As set forth in its proposed Environmental and Social Policy, the Adaptation Fund Board aims to establish policies and processes that, if effectively implemented, will help: prevent environmental, social and human harm; promote sustainable development; maximize participation, transparency, and accountability; and ensure consistency across projects. Once finalized, the Environmental and Social Policy should be incorporated into the Adaptation Fund’s Operational Policies and Procedures, and thus should apply to all of the Fund’s activities irrespective of the entity(ies) involved. CIEL provides the following recommendations for how the proposed policy should be strengthened as well as the means by which it should be operationalized.