ADAPTATION FUND

The Adaptation Fund finances projects and programmes that help vulnerable communities in developing countries adapt to climate change. Initiatives are based on country needs, views and priorities... Since 2010, the Adaptation Fund has committed about 1.25 billion for climate change adaptation and resilience projects and programmes, including 183 concrete, localized projects in the most vulnerable communities of developing countries around the world with about 45.8 million total beneficiaries. It also pioneered Direct Access and Enhanced Direct Access, empowering countries to access funding and develop local projects directly through accredited national implementing entities... Helping developing countries build resilience and adapt to climate change.

Primary location: Washington United States