While the country suffers from extreme heat, Delhi’s budget for adaptation grants has shrunk and international support is falling short
Sponsored content: The project incorporates infrastructural upgrades with the formation of community action groups to improve the capital’s flood resilience
Officials from European and vulnerable countries are trying to make sure promised money reaches those in need, but a US shortfall looms large
Sponsored content: The Adaptation Research Alliance is linking research and action as its contribution to the Global Goal on Adaptation
Sponsored content: Climate impacts span vast areas, so adaptation must be discussed at multiple levels and across political and geographical divides
Sponsored content: Cambodian villagers are planting drought tolerant trees and implementing irrigation systems to cope with variable rainfall
With the US refusing to budge on the text of the Glasgow agreement, African nations reluctantly accepted a promise of stronger voluntary support
Sponsored content: The Adaptation Research Alliance aims to build an evidence base on what works, in partnership with communities on the ground
Sponsored content: Communities affected by conflict and fragility are increasingly facing climate change threats, yet climate finance is leaving these people behind
The Netherlands, Denmark and others are committed to supporting vulnerable countries in adapting to climate change impacts
Sponsored content: A recently founded alliance has been driving international collaboration between research and action organisations ahead of its launch at Cop26
Sponsored content: With the most recent IPCC report serving as a stark reminder of the impacts of climate change, adaptation and research must now come together
South Africa is proposing a quantitative target for boosting resilience to climate impacts globally, but there are technical and political hurdles
Environment minister Barbara Creecy called for quantifiable improvements in resilience to climate impacts, to give the adaptation agenda the same weight as emissions cuts
Two adaptation projects didn’t make it pass the UN’s flagship fund’s technical panel, while board members decide to partner with a fossil fuel backing Japanese bank
The Fund works in all regions of the Global South, building resilience in communities affected by the climate crisis
At a ministerial meeting of donor and developing countries, the UK said it would aim to secure additional financial support for vulnerable nations by June
Presidential climate envoy John Kerry said the US would work to protect the vulnerable and make amends for a four-year absence from international climate action
Sponsored content: An online summit on adaptation gives a chance to showcase and build on efforts to devolve funding and responsibility to the community level
Japan labelled loans for roads and bridges as “climate adaptation” finance, while the World Bank counted support for Nepal to rebuild from an earthquake