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Fair share of adaptation finance in 2025
… Adaptation finance is critical to developing countries for adapting to … in November 2021, developed country Parties promised to double their adaptation finance to US$40 billion. But our estimates, based on current … our own comparative analysis of providers’ reported and pledged adaptation finance using one consistent method so that recipients can …
Publication, 08 June 2022
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Accelerating adaptation finance
…  (UNGA) in September 2021 was a major opportunity to progress adaptation finance issues, particularly ahead of the  UN climate summit … their priorities. Countries signalled strong political commitment on adaptation finance to spark momentum. Participants heard from ministers and senior officials on their ambitious adaptation finance plans, and how they seek to improve the quantity, …
Event, 22 September 2021
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Champions group renews commitment to climate adaptation needs
… who share their objectives, to join them as champions of climate adaptation finance. During the course of UN climate negotiations … Belgium, Iceland and Australia have announced funding for climate adaptation programmes.  In addition, Finland has signed up to the principles of locally led adaptation , to help ensure that local communities are empowered to lead …
News, 13 November 2022
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National Adaptation Plans: LDCs need financing to turn words into reality
… Convention on Climate Change, back in 2010, introduced National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). These plans set out the actions that countries … the challenges of climate change and are a key step towards advancing adaptation on the ground. Plans highlight adaptation needs in sectors such as water resource management, …
Insight, 24 April 2023
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Preparing for crisis: investing in climate adaptation and disaster resilience
… explored what is needed to channel funding towards climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and loss and damage, to reduce the … Preparing for crisis: investing in climate adaptation and disaster resilience …
Event, 07 March 2023
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Bridging the urban adaptation finance gap
… Previous blogs have discussed the inadequacies in urban adaptation finance from national governments and international agencies. … online workshop that focused on 'Critical directions for future urban adaptation and resilience finance research’. Finance is failing The UN … underlined the need to increase and develop diverse and locally-led adaptation finance mechanisms to provide a more inclusive and effective …
Insight, 25 April 2022
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Scaling up locally led adaptation in Bangladesh: three action areas
Publication, 23 May 2023
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360-degree accountability: improving climate adaptation finance
… accountability approach, which aims to track the reach and purpose of adaptation finance. It will enable stakeholders to jointly explore the relative effectiveness of adaptation initiatives and through dialogue improve climate finance … to stakeholders co-designing accountability systems for locally led adaptation. We are keen to hear from organisations interested in …
Publication, 31 October 2022
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COP27: re-imagining partnerships for adaption finance
… makes it difficult to finance basic social services including meeting adaptation costs. Governments will have no option than to rely on … political aspiration of having a 50:50 balance between mitigation and adaptation, but climate finance flows demonstrate that adaptation finance is only between 20-25% of committed concessional …
Insight, 05 October 2022
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LLA Alliance: join the endorsers of the locally led adaptation principles
… The principles for locally led adaptation focus on the greater effort and commitment needed to put more resources into local hands for local adaptation priorities. IIED is among more than 150 organisations, donors … the principles and call on the global community of practice on adaptation to help move programmes, funding and practices towards …
Article, 14 November 2022