Adaptation Finance

President Trump’s orders to leave the Paris Agreement and “terminate the Green New Deal” will have far-reaching implications for climate governance and action in the United States and globally, but giving up is not an option.

This piece was originally published on the World Resources Institute website. For more than 20 years, WRI has identified annual “stories...

The Adaptation Gap Report (AGR) 2024 provides its annual assessment on progress in adaptation planning, implementation and finance. It shows that, while inching forward on adaptation planning, collectively developing countries are falling behind on implementation because of the enormous gap between adaptation finance needs and flows.

The article outlines strategies and innovative practices to enhance access to and delivery of adaptation finance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), emphasizing the importance of equitable, country-led mechanisms and innovative financing approaches to address climate vulnerabilities effectively.

This brief highlights transboundary climate risks in the MENA region and why countries struggle to invest in systemic resilience. It evaluates adaptation finance, noting the limitations of European support, and offers recommendations for MENA policymakers, including increasing adaptation finance and decentralizing governance for better resilience.

As the climate crisis intensifies, transboundary climate risks (TCRs) are becoming more urgent, and this blog explores how global and national policies must evolve to integrate these risks into climate adaptation strategies.

This piece explores how to engage and mobilize the private sector to deliver sustainable and transformative adaptation at scale in a way that works for the most vulnerable.

Listen to Katherine Browne, a research fellow at SEI, and Margaret Angula, a senior lecturer at the University of Namibia, talk about a UN pilot programme in Namibia that’s trialling a new approach to financing climate adaptation.

This report covers global status and trends of adaptation finance and provides a deeper analysis of Africa at a regional level, given the heightened adaptation needs and opportunities on the continent.