Tag: adaptation
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Dutch government discriminated against Bonaire islanders over climate adaptation, court rules | Climate crisis
The Dutch government discriminated against people in one of its most vulnerable territories by not…
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Women must be a starting point, not an afterthought, for adaptation
Alexandria Gordon is manager of policy and development at the Women’s Environment & Development Organization)…
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Tripling adaptation finance is just the start
Evans Njewa of Malawi is chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group at UN…
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COP30 Measures of Climate Adaptation Progress Should Center Rights
As coastal communities around the world are already facing the sobering consequences of sea level…
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Poorest countries appeal for more adaptation finance at COP30
The world’s poorest countries renewed a call for the COP30 summit to set a new…
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Call for two-year adaptation indicator delay
African and Arab nations are calling for a two-year postponement of an agreement on a…
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The missing piece in COP climate talks: Market signals for adaptation
Angela Churie Kallhauge is executive vice president for impact at the Environmental Defense Fund. “There…
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Tax luxury air travel to fund adaptation and loss and damage
Mattias Söderberg is global climate lead at Danish NGO DanChurchAid Developing countries are set to…
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Donors pour climate adaptation finance into big infrastructure, neglecting local needs
For years, fisherman Sami Uddin lived and worked on a small patch of coastal land…
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Global South will need over $300bn a year for climate adaptation
Developing countries will need to spend between $310 billion and $365 billion per year on…