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Adaptation Fund and Climate Change The Adaptation Fund is a financial mechanism established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to finance adaptation projects and programs in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change....
Public investment and taxation, hereafter collectively referred to as ‘spending’, can play an important role in climate change adaptation and resilience (A&R). It can do so through explicit investments in resilient infrastructure and systems, and by influencing future patterns of capital allocation,...
On a positive note, the report indicates that more than eight out of ten countries have at least one national adaptation instrument, and are keen on inclusivity while one-third of the 197 parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have time-bound adaptation targets. The...
Climate change perceptions and their individual-level determinants: a cross-European analysis. Glob. Environ. Change 55, 25–35 (2019). Article Google Scholar Few, R., Brown, K. & Tompkins, E. L. Public participation and climate change adaptation: avoiding the illusion of inclusion. Clim. ...
or the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), concluded here Wednesday with the adoption of the UAE Consensus, which covers themes including the global stocktake, climate funding, mitigation, adaptation and loss and damag...
Adaptation to accelerated climate change is imperative, which can be an opportunity for sustainable financing from the private sector if the conditions are in place. It remains to be seen.
2014). Owing to mitigation’s potential in lowering the projected impacts of climate change along with the risks of extreme weather impacts, mitigation constitutes part of a broader policy strategy that encompasses adaptation to already occurringclimate change impacts; therefore adaptation and mitigation ...
This includes providing technical assistance on climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments in addition to enabling initiatives such as the creation of a high-level steering committee in Dominica led by the prime minister and the minister of health and environment.15 Stakeholders ...
tackle head-on. They are also recognising theimmense potential for investment(Opens in a new window)– and for risk-adjusted returns – in climate change and adaptation at levels we haven’t previously experienced. I believe very firmly that markets can play a major role in solving this ...