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UN Adaptation Gap Report shows major polluters failing to take responsibility
… and businesses must massively increase funding now for climate adaptation in vulnerable areas. We also need to get that money directly … UN Adaptation Gap Report shows major polluters failing to take …
News, 02 November 2023
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How can local knowledge be institutionalised in climate decision-making?
… Climate adaptation efforts increasingly recognise the importance of local and … Initiative, which promotes equitable, inclusive and locally led adaptation across Africa.  Drawing on experiences from DEFOCLIM in …
Event, 24 September 2026
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Smallholder farmers worldwide spending $368bn annually adapting to climate change, nature loss
… are collectively investing $368 billion  annually on climate change adaptation, dwarfing the $230m pledged for the Adaptation Fund at last year’s COP27 climate negotiations. The hosts for … they produce a third of the world's food. The UN’s recently published Adaptation Gap report said spending on adaptation needs to increase by …
News, 14 November 2023
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Cooling cities from the ground up
… them. As a result, households are often left to absorb the costs of adaptation, reinforcing existing inequalities. What is IIED doing? … community-managed Urban Poor Funds, helping to connect local adaptation priorities with wider climate finance flows. The project aims …
Project, 25 September 2026
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Adaptation's turning point: can we set global targets in time for COP28?
… The climate change narrative has long been skewed towards mitigation; adaptation has often been sidelined and overshadowed by the heavy focus on reducing emissions. And so establishing the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) was one of the Paris Agreement’s crowning achievements. … the first time all countries agreed the need for collective action on adaptation – to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and …
Insight, 20 September 2023
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Shaping adaptation: here’s how the CBA conferences are making an impact
… The 17th Community-Based Adaptation Conference (CBA17) takes place from 22 to 25 May. CBA is the practitioner-focused adaptation conference, where those on the frontline of locally-led … action share skills, knowledge and their perspectives on how the adaptation landscape needs to change.   I have been participating in CBA …
Insight, 06 April 2023
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Tracking the money for climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction
… bill. This issue paper zooms in on public finance for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and provides an overview of the … The paper also suggests a way forward for coordinated climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction budget tagging and public … Tracking the money for climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction …
Publication, 03 March 2023
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Sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation in Brazil
… One of the main challenges to advancing the adaptation agenda in Brazil is enabling access to practical information on adaptation. The country has the world’s fifth largest land mass, with … to droughts and flooding.  Stakeholders drafting Brazil’s National Adaptation Plan identified a vital need for accessible information on …
Project, 14 May 2018
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Reform the global financial system to support transformational adaptation
… Jember Endalew , technical lead of the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) and regional lead, MRV and climate … this blog. Related reading Transformational change is needed in the adaptation finance landscape for LDCs and SIDS  by Tina Stege Learning from adaptation financing that is working for LDCs and SIDS  by Gebru Jember …
Insight, 03 July 2023
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Le nouveau Champions Group on Adaptation Finance est lancé sur fond d'appel à l'accélération du financement de l'adaptation
… le Royaume-Uni et la Finlande ont lancé un nouveau Champions Group on Adaptation Finance. Les pays ont uni leurs forces pour : Augmenter la part totale du financement climatique consacrée à l'adaptation et à la résilience, en particulier pour les pays les moins … amélioration de la qualité et de l'accessibilité du financement de l'adaptation. Lors de l'événement de la UNGA, ils ont encouragé les …
News, 21 September 2021