Blog Posts: adaptation finance

CAW partnered with green finance experts Encourage Capital and WRI to pioneer the first-ever certified green bond to acquire forests for watershed protection. This bond offers important lessons to invest in forests for water quality

The Netherlands hosted the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021, marking the first time world leaders gathered at a global event focused solely on adaptation and resilience. What did the Summit deliver, and where do we go from here?

To bolster U.S. influence and impact as it reengages in global climate action, the Biden Administration must prioritize climate finance in four key areas.

National governments and international organizations must use this year to make three critical shifts to address climate impacts, as well as health and economic risks facing vulnerable communities.

Many grassroots organizations, including those focused on climate change, stepped in to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their actions in addressing COVID-19 illustrate the need for local leadership in longer term crises like climate change.

As the world faces both a climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, governments must invest in a climate-resilient recovery to protect people from future disasters and stimulate the economy.

Tracking climate finance can help Fiji and other countries better meet their climate change goals.

Bangladesh, Colombia and the Philippines show how countries can start adapting to climate change now.

New research from WRI evaluates the experiences of five counties in Kenya that are mainstreaming adaptation and offers three key lessons for practitioners struggling to implement resilient, sustainable development at the local level.

This guiding document should outline how the GCF will achieve 1.5-aligned ambition, approach adaptation, avoid watering down the quality of its programs, and empower developing country institutions.