The Assessing Climate Change Adaptation Framework (ACCAF) was created by a team from the World Resources Institute (WRI) to help ensure that the adaptation aims of the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) of the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) are being achieved. The ACCAF is a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework which focuses on the adaptation aspects of the LoCAL mechanism. This document is a guidance manual describing the ACCAF and how to use it to achieve this adaptation goal.