The work featured here has been funded by the Adaptation Fund (AF). The AF finances projects and programmes that help vulnerable communities in developing countries adapt to climate change, based on national needs, views and priorities. Since 2010, UNDP has partnered with the AF to support countries through climate change adaptation and resilience programming.
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Collaborations between business students and local organizations can bring climate finance to scale adaptation solutions.
Women are leading local climate adaptation efforts, combining traditional knowledge and innovation to build resilience and transform communities.
In Honduras, Mexico, Belize and Guatemala, rapid-response brigades are diving in to repair reefs, protecting biodiversity and livelihoods.
As countries prepare new climate pledges (NDCs 3.0), three core principles are essential to putting the world back on track.
The Global South have mastered locally led climate adaptation solutions. It's time to scale them up.
Locally led adaptation, which is vital for lasting resilience, needs finance, expertise and partnerships to thrive.
Women from different regions in Colombia are leading solutions to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises. Here are their stories.
In Tanzania’s drought-prone rangelands, the planting of native species is reviving ecosystems, to the benefit of people and nature.
Dry-season gardens and new meal products for dairy goats are helping communities boost food productivity.
Uganda is seeing worsening impacts of climate change. Local changemakers are leading adaptation solutions for urban and smallholder farmers.
With support from the Adaptation Fund, a project is helping restore wetlands in the La Mojana region of northern Colombia.
Local innovators in the Pacific are promoting sustainable farming solutions and building climate resilience at the grassroots level.
Through the power of music, young people in Uruguay are raising their voices to accelerate climate action.
