Category: <span>Press Releases</span>

Adaptation Fund Reaccreditations of World Bank and Asian Development Bank Help Unlock More Options for Climate-Vulnerable Countries

14 July 2023

Seaweed farm in AF-funded Marine Conservation and Climate Adaptation Project in Belize implemented by World Bank. (Photo by NYFA-LA)  Adaptation Fund Reaccreditations of World Bank...

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Notification to Adaptation Fund National, Regional and Multilateral Implementing Entities regarding Fund’s update on temporary measures taken as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic

23 May 2023

Notification to Adaptation Fund National, Regional and Multilateral Implementing Entities regarding Fund’s update on temporary measures taken as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic...

Adaptation Fund Board Approves Implementation Plan for New 5-Year Strategy, Greenlights US$ 74 Million in New Projects

30 March 2023

Adaptation Fund Board Approves Implementation Plan for New 5-Year Strategy, Greenlights US$ 74 Million in New Projects Board Also Sets US$ 300 Million Resource Mobilization Target...

Adaptation Fund Poised to Further Adaptation Action as it Prepares to Launch 5-Year Plan, on Heels of IPCC Report

21 March 2023

Mangrove plantation on the Cajío coast in the Artesia province in AF-funded Latin America project. (Photo by UNDP) Adaptation Fund Poised to Further Adaptation Action as it Prepare...

Adaptation Fund Receives Nearly US$ 243 Million Mobilized in 2022 for the Most Climate-Vulnerable at COP27 in Egypt

15 November 2022

Adaptation Fund Receives Nearly US$ 243 Million Mobilized in 2022 for the Most Climate-Vulnerable at COP27 in Egypt Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (November 15, 2022; Updated December 22)...

Adaptation Fund Board Adopts New 5-Year Strategy to Build and Expand on Successes of its Pillars in Action, Innovation, and Learning and Sharing

20 October 2022

The Adaptation Fund Board met at the UN building in Bonn, Germany last week. Adaptation Fund Board Adopts New 5-Year Strategy to Build and Expand on Successes of its Pillars in Act...

Adaptation Fund’s Annual Direct Access Seminar Brings Vulnerable Countries Together to Enhance Climate Action

23 September 2022

Participants of the AF’s global seminar for its National Implementing Entities held in 2018 made a field trip with Washington, D.C.’s Climate Resilience Office to adaptation sites...

Adaptation Fund Study: Streamlined Accreditation Process has Value in Opening Doors to Climate Finance for Smaller Entities

6 September 2022

Reducing Community Vulnerability to Climate Change in AF-funded project in the Federated States of Micronesia by protecting natural ecosystems. (Photo: Micronesia Conservation Trus...

Youth Engagement Paramount in Enhancing Climate Adaptation Projects, Adaptation Fund Study Finds

12 August 2022

Young Leandro Lázaro plants mangrove. Youth are actively involved in mangrove planting and monitoring marine life on Cuba’s coasts to help protect their communities from sea surges...

Transboundary Adaptation Actions Promote Efficiency of Resource Use and Opportunities for Learning, Adaptation Fund Study Finds

26 May 2022

Women from Taltal and Antofagasta of Chile are undergoing a training program deigned to strengthen their knowledge, capacities and skills in risk control and management. The traini...