Category: <span>In The News</span>
[UNDP]: Harvest and Take Care of the Environment
29 November 2023
Ricardo Garcia resides with his family in the El Corozo canton of San Francisco Menéndez, a coastal municipality in the department of Ahuachapán, El Salvador. (Photo: UNDP) [UNDP]:...
[UNEP] How communal loans are helping Antigua and Barbuda brace for hurricanes
23 October 2023
UN Environment Programme (UNEP), October 18, 2023 How communal loans are helping Antigua and Barbuda brace for hurricanes As climate change feeds increasingly frequent hurricanes i...
[UNDP]: How forests and young people are solving Honduras’s water crisis
12 September 2023
As demand for fresh water grows, young researchers at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras are working with local communities on comprehensive solutions. Photo: UNDP Hondu...
Independent Technical Evaluation Reference Group of Adaptation Fund Sets Evaluation Priorities at Biannual Meeting
22 August 2023
Independent Technical Evaluation Reference Group of Adaptation Fund Sets Evaluation Priorities at Biannual Meeting In line with the mandate from the Adaptation Fund Board, the Tech...
[AFCIA Innovation Story]: Forest protectors in the Philippines: How Indigenous groups are safeguarding nature and supporting the fight against climate change
22 August 2023
Jemuel Perino, Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Bukidnon Umayamnon tribe. Photo: UNDP [AFCIA Innovation Story]: Forest protectors in the Philippines: How Indigenous groups...
[Global Center on Adaptation] AF announces contribution to the 2023 GCA Local Adaptation Champions Awards
18 August 2023
[Global Center on Adaptation] AF announces contribution to the 2023 GCA Local Adaptation Champions Awards Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 18 August 2023 – The Adaptation Fund announced...
[CFAN]: CFAN celebrates first full approval of a project led by a CFAN Advisor
25 April 2023
CFAN celebrates first full approval of a project led by a CFAN Advisor Last month, the Board of the Adaptation Fund approved a proposal entitled “Adaptation of Small-Scale Agricult...
[The Commonwealth] How the Commonwealth is helping Zambia to manage a priceless hidden resource
2 March 2023
The Commonwealth, February 24, 2023 How the Commonwealth is helping Zambia to manage a priceless hidden resource There is a water crisis in Zambia – and it is deteriorating. Climat...
[UN-HABITAT] Shelter and drainage system withstand Madagascar storm
15 February 2023
Safe Haven constructed in Madagascar as part of the Building Urban Climate Resilience in South-Eastern Africa project, funded by the Adaptation Fund, and coordinated by UN-Habitat...
[UNEP]: Farmers adapt to climate crisis on Burundi’s precarious hillsides
31 October 2022
Philbert Ntaciyica tends to his farm in Burundi’s Nzove village. Like many farmers in the area, increasingly erratic outbursts of heavy rain are washing his crops and topsoil downh...