Category: <span>In The News</span>

[UNDP]: Locally Led: A Gallery of Innovative Grassroots Adaptation Solutions

20 December 2023

[UNDP]: Locally Led: A Gallery of Innovative Grassroots Adaptation Solutions Around the world communities are on the frontlines of accelerating climate change. Innovative solutions...

[MONGABAY]: We are “very far” from what vulnerable communities need for climate adaptation, says Adaptation Fund head

19 December 2023

[MONGABAY]: We are “very far” from what vulnerable communities need for climate adaptation, says Adaptation Fund head The excitement around bringing “all fossil fuels” into climate...

[UNDP]: Harvest and Take Care of the Environment

29 November 2023

Ricardo Garcia resides with his family in the El Corozo canton of San Francisco Menéndez, a coastal municipality in the department of Ahuachapán, El Salvador. (Photo: UNDP) [UNDP]:...

[UNEP] How communal loans are helping Antigua and Barbuda brace for hurricanes

23 October 2023

UN Environment Programme (UNEP), October 18, 2023 How communal loans are helping Antigua and Barbuda brace for hurricanes As climate change feeds increasingly frequent hurricanes i...

[UNDP]: How forests and young people are solving Honduras’s water crisis

12 September 2023

As demand for fresh water grows, young researchers at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras are working with local communities on comprehensive solutions. Photo: UNDP Hondu...

Independent Technical Evaluation Reference Group of Adaptation Fund Sets Evaluation Priorities at Biannual Meeting

22 August 2023

Independent Technical Evaluation Reference Group of Adaptation Fund Sets Evaluation Priorities at Biannual Meeting In line with the mandate from the Adaptation Fund Board, the Tech...

[AFCIA Innovation Story]: Forest protectors in the Philippines: How Indigenous groups are safeguarding nature and supporting the fight against climate change

22 August 2023

Jemuel Perino, Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Bukidnon Umayamnon tribe. Photo: UNDP [AFCIA Innovation Story]: Forest protectors in the Philippines: How Indigenous groups...

[Global Center on Adaptation] AF announces contribution to the 2023 GCA Local Adaptation Champions Awards

18 August 2023

[Global Center on Adaptation] AF announces contribution to the 2023 GCA Local Adaptation Champions Awards Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 18 August 2023 – The Adaptation Fund announced...

[CFAN]: CFAN celebrates first full approval of a project led by a CFAN Advisor

25 April 2023

CFAN celebrates first full approval of a project led by a CFAN Advisor Last month, the Board of the Adaptation Fund approved a proposal entitled “Adaptation of Small-Scale Agricult...

[The Commonwealth] How the Commonwealth is helping Zambia to manage a priceless hidden resource

2 March 2023

The Commonwealth, February 24, 2023 How the Commonwealth is helping Zambia to manage a priceless hidden resource There is a water crisis in Zambia – and it is deteriorating. Climat...