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Time to Show ‘True Grit’ on Climate Adaptation

Chris Hall

The US$100 billion of annual climate-focused financing for developing countries from 2020 onward – a 2009 promise that remains intangible – is another. Insufficient focus on adaptation A key emerging area is the perception that climate adaptation is not receiving the focus it needs compared with mitigation.

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EM Adaptation Gap High on COP28 Agenda

Chris Hall

Earlier this month, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) published its 2023 ‘ Adaptation Gap Report ’, which highlighted that EMDEs’ forecast climate adaptation finance needs are now ten to 18 times larger than existing international public flows.