Category: <span>Project Stories</span>
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...
Finance flowing for locally led climate adaptation
2 July 2024
A new approach to adaptation is putting communities most affected by climate change at the heart of how decisions are made Excerpt from Climate Home News story: The Adaptation Fund...