in particular ldcs and sids article progress on reducing fragmentation of climate funds over time could also help to reduce the complexity of the climate finance landscape recognising however that dedicated climate funds only account for a small component of the overall climate finance flows in the short term while the gcf gets to scale continued support to the least developed countries fund the special climate change fund and the adaptation fund is one way of ensuring there is no gap between current provisions and a future streamlined financing landscape oecd g