Addressing the gap in financing for climate-change adaptation in Africa: a regional perspective on a global challenge
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Addressing the gap in financing for climate-change adaptation in Africa: a regional perspective on a global challenge. Climate change adaptation is intended to reduce or avoid harm from such shocks while exploiting opportunities that can benefit affected communities. In Africa, even if adaptation funding had covered adaptation costs in the years before 2020, it would still have been necessary to increase annual funding for climate adaptation by 7 per cent each year after 2020 to meet adaptation needs, regardless of whether the average global temperature is kept below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The side event will bring together a panel of high-level representatives to deliberate on policy strategies and lessons learned to address the gap in financing for adaptation in Africa. The panel discussion will touch on how to leverage coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery financing windows, international cooperation and multilateral climate funds to help tackle this global challenge.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Macroeconomic Policy Division; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Macroeconomic Policy Division (2022). Addressing the gap in financing for climate-change adaptation in Africa: a regional perspective on a global challenge. UN. ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (54th session : 2022, May 11 - 17 : Dakar, Senegal). Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/48327”Serial Title
COM2022:Financing Africa's Recovery: Breaking New Ground.Conference
UN. ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (54th session : 2022, May 11 - 17 : Dakar, Senegal)Collections
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