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African climate adaptation projects starved of cash, says UN chief
NEWS: Green Climate Fund should prioritise land restoration projects in sun-Saharan Africa, says head of UN desertification agency
Adaptation funding must be driven by local communities, say experts
NEWS: Kathmandu Declaration signed by scientists, civil society and developing country envoys calls for new adaptation focus
Lima summit can deliver on adaptation and forests, says Peru climate chief
NEWS: Manuel Pulgar Vidal targets small successes at COP20 in December, citing consensus-building as key goal
Adaptation as complicated as cutting emissions – UN disasters envoy
NEWS: Governments must not see adaptation as ‘politically easy’ way out of tackling climate change, says Margareta Wahlström
Rajendra Pachauri: adaptation only works alongside carbon cuts
INTERVIEW: Chair of UN’s IPCC science panel tells RTCC calls to focus exclusively on coping with climate change are misplaced
Swiss RE calls for adaptation drive as extreme weather events rise
NEWS: Insurers on the frontline of climate change say more investment is needed in resilient infrastructure
UN climate science report will highlight ‘limits to adaptation’
NEWS: Focus on limits to adaptation within the new IPCC report could sharpen focus on loss and damage within UN talks
Climate adaptation faces funding crisis warn UN officials
Adaptation Fund must find predictable stream of money in the wake of carbon market collapse, say board members
UK governments accused of ‘dismantling’ climate adaptation strategy
Former Environment Secretary Lord Deben says national flood programmes have been neglected in past two decades
John Kerry pledges extra $17m for Vietnam climate adaptation
USA’s Secretary of State visits vulnerable Mekong Delta and promises to support efforts to cope with rising sea levels
China outlines climate change adaptation plans
Leading planning agency calls for more resilient infrastructure, warning global warming cost country $32.9 billion since 1990
World’s 48 poorest countries publish climate adaptation plans
Submissions to UN say they require $1.4 billion in funding to prepare for extreme weather events
Comment: climate adaptation must be a priority post Haiyan
Focus on land in adapting or prepare for the imminent social chaos – the choice is ours says UN desertification chief Monique Barbut
Kelly Rigg: US adaptation promises mustn’t replace binding targets
Working against internationally binding CO2 reduction targets, the US pivots to climate change adaptation
UN land degradation chief outlines ‘climate adaptation’ focus
Monique Barbut says Convention should develop adaptation ‘indicators’ for 2015 climate change summit in Paris
Study identifies 10 regions to target climate adaptation funding
Conservation International study highlights need for adaptation funding to be increased and targetted at specific regions
Golf faces tough climate change adaptation drive
Golf courses around the world could be facing a bleak future unless they move quickly to introduce climate change adaptation strategies
Pacific Islands meet in Fiji to discuss 2015 adaptation strategy
Leaders convene in Fiji for four day summit as rising tides and storms start to take toll on world’s most climate vulnerable countries
Least Developed Countries climate adaptation fund gets $200m boost
Belgium, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the USA offer nearly $200 million in climate adaptation investment to the world’s poorest countries
Insurance firms press governments on climate adaptation
Industry think tank warns “quasi-irreversible” shift in ocean temperatures will end business as usual and calls for more adaptation investment