Category: <span>Project Stories</span>
[Project Story] Floating farms are transforming life on India’s waterways
27 February 2023
Women beneficiaries of Self-Help Group (SHG) nurturing the summer crops in a float-farm in Amtoli village in the Sundarbans region of southern India and parts of Bangladesh. (Photo...
[Project Story] Innovative adaptation project pays off for Upper Egyptian farmers
18 November 2022
Anwar Ahmad cleans the solar power array that now fully powers the irrigation system used for his land (Photo: WFP Egypt) [Project Story] Innovative adaptation project pays off for...
Youth Engagement is pivotal to climate adaptation programmes
9 November 2022
Young farmers harvesting crops during a training exercise in the Cook Islands (Photo: UNDP) Youth Engagement is pivotal to climate adaptation programmes Young people can be builder...
Project Story- Adaptation Fund in Egypt
1 November 2022
Nobby Saad Ibrahim, a 54-year old farmer from Al-Baghdadi village and a direct beneficiary of the project. (WFP photo) Project Story- Adaptation Fund in Egypt Egypt is highly vulne...
Strengthening livelihoods of alpaca-producing communities in the region of Arequipa, Peru
29 August 2022
Strengthening Livelihoods of Alpaca-producing Communities in the Region of Arequipa, Peru A project in Peru funded by the Adaptation Fund and implemented by the Development Bank of...
Fog catchers: improving Mexico’s climate resilience using traditional knowledge
24 June 2022
Fog catchers: improving Mexico’s climate resilience using traditional knowledge The project is using locally-led solutions and ancestral practices to fight water insecurity A Mexic...
Mongolia flood defence project shows the way for urban adaptation
12 May 2022
UN-Habitat pictured with community members during winter in the Mongolia project area that includes tree planting activities (Photo: UN) Mongolia flood defence project shows the wa...
Project Story: Adaptation Fund in the Seychelles
26 April 2022
Project Story: Adaptation Fund in the Seychelles The Seychelles, a small island developing state (SIDS) in the Indian Ocean, consists of 115 islands, of which some 40 are granitic...
Early warning systems hold the key to disaster management in West Africa
7 March 2022
Early warning systems observing rainfall of the 2021 monsoon period (Photo: WMO) Early warning systems hold the key to disaster management in West Africa A project funded by the Ad...
Adaptation Fund Projects and Programmes Continued to Deliver to the Most Climate-Vulnerable Throughout 2021
13 January 2022
An AF project in Lao PDR is bringing access to water to vulnerable villages. Adaptation Fund Projects and Programmes Continued to Deliver to the Most Climate-Vulnerable Throughout...