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The subtle art of scaling up climate adaptation
Climate funds are the early adopters of a different way of doing finance. One which prioritises the climate, communities and the natural world.
Talks to boost ‘underfinanced’ climate adaptation split over money
Developing and developed countries are wrangling over whether finance should be included in an adaptation framework to be approved at Cop28
Cop28 is a prime opportunity to enhance global cooperation on adaptation
Climate disasters cascade across continents and oceans – countries must tackle them together
Disaster risk reduction needs to sit at the heart of climate adaptation
Sponsored content: An effective warning system could avoid billions of dollars in losses and even 24 hours’ notice could cut the damage caused by 30%.
Last-minute compromise avoids break down on adaptation goals
In fraught nations, developing countries wanted to focus on specific targets, while developed nations only wanted to talk about structure
Bonn talks offer opportunity to bridge the adaptation gap
With climate devastation growing, we can’t keep sidelining climate adaptation at governments’ climate talks
Reporting on climate adaptation is a mess – here’s how to fix it
Information about projects to help adapt to climate change is scattered, hard-to-find and incomplete, making keeping track of them impossible
Adaptation Fund is fostering nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation
Sponsored content: Projects in Seychelles and Armenia are building ecosystem resilience on the ground
Carbon credit industry resists vulnerable nations’ call to fund adaptation
New carbon credit guidelines do not recommend a mandatory levy to fund adaptation despite calls from vulnerable countries and experts
When adaptation goes wrong – Climate Weekly
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World Bank adaptation funds slept through Pakistan’s record flooding
A $100 million project was meant to protect Karachi slumdwellers from flooding, but instead made many homeless before work stalled
Women-focused investments are crucial for community adaptation
Sponsored content: Climate resilience initiatives have more impact when they empower women as agents of change at the community level
Innovative adaptation project pays off for Upper Egyptian farmers
Sponsored content: Heat-tolerant seeds, crop diversification and improved irrigation are at the core of the project’s success
Youth engagement is pivotal to climate adaptation programmes
Sponsored content: Young people can be builders and guardians of their environment, with the right support and training
African leaders blast European no-shows at climate adaptation summit
Presidents of Senegal, DRC and Ghana travelled to Rotterdam to talk about adapting to climate change. Only one European leader was there to meet them
Make polluters pay for climate adaptation, voluntary carbon market body proposes
An adaptation levy on carbon credits could raise up to $2.5bn a year by 2030, providing more predictable support for climate vulnerable countries
Deadly heatwaves show why India needs to get serious on climate adaptation
While the country suffers from extreme heat, Delhi’s budget for adaptation grants has shrunk and international support is falling short
Mongolia flood defence project shows the way for urban adaptation
Sponsored content: The project incorporates infrastructural upgrades with the formation of community action groups to improve the capital’s flood resilience
In doubling adaptation finance, ‘champions’ aim to avoid repeat of $100bn failure
Officials from European and vulnerable countries are trying to make sure promised money reaches those in need, but a US shortfall looms large
How African youth are helping to define climate adaptation
Sponsored content: The Adaptation Research Alliance is linking research and action as its contribution to the Global Goal on Adaptation