Category: <span>Project Stories</span>

Adaptation Fund in Morocco

26 October 2016

  In Morocco, over 1.7 million people who are largely dependent on agriculture and livestock have been challenged by extreme dry weather, recurrent droughts, water scarcity, u...

The pilot Community Adaptation Small Grants Facility in South Africa funded by AF and implemented by AF’s accredited National Implementing Entity for South Africa the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), aims to channel resources to support responses to climate change that are identified and implemented by affected local communities. If approved for implementation, the projects will increase local resilience through the implementation of pragmatic adaptation responses in Mopani. Photo: SANBI

SANBI Project Moving Forward with Five New Small Grant Projects Approved for Project Development

2 September 2016

The pilot Community Adaptation Small Grants Facility in South Africa funded by the Adaptation Fund (AF) has reached another milestone with the approvals of project development supp...

Adaptation Fund in Uruguay

15 April 2016

In Uruguay, smallholders form the backbone of Uruguayan agriculture representing nearly two-thirds of all farmers, but lag behind their larger counterparts in productivity, ideal c...

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Adaptation Fund in Djibouti

29 February 2016

Since 2007, the whole Horn of Africa region and Djibouti in particular have been facing a prolonged drought event that has heavily impacted agricultural production and rural liveli...

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Adaptation Fund in Argentina

18 February 2016

Droughts and water deficit as well as more frequent and intense floods are affecting the lives of small-scale agricultural producers in the northeast Argentina. The main objective...

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Adaptation Fund in Rwanda

18 February 2016

Rwanda is reducing vulnerability to climate change and extreme rainfall in the northwestern part of the country through an Adaptation Fund project focused on community-based adapta...

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Video: Adaptation Fund Projects in Action

25 November 2015

An overview of Adaptation Fund projects under implementation all over the world. A look at projects and results on the ground from the perspectives of project beneficiaries and man...

Adaptation Fund in Mongolia

24 November 2015

  Mongolian farmers and pastoralists find themselves struggling to adapt to a drier climate, and the majority of Mongolia’s 40% rural herding population finds themselves at in...

Adaptation Fund in Senegal

8 July 2015

Senegal’s “Adaptation to Coastal Erosion in Vulnerable Areas” project, which encompasses the areas of Rufisque, Saly, and Joal, aims to protect people, houses, ec...

Adaptation Fund in Honduras

8 July 2015

Access to water is still limited in many areas of Honduras, with degraded watersheds affected by deforestation and pollution of both surface and ground water. The objective of this...