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Adaptation Fund Moves Full Steam Ahead with Ambitious and Historic COP21 Climate Accord

13 December 2015 | Press Releases

Adaptation Fund Moves Full Steam Ahead with Ambitious and Historic COP21 Climate Accord Paris, France (December 13, 2015) – With nearly 200 countries agreeing to move forward with grand ambition to tackle climate change in an historic universal agreement in Paris, the Adaptation Fund will be part of the unprecedented

Adaptation Fund COP21 Side Event Shows Value of Direct Access

4 December 2015 | News Multimedia

Adaptation Fund COP21 Side Event Shows Value of Direct Access Paris, France (December 4, 2015) – During the international climate change conference in Paris in late November to mid-December, the Adaptation Fund hosted a Side Event that drew a standing room-only crowd Dec. 4 as representatives from National Implementing Entities (NIEs) shared experiences with the accreditation

AF at COP21

19 October 2015 | Adaptation Fund at COP28

Adaptation Fund Results at COP21 An historic Agreement to address climate change was adopted in Paris, France by 196 countries on Dec. 12 at the Conference of the Parties 21st Session to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP21), recognizing an increased role for adaptation. The Adaptation

Key CMP/CP Decisions

10 January 2015 | Documents & Publications

Key Decisions Decisions made at annual meetings of countries that have signed the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have shaped both the mission and structure of the Adaptation Fund. The texts below include the adaptation-related decisions made by parties to these international environmental treaties. Find adaptation-related decisions using the codes

Call for Evaluators: Adaptation Fund Overall Evaluation — Phase I

16 July 2014 | Document

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST If interested, please submit electronically through World Bank Group eConsultant2 https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW Assignment Title: First Phase of the Adaptation Fund Evaluation ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION The objective of the assignment is to conduct the First Phase of the Adaptation Fund Evaluation. Background, rationale and focus of the evaluation: During its twenty-third meeting, the Adaptation Fund Board approved

Oral report delivered by the Adaptation Fund Board Vice-Chair, Mr. Mamadou Honadia, to CMP9 on

20 November 2013 | Announcements

1. Mr. President of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, Distinguished delegates, representatives of the civil society, ladies, and gentlemen. 2. It is a great honor and pleasure to present the report of the Adaptation Fund Board, which comprises the work undertaken throughout its three meetings

Side-event to be held during CMP 7

29 August 2012 | Decisions

Following a discussion the Board decided to request that: (a) The secretariat prepare materials that show the results that had been achieved by the Adaptation Fund, particularly through funded projects, for presentation at the sideevent of the Adaptation Fund that had been organized during the seventh meeting of theConference of the Parties serving as the meeting of

Draft report of the Board to CMP 7

29 August 2012 | Decisions

Following a discussion of its draft report to the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (AFB/B.15/7), the Board decided to request the Chair, assisted by the secretariat, to finalize the report following the present meeting and to forward it to the secretariat of the UNFCCC.

Dialogue with civil society

29 August 2012 | Decisions

Following the presentation of the Chair, the Board decided to: (a) Invite members of civil society to enter into a dialogue with the members and alternates of the Adaption Fund Board in Durban, the day prior to the seventh meetings of the Project and Programme Review Committee (PPRC) and Ethics and Finance Committee (EFC); (b) Further invite representatives of those

Implementing entity project fees

29 August 2012 | Decisions

Following a discussion, and having considered the recommendation of the Ethics and Finance Committee, the Board decided: (a) To set a cap for a fee of 8.5 per cent for all projects/programmes funded by the Adaptation Fund; (b) That implementing entities should provide a budget on fee use in project or programme proposals, which would be considered during project and

Amendment to the terms and conditions for the trustee’s services

29 August 2012 | Decisions

Having considered the recommendation of the Ethics and Finance Committee, the Adaptation Fund Board decided to recommend to the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) that the interim services of the trustee be extended until three months after the ninth session of the CMP, to

Initial Funding Priorities

21 August 2012 | Decisions

The Board decided to request the Secretariat to prepare a new document on funding priorities for the ninth meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board which would reflect both the discussion of the Board and the outcomes of the negotiations at the fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the fifth Conference

Status of membership of the Board (2010-2011)

21 August 2012 | Decisions

The Board decided to submit to the fifth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol a proposal to amend the Rules of Procedure of the Adaptation Fund Board to allow the Chair and the Vice-Chair to continue in those offices until the first meeting of the year and to align

Report of the Adaptation Fund Board to the COP/MOP to the Kyoto Protocol

21 August 2012 | Decisions

The Chair circulated a Chair’s text that contained the draft report of the Adaptation Fund Board to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. Following a discussion, the Board adopted the

Draft Strategic Priorities, Policies and Guidelines

21 August 2012 | Decisions

At a subsequent session, the Board considered a revised text of Draft Strategic Priorities, Policies and Guidelines and approved the text as orally amended, and as contained in Annex V

Fiduciary Standards

21 August 2012 | Decisions

The Board recognized that such an approach was likely to take considerable time. In the meantime, the Board considered an alternative approach which would provide fiduciary risk management oversight through a legal entity established and/or existing at the national level to enable direct access to resources. For that purpose, the Board decided to develop criteria

Workshops on Accreditation of National Implementity Entities

20 October 2011 | Document

The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) at its sixth meeting in Cancun requested the UNFCCC secretariat, in consultation with the Adaptation Fund Board, to conduct regional or subregional workshops in order to familiarize Parties with the process and the requirements of the accreditation of

Adaptation Fund’s Pioneering Use of Direct Access Brings Benefits to Developing Countries

1 January 1970 | In The News

(This article was originally written in Japanese (3 MB, PDF) for The International Development Journal, June 2012, Contribution “Adaptation Fund”, p. 74‐75) “Direct access” is a way for developing countries and their implementing entities to access funds without going through international organizations. The Adaptation Fund, which supports climate change adaptation activities in developing countries, has expedited the

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