Category: <span>Project Stories</span>

From Thirsty Lands to Thriving Communities: How Lao PDR is Pioneering Climate-Smart Water Solutions

16 June 2025

Community-first approach to rural water infrastructure in Lao PDR transforming daily life and setting  global benchmark for climate-resilient development. For 78-year-old Mrs....

Penang’s Urban Green Revolution: How Nature is Leading Climate Adaptation in Malaysia

16 June 2025

How an island city is using nature-based solutions to combat urban heat and flooding while creating economic opportunities and stronger communities The Challenge As climate change...

Giving Nature Breathing Room Builds Climate Resilience

22 April 2025

AF-funded El Salvador project. (Photo courtesy of UNDP) The 55th anniversary of Earth Day comes at a perilous time for the planet. The world faces a series of environmental threats...

Advancing Women’s Roles and Empowerment in Climate Adaptation

10 March 2025

Women from APROBIOSPECC, an association that transforms fish waste into biofertiliser, part of an AF-funded project on Peru’s coast. (Photo by Profonanpe) In Peru, women’s lives ar...

Renewed Global Violence Puts Pressure on Climate Adaptation

10 February 2025

Climate funds are learning how to keep projects running when conflict breaks out by being flexible and working closely with communities. In recent years, fresh conflicts have erupt...

COP29: We need to adapt to climate chaos now

8 November 2024

Adaptation policy has grown to be of central importance in our collective response to the climate crisis – but more funding is urgently needed This year’s UN climate change confere...

Building Urban Climate Resilience in Southeastern Africa

24 October 2024

Community members in La Coulée, Moroni, help construct rainwater tanks, improving water access and reducing flood risks. (Photo by Oxfam) As the urban landscape in Africa undergoes...

Climate disasters challenge right to safe and adequate housing

26 August 2024

Photo by UNESCO Climate-proofing homes is now an essential response to regular extreme weather events and can help prevent displacement Climate disasters displace millions of peopl...

Adaptation Fund Country Exchange in Tanzania Fosters Learning and Sharing across Locally Led Adaptation

31 July 2024

Exchange included Participation from Local Adaptation Champion Dodoma and Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania (May 13-17, 2024) — The Adaptation Fund’s annual country exchang...

Adaptation Fund Projects in Tanzania Build Resilience to Drought in Vulnerable Farming Communities

31 July 2024

Dodoma, United Republic of Tanzania (May 13-17, 2024) — Climate change impacts on local agriculture were evident during a five-day country exchange convened in Tanzania by th...