Category: <span>Press Releases</span>

Adaptation Fund Board Accredits United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization as Fund’s 51st Implementing Entity

1 July 2020

Pastoralists bring their herds of livestock to water at Lake Hawassa in Shelfo Village, Ethiopia. (Photo by FAO/IFAD/WFP/Petterik Wiggers ) Adaptation Fund Board Accredits United N...

Le Fonds d’adaptation lance la version française de la formation en ligne conçu pour faciliter l’accès à la finance climat

29 June 2020

Le projet du Fonds d’Adaptation au Sénégal vise à améliorer la gestion côtière, la protection contre l’élévation du niveau de la mer, les quais de pêche, les canaux ainsi que...

Adaptation Fund Board Greenlights Six New Concrete Adaptation Projects on the Ground, Totaling US$ 31 Million

2 June 2020

In previous AF project in Tanzania, AF built a sea wall to reduce the adverse impacts of sea level rise and floods on coastal infrastructures and settlements in the city of Dar es...

Hill Women of India’s Himalayas Chart Path in Fight against COVID-19 Impacts for Isolated Communities

29 May 2020

Members of women’s SHGs in Uttarakhand, India are making masks. (Photo by BAIF) Hill Women of India’s Himalayas Chart Path in Fight against COVID-19 Impacts for Isolated Comm...

Adaptation Fund Projects Build Climate Resilience While Promoting Sustainable Development

29 May 2020

Farmers continue to work to provide food, while they observe lockdown in the cities to stop spread of COVID-19. (Photo by UNDP Ghana) Adaptation Fund Projects Build Climate Resilie...

Adaptation Fund Board Accredits New Direct Access Entity FIRCA in Côte d’Ivoire, Enhancing Access to Climate Finance

11 May 2020

Adaptation Fund Board Accredits New Direct Access Entity FIRCA in Côte d’Ivoire, Enhancing Access to Climate Finance Marks 50th Implementing Entity to be Accredited by the Fu...

Adaptation Fund Study Provides Concrete Successes, Lessons and Potential Models for Integrating Gender Considerations in Climate Change Adaptation Projects

13 April 2020

Adaptation Fund Study Provides Concrete Successes, Lessons and Potential Models for Integrating Gender Considerations in Climate Change Adaptation Projects Study Showcases Best Pra...

New Adaptation Fund Board Chair Aims to Build on AF Achievements, Expand AF Revenue Sources and Country Funding Opportunities

2 April 2020

New Adaptation Fund Board Chair Aims to Build on AF Achievements, Expand AF Revenue Sources and Country Funding Opportunities New Chair Mr. Ibila Djibril of Benin Has Represented A...

Notification to National, Regional and Multilateral Implementing Entities of the Adaptation Fund in relation to COVID-19 outbreak

18 March 2020

Notification to National, Regional and Multilateral Implementing Entities of the Adaptation Fund in relation to COVID-19 outbreak Washington, D.C. (March 18, 2020) — As most...

Adaptation Fund Board Meeting in Bonn Postponed Due to COVID-19; Shortened Virtual Meeting Being Planned

9 March 2020

Adaptation Fund Board Meeting in Bonn Postponed Due to COVID-19; Shortened Virtual Meeting Being Planned Virtual Meeting Set for April 2 Will Focus on Launching the Term of New Boa...