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South Africa proposes global goal for adaptation at pre-Cop26 ministerial South Africa proposes global goal for adaptation

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Bonn talks offer opportunity to bridge the adaptation gap Bonn talks offer opportunity to bridge

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means. Adam Wentworth is a freelance writer based in Brighton, UK. TAGS: adaptation , Adaptation Fund , Climate adapation

Disaster risk reduction must sit at the heart of climate adaptation Disaster risk reduction must sit at

the International Institute for Environment and Development in London. TAGS: adaptation , Adaptation Fund , Least developed

OECD: One-fifth of climate finance goes to adaptation as share of loans grows OECD

World Bank failed to use adaptation funds in Pakistan for two years World Bank failed

Standardise and improve reporting of adaptation outcomes : The Sharm-El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda proposes a

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a year—and poverty levels are nearly triple the national average. Indigenous adaptation Despite general disregard from

the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says. “Current global financial flows for adaptation are insufficient for

at the summit of the UN’s environment body this month Adaptation playbook is the

and into choppy waters.  As climate disasters grow, early warning systems become essential The Adaptation Fund is supporting the

2022 Data shows countries provided $89.6bn in 2021, but funding for adaptation declined. Flooding in

committed to provide $100 billion a year by 2020 for climate adaptation and mitigation

efforts” to phase out “unabated” fossil fuels and their “use” — without mentioning production. Adaptation falling behind   So far

s UN climate talks empty handed, according to observers from the continent. Adaptation finance is not keeping

around $4 billion a year for emission-cutting and climate adaptation projects. The World

the likes of ODI Global, Unilever, Signify, Asian Development Bank, European Space Agency, Adaptation Fund, We Mean Business

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the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report, we must accelerate and scale up our collective adaptation activities, including DRR/EWS

livelihood security. Photo credit: Adaptation Fund Diversifying incomes Mikko Ollikainen, head of the Adaptation Fund, said the

focused on cutting emissions, but Cop26 felt different. As Cop president, the UK made adaptation a priority

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by 2035 Read more Nov 8, 2024 Politics Rich nations “on track” to double adaptation finance but huge gap

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from many developing countries. Instead, a chapter under the group report on adaptation is likely to

rebuild due to foreign aid cuts and inadequate investment in adaptation.  Abnormally heavy monsoon rains

the South Asian nature Forum for Environment (SAFE), supported by the Adaptation Fund. Funded by the

told a press conference in Bonn that the continent’s adaptation finance gap stands at

to do. Crucially, we must increase the sums available for climate adaptation and we

1bn before Trump withdrew US support. Speaking during a high-level summit on climate adaptation last month, US presidential

climate science, African countries lack a fundamental tool to plan long term adaptation strategies In Ethiopia

appreciative of the unique context in which they operate. The Adaptation Fund (AF) is supporting

Source: Joe Thwaites/World Resources Institute) The bill allocates $270m for bilateral adaptation finance – a commitment

in London Read more Jun 24, 2025 News Bonn bulletin: Developing nations call for adaptation finance to triple

the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate impacts and adaptation paints a stark

president Alok Sharma told reporters on Saturday: “Over the last week, I have discussed adaptation finance with a

rising climate impacts and access clean energy Read more Apr 28, 2015 News Climate adaptation projects are not working

we must now devote at least as much energy to securing our priorities on adaptation and loss

Read more Nov 20, 2024 Comment COP29 climate finance talks must have a strong adaptation focus The new

of countries counting more or all of their projects categorised as having climate adaptation and mitigation

Weekly Finance See all Jun 24, 2025 News Bonn bulletin: Developing nations call for adaptation finance to triple

droughts and cyclones After the UK cut short a £52m climate adaptation scheme in Malawi

droughts and cyclones After the UK cut short a £52m climate adaptation scheme in Malawi

early warning systems become essential The subtle art of scaling up climate adaptation Climate Week NYC: Clean

droughts and cyclones After the UK cut short a £52m climate adaptation scheme in Malawi

droughts and cyclones After the UK cut short a £52m climate adaptation scheme in Malawi

droughts and cyclones After the UK cut short a £52m climate adaptation scheme in Malawi

Nov 6, 2020 Finance OECD: One-fifth of climate finance goes to adaptation as share of

Jul 28, 2025 Comment Europe and Africa must push the boundaries on adaptation With the EU

report Being recognised as partiuclarly vulnerable can help countries access climate finance and plan adaptation strategies Read more Mar

growing needs. Weak replenishment rounds for the Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund “are but two

droughts and cyclones After the UK cut short a £52m climate adaptation scheme in Malawi

Pact? At Cop26 in Glasgow, countries agreed to call out coal, double adaptation finance and finalise

forever The report is built around the options that exist for adaptation, but its message is

a mandate to split its resources equally between emissions-cutting and adaptation activities – and to

of the value of the credits would go towards supporting climate adaptation in developing

by 2030, depending on international support. Price tag US$15 billion, plus $1bn for adaptation. 28/11 – Palau : Cut

early warning systems become essential The subtle art of scaling up climate adaptation Climate Week NYC: Clean

early warning systems become essential The subtle art of scaling up climate adaptation Climate Week NYC: Clean

adviser on the UK’s long term (2050) emissions reduction target and adaptation. Since joining PwC in

Mexico leads anti-harassment push in Bonn Last-minute compromise avoids breaking point on adaptation goals UN head Guterres

it hard to invest in medium and long-term climate adaptation projects. Last week, over

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change in vulnerable countries. Learn more: https://t.co/w9UwskGMW1 #LossAndDamage pic.twitter.com/m3DTUCiT6g — Adaptation Exchange by the

from Obama-era levels to $5.7bn, with $1.5bn earmarked for adaptation. The pledge

on top of existing climate aid. “When the limits of adaptation have been reached, there

year, three African presidents flew to the Netherlands for an Africa Adaptation summit but the

pledged smaller sums to funds including the Green Climate Fund ($3.5bn), Adaptation Fund ($134m) and

out and renewables are rolled out. John Kerry promises ‘significantly’ more climate finance at adaptation summit Among the

poorest ones, to commit to stronger action on emissions and adaptation as they draft their

different countries, and include increasing mitigation, energy transition, industry transition, resilience and adaptation, nature-based solutions, climate

present stronger 2030 climate plans, long-term decarbonisation strategies, post-2020 climate finance and adaptation programmes. Organisers stressed that

because the money is urgently needed, to enable mitigation and adaptation in developing

climate finance goal – to be agreed at COP29 – the global goal on adaptation and a

early warning systems become essential The subtle art of scaling up climate adaptation Climate Week NYC: Clean

Is water provision in drought-hit Zambia climate ‘loss and damage’ or adaptation? African potential Africa is

droughts and cyclones After the UK cut short a £52m climate adaptation scheme in Malawi

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to earmark a share of carbon trading revenues to fund adaptation. Addressing the plenary

costly to borrow to invest in climate mitigation and adaptation. As a result

a portfolio of policy responses”, of which mitigation and adaptation would be the

the residual impacts of climate change that cannot be prevented by either mitigation or adaptation. This includes permanent and

zero emissions by 2050, by investing in renewables, electric transport and reforestation. Adaptation will be  a

build on the Millennium Development Goals,” added Ban. “Energy, water, food, biodiversity, climate change adaptation, exposure to natural

Agreement, but also to allocate more funding to prevention and adaptation.” US deputy representative to

the timeframe? Does it need to fund only emissions-cutting and adaptation measures, or loss and

Is water provision in drought-hit Zambia climate ‘loss and damage’ or adaptation? At the steering