Sentences with phrase «climate adaptation finance»

Southeast Asia depends on climate adaptation finance to lessen the impact of a warming world on its people and economies.

This issue contains articles related to 1) The Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment Report 2017, 2) Frankfurt School's new E-Learning Programme in Climate Adaptation Finance, 3) The Green Climate Fund Readiness Programme, 4) Adaptation and renewable energy trends, and 5) news, project updates and events.

Nancy Birdsall and Michele de Nevers propose a system for climate adaptation finance that builds off the lessons learned in development assistance.

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The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Mahama Ayariga, has said Ghana needs $ 22.6 billion in investments from domestic and international public and private sources to finance its 31 Programme of Action on climate mitigation and adaptation.

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.

It tracks progress on health and climate change across 40 indicators divided into five categories: climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerability; adaptation planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement.

It is explicitly mandated to finance adaptation and resilience activities in developing countries which are vulnerable to climate change.

It will seek to: (i) crowd in finance with the objective of reaching $ 2bn to tackle coastal erosion, flooding and climate change adaptation and pollution; (ii) foster political dialogue within and among countries; and (iii) accelerate knowledge transfer on coastal management to and among West African countries.

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 change.

Welcoming the injection of new financing, GEF CEO and Chairperson, Naoko Ishii, said «Given that we're already locked into climate change trajectories for many years to come, increased investment in adaptation has to be at the core of the new climate agreement.»

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.

There is an urgent need to scale up financial flows, particularly financial support to developing countries; to create positive incentives for actions; to finance the incremental costs of cleaner and low - carbon technologies; to make more efficient use of funds directed toward climate change; to realize the full potential of appropriate market mechanisms that can provide pricing signals and economic incentives to the private sector; to promote public sector investment; to create enabling environments that promote private investment that is commercially viable; to develop innovative approaches; and to lower costs by creating appropriate incentives for and reducing and eliminating obstacles to technology transfer relevant to both mitigation and adaptation.

An International Tribunal of Climate Justice is hereby established to address cases of non-compliance with the commitments of developed country Parties on mitigation, adaptation, provision of finance, technology development and transfer, capacity - building, and transparency of action and support, including through the development of an indicative list of consequences, taking into account the cause, type, degree and frequency of non-compliance.]

Declare that, irrespective of the effectiveness of mitigation actions, significant adverse changes in the global climate are now inevitable and are already taking place, and thus parties to the U.N.F.C.C.C. must also include, in the COP15 outcome document, an ambitious agreement on adaptation finance which should prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable countries, especially in the near term,

The Agreement will direct an increased share of the $ 100 billion of annual climate finance provided by developed countries towards adaptation in developing nations.

This report seeks to ground the debate on climate finance in an objective analysis of ongoing efforts to finance mitigation and adaptation in developing countries.

To cover modules from introduction to climate change adaptation, agriculture and food security, to international legal frameworks, impacts and risks assessments, action prioritization and addressing issues of governance and finance, the MOOC team leveraged knowledge from more than 40 experts and practitioners in this field.

Although funding for adaptation has lagged behind funding for mitigation, the final text of the Paris Agreement supports a balance of climate finance between adaptation and mitigation.

We note an essential step needed now to assure the world that developed countries are on track to provide $ 100 billion in climate finance by 2020 is for them to announce public adaptation and mitigation finance targets in Paris.

For example, the UN Capital Development Fund's Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation fClimate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation fclimate change, to access and utilize adaptation finance.

Nine classes were delivered throughout COP23 on the following topics: Paris Agreement, Climate Finance, Climate Change and Jobs, Climate Services for Decision - Making, Circular Economy, Adaptation, Climate Change and Health, and Climate Empowerment.

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This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to promote climate change adaptation and integrated coastal zone management in Yemen.

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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.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to promote adaptation to the effects of climate change and drought in Zambia.

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It summarises the shared vision on climate change and presents considerations on adaptation, mitigation, finance and technology.

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This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to integrate climate change adaptation into agricultural production and food security in Sierra Leone.

It addresses particularly the issue of finance and the creation of new climate change funds following GEF's Strategic Priority on Adaptation.

The United States had promised $ 800 million a year to help finance climate adaptation for the least developed nations, and that money is unlikely to come through in a Trump presidency — although Congress has the final say on how money is spent.

This policy brief looks at how five county governments in Kenya have established County Climate Change Funds (CCCFs) that identify, prioritize and finance investments to reduce climate risk and achieve adaptation prioClimate Change Funds (CCCFs) that identify, prioritize and finance investments to reduce climate risk and achieve adaptation prioclimate risk and achieve adaptation priorities.

The newest and largest source of climate finance, the $ 10 - billion Green Climate Fund, aims to balance its resources equally between mitigation and adapclimate finance, the $ 10 - billion Green Climate Fund, aims to balance its resources equally between mitigation and adapClimate Fund, aims to balance its resources equally between mitigation and adaptation.

Discussions about action before 2020 must also give greater priority to how to scale up climate finance, especially with regards to adaptation and loss and damage.

It should also continue to stand in solidarity with the most vulnerable countries and peoples, ensuring concrete steps for finance for adaptation and loss and damage are taken, and that concrete climate measures do not undermine their livelihoods and rights.

According to the 2015 Global Landscape of Climate Finance, mitigation accounted for 93 % of total climate finance in 2014 while adaptation only accounted for 17 % of all public climate fClimate Finance, mitigation accounted for 93 % of total climate finance in 2014 while adaptation only accounted for 17 % of all public climate fFinance, mitigation accounted for 93 % of total climate finance in 2014 while adaptation only accounted for 17 % of all public climate fclimate finance in 2014 while adaptation only accounted for 17 % of all public climate ffinance in 2014 while adaptation only accounted for 17 % of all public climate fclimate financefinance.

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The book also explores cities» role in climate adaptation and opportunities presented by carbon finance and other global mechanisms to finance low - carbon city development.

This slide presentation discusses options for financing climate change adaptation in the water sector.

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This activity report provides an overview of mitigation and adaptation finance in the context of the Multilateral Development Banks» strengthened commitment to work with clients, other development finance institutions, the private sector, and stakeholders to tackle climate challenge with targeted and innovative finance.

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.

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