Sentences with phrase «for adaptation financing»

In my view, the historical responsibility question is an unassailable argument for adaptation financing.

This activity report sets out the joint MDB approach for adaptation finance reporting, developed by a group of MDBs to work towards better tracking of climate finance.

Not exact matches

Nations must also approach this issue from multiple angles — moving beyond investing in renewable energy to also build up efficiency and electrification efforts domestically and finance adaptation efforts for developing nations.

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.

Anderson has been eyeing an adaptation of the Thomas Pychon novel Inherent Vice for a few years now, and he worked on nabbing financing for the pic early last year, at the same time that he got The Master financed.

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.

Many people first heard of the «Wish I Was Here» project when Braff, one - time star of the TV show «Scrubs,» more recently on - stage in the adaptation of «Bullets Over Broadway,» sent out an appeal via the crowdfunding website Kickstarter for financing, setting off a predictable cycle of backlash.

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.»

An award - winning screenwriter I had recommended was hired and he did an AWESOME job on the movie adaptation, the line producer determined the budget based on the screenplay, 100 % of the financing for film production has been secured, the list the producer wanted me to compile of possible actors for principle roles had been submitted; and just last week, the conceptual artist gave me a sneak peek of the preliminary visuals we might incorporate into the movie.

Financing Needed but Scarce for Adaptation in Africa Responding to Bali

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.

Much of the debate in Lima centered on what countries should include in their INDCs; how long should the commitments be for; should the commitments include financing and adaptation goals; and that old chestnut: how should the commitments of developed and developing countries be differentiated.

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.

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 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.

(Remember, there were five sections: shared vision for long - term cooperative action, mitigation, adaptation, technology and finance).

Through this program, the GEF has financed the first concrete adaptation projects, implementing measures for the specific purpose of reducing vulnerability and increasing the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities and the ecosystems on which their lives depend.

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There is room for the United States to accept the responsibility of preparing for adaptation, learning how to do it, learning how to finance it, creating templates that can be applied around the world.

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.

«We have very limited capacity in terms of human resources and institutions and very limited finance and an almost lack of technology for adaptation and mitigation,» he says.

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.

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 fFinance, mitigation accounted for 93 % of total climate 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 financefinance.

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 sources.

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

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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.

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Rich countries would also provide adequate finance and technology transfer for both mitigation and adaptation.

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This policy brief identifies fundamental differences in how developed and developing countries view equity, transparency and accountability in the context of climate change adaptation finance, and looks at the implications for the generation, governance, delivery and use of adaptation finance.

At climate negotiations at COP - 13 in Bali, Indonesia in 2007, parties to the UNFCCC agreed to replace the Kyoto Protocol with an agreement that would create a second commitment period under the UNFCCC and would include binding emissions reductions for developed countries and new programs on adaptation for developing countries, deforestation, finance, technology transfer, and capacity building.

b Acknowledge the lack of delivery on previous commitments agreed at Rio, including the UNFCCC commitments for all countries to reduce emissions to allow ecosystems to adapt and to ensure that food production is not threatened, and that developed countries would provide sufficient finance and other support to enable developing countries to undertake mitigation and adaptation.

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

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.

In particular it focuses on climate change adaptation, both planning and financing, and covers the following themes: gender - differentiated impact of climate change in Africa; gender - differentiated impact of adaptation planning and financing; and need and options for the integration of gender perspectives in adaptation responses.

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.

Analysis by Carbon Brief last year showed Brazil had received $ 109m between 2013 and 2016 (inclusive) from multilateral climate funds, one of the vehicles for distributing international climate finance for mitigation and adaptation.

Around 48 % of the climate finance is for mitigation activities, 32 % for adaptation, and 20 % for both together.

In particular, we're going to need a significant amount of international finance for energy - sector leapfrogging, adaptation, and loss & damage.

For example, much of the necessary adaptation financing required to protect the most vulnerable communities will need to come from *** public sources.

The wealthier nations promised in 2009 to provide developing countries with US$ 30 billion by the end of 2012, and said this should be «new and additional» finance balanced between support for adaptation and mitigation activities.

Public climate finance provided to developing countries is the finance provided by governments and bilateral and multilateral institutions for mitigation and adaptation activities in developing countries.

With only two scheduled days of negotiations left, there has been no measurable movement on emissions reductions targets or finance for climate adaptation and mitigation of the scale the urgent situations requires.