Sentences with phrase «adaptation finance as»

Developing countries generally define it as resources above official development assistance (ODA) targets, but developed countries also often report their contributions to adaptation finance as ODA.

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Those payments will come in three flavors of so - called climate financing: as part of a bolstered adaptation fund, a new fund to pay developing countries to protect their forests, and money to help poorer countries buy appropriate technology to make their commitments.

Stoppard notched another «first» when he agreed to step behind the camera as director in order to secure financing for the 1990 film adaptation of his own Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

New financing for Least Developed Countries Fund sends strong signal of commitment as Paris talks get underway Eleven donors have pledged close to $ 250 USD million in new money for adaptation support to the most vulnerable countries on the planet giving a welcome boost to the start of the climate talks here in Paris.

Mitigation — reducing emissions fast enough to achieve the temperature goal A transparency system and global stock - take — accounting for climate action Adaptation — strengthening ability of countries to deal with climate impacts Loss and damage — strengthening ability to recover from climate impacts Support — including finance, for nations to build clean, resilient futures As well as setting a long - term direction, countries will peak their emissions as soon as possible and continue to submit national climate action plans that detail their future objectives to address climate changAs well as setting a long - term direction, countries will peak their emissions as soon as possible and continue to submit national climate action plans that detail their future objectives to address climate changas setting a long - term direction, countries will peak their emissions as soon as possible and continue to submit national climate action plans that detail their future objectives to address climate changas soon as possible and continue to submit national climate action plans that detail their future objectives to address climate changas possible and continue to submit national climate action plans that detail their future objectives to address climate change.

Municipal issuers have a key role to play in terms of: • Low - carbon technologies • Pollution control • Climate adaptation, such as disaster prevention and recovery We will seek to avoid purchasing the relatively few government - issued bonds that are explicitly issued to finance the development of projects, such as nuclear power plants or casinos, which are fundamentally misaligned with our investment objectives Sovereign Debt National governments around the world issue bonds (debt) to finance a wide variety of public goods including education, infrastructure, national defense, the judiciary and social welfare.

By committing to targets for emissions cuts and financing for developing countries for mitigation, forest protection and adaptation, G8 countries can build trust and confidence and lead the way on global climate action - both for the MEF as well as for the UN negotiations which will culminate in Copenhagen in December.

But the EU, US, Japan and other developed countries insist that INDCs were always envisaged to focus on mitigation (ie cutting emissions) and that other issues such as adaptation, finance and technology transfer should be covered separately in any agreement.

At the same time, LoCAL is helping national governments build lasting systems for transferring this adaptation finance, for holding local governments to account for effective spending, as well as for effectively tracking and learning best practices from implemented projects.

The first is a single grand international fund through which all mitigation and adaptation would be financed − such as, say, a greatly expanded version of the Multinational Climate Change Fund proposed by Mexico.

Second, we must support (through finance and technology) a rapid clean energy transition in the developing world, and, of course, the adaptation necessary to minimize, insofar as we still can, greenhouse - related damages and suffering.

Like other developed countries, it has not committed to action beyond this in areas such as adaptation and finance.

The world can either build on what has been created in the Kyoto Protocol, raise the level of ambition as demanded by the science, and provide sufficient finance to meet developing countries» needs for adaptation, mitigation, and REDD.

As part of its work, the Group will develop practical proposals on how to significantly scale - up long - term financing for mitigation and adaptation strategies in developing countries from various public as well as private sourceAs part of its work, the Group will develop practical proposals on how to significantly scale - up long - term financing for mitigation and adaptation strategies in developing countries from various public as well as private sourceas well as private sourceas private sources.

The International Development Finance Club (IDFC)-- a group of international, national, and regional development banks based in the developed and the developing world — released its annual report on green investment (i.e. mitigation, adaptation and «other» environmental finance which includes environmental protection and remediation related projects)-- as the world's climate negotiators were meeting in Lima, and its numbers are signiFinance Club (IDFC)-- a group of international, national, and regional development banks based in the developed and the developing world — released its annual report on green investment (i.e. mitigation, adaptation and «other» environmental finance which includes environmental protection and remediation related projects)-- as the world's climate negotiators were meeting in Lima, and its numbers are signifinance which includes environmental protection and remediation related projects)-- as the world's climate negotiators were meeting in Lima, and its numbers are significant.

In particular, it provides a number of concrete tools and recommendations to help interested countries, such as: an overview of international public funding sources dedicated to adaptation investments, seven fundamental eligibility criteria for accessing international public funding and guidance on how to apply these concepts to project ideas, a template for developing / presenting adaptation project ideas to international donors; and an overview of critical concepts and requirements for accessing private financing for adaptation and a number of instructive case studies.

The Initiative serves as a nexus for international climate policy across WRI, drawing on the organization's expertise on a wide range of issues including greenhouse gas reporting, adaptation, finance, energy, forests, cities, and water.

Decisions made at the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — such as those related to finance, adaptation, mitigation, technology, and capacity building — have major ramifications for LDCs.

Canada says that developing nations will not walk away from the talks because they have too much to lose — essentially saying that developed nations can hold support, such as technology transfer and adaptation financing, hostage while eroding the entire negotiating process.

Developing countries are often more sensitive to climate risks, such as drought or coastal flooding, because of their greater economic reliance on climate ‐ sensitive primary activities, and because of inadequate infrastructure, finance, and other enablers of successful adaptation and mitigation.

It strengthens the Adaptation Fund, with a 3 - year interim mandate for the World Bank to manage it; establishes the Copenhagen Accord's promised Green Fund, involving a transitional committee with a majority of developing countries as members; creates a registry to record nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing countries seeking supportive finance and technology, and sets up a network - based technology centre.

Some of the issues that proponents of other equity frameworks have argued should be considered in allocating national emissions targets such as historical emissions or the level of economic development in poor countries are already in serious consideration in international climate change negotiation agenda focused on such matters as: (a) financial responsibility for adaptation, (b) responsibility for loses and damages for climate change, and (c) financing of climate friendly technologies for developing countries.

There are important references in the accord to the establishment of a technology sharing mechanisms, adaptation and forestry, but not at the same level of detail as the key issues of mitigation, transparency and finance.

There is a real risk that negotiators and civil society groups will continue to consider the early entry into force of the Paris Agreement as the pinnacle of necessary action on climate change, when in reality the Parties to the Agreement must increase their ambition to cut carbon emissions and support the massive mitigation and adaptation financing of developing countries who bear a disproportionate burden of climate change impacts.

Having COP18 in Qatar presents a unique opportunity to move forward with mitigation and adaptation efforts for climate change in the region, as well as for climate finance.

mitigation actions that transfer finance to developing countries (such as per capita allocations) that stimulate investment with benefits for adaptation;

They were unable to agree on a roadmap for public finance for adaptation, the legal form of the treaty, as well as a fair distribution of emission reduction commitments.

Option I asked for Loss and Damage to be established as a separate article from Adaptation, to hold permanence within the final accord, to provide facilities for those displaced by loss and damage, and to integrate «innovative» finance, which the majority considers to be insurance.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides publishes the statistics of ODA every year, and since the focus on FSF has published a «comprehensive» report on climate finance, providing data for ODA flows labeled as mitigation and adaptation climate finance to developing countries.

You can still take the decision to include adaptation, finance and technology as mandatory elements of your contributions to the future agreement.

In particular, the paper focuses on: 1) the contours of the adaptation issue, as well as its relationship to other important issues; 2) the consideration of adaptation within the current international negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the issues relating to adaptation finance; 3) the challenge of approaching adaptation at every level in a country: community, local, regional, sectoral and national.

We can then use that as a basis for defining the scale of emission reductions by developed countries, and the scale of finance needed by developing countries for mitigation and adaptation.

We call for a legally binding agreement that is no longer mitigation - centric, but acknowledges the need for strong adaptation measures, a bold loss and damage mechanism, technology transfer, capacity building, as well as finance flowing from North to South.

If NDCs are to become the long - term instrument for international cooperation, negotiation, and ratcheting up of ambitions to address climate change, then they need to become more transparent and comparable, both with respect to mitigation goals, and to issues such as adaptation, finance, and the way in which NDCs are aligned with national policies.

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Scaled up, new and additional, predictable and adequate fimding as well as improved access shall be provided to developing countries, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, to enable and support enhanced action on mitigation, including substantial finance to prevent deforestation (REDD - plus), adaptation, teclmology development and transfer and capacity - building, for enhanced implementation of the Convention.

And of the fast start financing announced in Copenhagen last year — for developing countries to provide $ 30 billion to developing countries by 2012 for adaptation and mitigation — Japan has pledged $ 15 billion and already implemented $ 7.23 billion as of the end of September.

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