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Economic feasibility of an international air travel adaptation levy, The
… An international air travel adaptation levy targeted at international air passengers is one … potential to raise significant resources to support climate change adaptation. This paper estimates the likely contribution of an international air passenger levy to adaptation funding under various assumptions. It focuses on the economic …
Publication, 01 December 2008
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Building a resilient city for whom? Exploring the gendered processes of adaptation to change: a case study of street vendors in Hanoi
… a resilient city for whom? Exploring the gendered processes of adaptation to change: a case study of street vendors in Hanoi …
Publication, 01 May 2016
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National adaptation funding: ways forward for the poorest countries
… other essential concerns. In 2001, LDCs began to develop National Adaptation Programmes of Action or NAPAs to identify their most urgent and immediate adaptation needs. Since then, 39 of them have gone through this rigorous … National adaptation funding: ways forward for the poorest countries …
Publication, 01 March 2009
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Adaptation finance: How can Durban deliver on past promises
… Adaptation finance: How can Durban deliver on past promises …
Publication, 01 November 2011
High-level delegates at the fourth Climate and Development Ministerial in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Climate and Development Ministerial: bridging trust and accelerating action for climate-vulnerable nations
… was in loans, burdening already struggling economies. The widening adaptation finance gap is alarming. According to  UNEP's Adaptation Gap Report the adaptation finance gap is estimated at $194-$366 billion a year: the …
Insight, 07 November 2024
Better science and communication needed to help vulnerable adapt to climate change
… attended the 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Dhaka this week. The conference ended with calls for greater scientific analysis of adaptation at the community level, better communication of what works, … and water, ecosystems "Bangladesh is a living laboratory for adaptation to climate change," says Saleemul Huq. "People here are …
News, 01 April 2011
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Does EbA Work? A review of the evidence on the effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation
… Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation (EbA) integrate the use of biodiversity and ecosystem … of EbA, especially compared with technical or structural adaptation measures. A new, systematic review of EbA evidence has been … world, from many different ecosystems and adopting a wide range of adaptation approaches utilising ecosystems. We conclude that EbA …
Publication, 01 February 2012
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Better economics: supporting climate change adaptation with stakeholder analysis: a case study of Morocco
Publication, 01 January 2013
Five-nation study sheds light on costs of adapting agriculture to climate change
… with the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP). They are summarised in a briefing paper … treble by 2030. Dr Tom Downing of GCAP says the research shows that adaptation to climate change must be better coordinated, with local and … plans, and greater alignment of funding earmarked for ‘climate change adaptation’ with budgets for agricultural development. “To adapt …
News, 25 November 2011
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How can air travel contribute to the costs of adapting to climate change?
… UNDP and the World Bank. New and additional sources of funding for adaptation are desperately needed. The International Air Passenger Adaptation Levy (IAPAL) - a proposed new purchase tax on air tickets - … funds. In its first year IAPAL could raise up to $10 billion for adaptation, and considerably more in the longer term. It is not a …
Publication, 01 May 2011