28 June 2016 USD 200 million pilot of additional modalities to enhance direct access under GCF The pilot phase for additional modalities to Enhance Direct Access will provide an initial allocation of USD 200 million for aroun... THEMES : Financing Adaptation
08 June 2016 Philippines: More LGUs to undergo training on climate change The Climate Change Commission (CCC) is set to gather this week local government units (LGUs) and stakeholders most vulnerable to d... THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Communication and Awareness
07 June 2016 Adapting to climate change - how simple technology protects lives and livelihoods from floods By Jodi Sugden Project Support Officer, Zurich Flood Resilience Project at Practical Action Floods are the most common cause of we... THEMES : Communication and Awareness
South Asia, 02 June 2016 Tired of Running From the River: Adapting to Climate Change on India’s Disappearing Islands Sheikh Khadim lives on the shore of the island of Ghoramara, which sits within the Hooghly River’s drainage into the Bay of Bengal... THEMES : Coastal Zone Management / Gender and Social Impacts / Natural Resources and Agriculture
Southeast Asia, 02 June 2016 Asean Tackles Gaps on Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Response Over 70 delegates from member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and international humanitarian organiza... THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Communication and Awareness / Disaster Risk Reduction
25 May 2016 Survey: Climate and Fragility Risks in Asia and Pacific Region: Assessing Gaps in Awareness, Science and Policy Actions Recognizing the importance of growing climate-fragility risks globally, IGES, Japan and adelhi, Germany are conducting a survey to... THEMES : Communication and Awareness
10 May 2016 Annual Cost of Adaptation Significantly Understated, UNEP Reports According to a report titled 'The Adaptation Finance Gap Report 2016,' which was just released by the UN Environment Programme (UN... THEMES : Financing Adaptation
11 April 2016 Indian budget for adaptation inadequate, say activists The government has come under fire after allocating 3.5 billion rupees ($52.8 million) for climate change adaptation in Budget 201... THEMES : Financing Adaptation
Pacific, 22 March 2016 Fiji and the small Pacific Island states more focused on adaptation than mitigation FIJI and the small Pacific Island states are more focused on adaptation than mitigation when it comes to climate change. And techn... THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus
06 March 2016 Cook Islands become first Pacific state to receive GCF readiness funding The Cook Islands have received financial resources from the Green Climate Fund to strengthen their capacity to access finance thro... THEMES : Financing Adaptation