Fig. 3: Global distribution of external investment and contextual inequity.
From: Investing smarter and deeper to advance equity in high-stakes coastal locations in the Global South
Global distribution and trend of committed investment in externally-funded coastal and marine climate adaptation, development, and conservation projects (external ocean investment) relative to contextual inequity and presence of equity-related terms in project descriptions (n = 84 countries, USD 29.2 billion). A Global distribution of total, national-level committed investment relative to contextual inequity between 2010 and 2021. Color quadrants: green (high investment, low contextual inequity), light gray (low investment, low contextual inequity), pink (low investment, high contextual inequity), brown (high investment, high contextual inequity: “high-stakes” locations). Countries colored in ivory are countries that received investment during the period, but for which contextual inequity could not be estimated due to missing data (e.g., Egypt). B Level and trend of total, national-level committed investment in relation to contextual inequity. The size of the dots indicates the annual level of investment (USD million/year), and color represents the significance of investment trends (red: decreasing, blue: increasing, black: uncertain) (Table S4). The colors of the quadrants are the same scheme as in (A). White dots represent countries in the top 25 quartiles for both committed investment and contextual inequity. C Percentage of climate adaptation, development, and conservation (CADC) projects mentioning equity-related terms in project descriptions by country. The color of dots is the same scheme as in (A).
