Category: <span>Press Releases</span>
Notification to Implementing Entities of the Adaptation Fund regarding Fund’s response to COVID-19 and adaptive measures to mitigate impacts on its portfolio of projects
23 December 2020
Lenca children help to plant trees in the Central Forest Corridor of Honduras in the project “Ecosystem-Based Adaptation at Communities of the Central Forest Corridor in Tegu...
Adaptation Fund Raises Nearly US$ 116 Million in New Pledges for Adaptation Action in Most Vulnerable Countries
16 December 2020
An innovative AF project is building resilience in vulnerable Colombian communities, and has been scaled up to achieve transformative impacts. (Photo by UNDP) Adaptation Fund Raise...
Adaptation Fund Accredits UNIDO as its 52nd Implementing Entity to Further Adaptation Action
9 December 2020
Adaptation Fund project site visit to Cambodia in 2018. The AF project “Enhancing Climate Resilience of Rural Communities Living in Protected Areas of Cambodia” is impl...
Adaptation Fund Accelerates Climate Responses through its Pillars of Action, Innovation, and Learning and Sharing
3 December 2020
Adaptation Fund Direct Access project in Senegal enhanced coastal management, sea rise protections, fishing docks, canals and diversified livelihoods. (Photo by Leona Keyl) Adaptat...
USD 10 Million to Foster Innovation of Adaptation Practices in Vulnerable Countries Now Available to Diverse Group of Potential Recipients
18 November 2020
AGCID in Chile is innovating new approaches to water management, including establishing emergency water access stations during drought through an AF innovation grant. (Photo by Vio...
Adaptation Fund Board Approves Additional Funding Windows to Provide New Adaptation Opportunities for Vulnerable Countries
4 November 2020
Adaptation Fund Board Chair Mr. Ibila Djibril, of Benin Adaptation Fund Board Approves Additional Funding Windows to Provide New Adaptation Opportunities for Vulnerable Countries B...
Adaptation Fund Study Shows the Value of Global Actions to Enhance Country Ownership over Climate Finance
19 October 2020
The 6th Annual Adaptation Fund Climate Finance Readiness Seminar for National Implementing Entities was held in Antigua in August 2019. An AF-funded project in Antigua and Barbuda...
New Adaptation Fund Study Showcases Effective Locally-Led Actions On the Ground
6 October 2020
People living around one of the community-protected areas make roof fronds out of leaves, toothpicks and sticks as part of a project funded by the AF and implemented by UN Environm...
Adaptation Fund’s First Virtual Project Visit a Success
21 September 2020
Ms. Sonia Gómez, a farmer supported by the project speaking in front of rainwater capture and storage tanks connected to efficient drip irrigation lines to water crops. (Photo by F...
[Comunicado de Prensa] Curso de aprendizaje virtual del Fondo de Adaptación dirigido a ampliar el acceso al financiamiento para el clima, ahora en español
3 August 2020
El proyecto del Fondo de Adaptación en Costa Rica implementado por Fundecooperación para el Desarrollo Sostenible está ayudando a restaurar sistemas de producción diversificado y s...