UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2024 - Key Messages

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T09:47:55Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T09:47:55Z
dc.date.issued2024-11
dc.descriptionThe UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2024 highlights the urgent need to scale up climate adaptation efforts. Despite rising international public finance, from $22 billion in 2021 to $28 billion in 2022, the annual adaptation finance gap remains staggering, estimated at $187–359 billion. Over 170 countries have national adaptation policies, but implementation lags, particularly in fragile states. The report calls for ambitious climate finance commitments at COP 29, stronger adaptation components in updated NDCs, and innovative financial instruments to unlock funding. Effective adaptation requires improved capacity-building, technology transfer, and a shift from short-term projects to strategic, transformational planning. Equity must guide financing models, ensuring responsibility aligns with capability. Without urgent action, vulnerable nations will continue to bear the brunt of escalating climate impacts. This report underscores the critical need for global cooperation to meet the Global Goal on Adaptation and build resilience worldwide. Full report is available at: https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/46497en
dc.description.urihttps://www.unep.org/resources/adaptation-gap-report-2024
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/46535
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageFrench
dc.languageSpanish
dc.languageRussian
dc.languageChinese
dc.languageArabic
dc.languageSwahili
dc.page.number3 p.
dc.subjectclimate change adaptation
dc.subjectenvironmental financing
dc.subjectcapacity building
dc.subjecttechnology transfer
dc.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
dc.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No Poverty
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.themeclimate
dc.titleUNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2024 - Key Messagesen
dc.title.alternativeتقريربرنامج األمم المتحدة للبيئة عن فجوة التكيف لعام2024 الرسائل الرئيسيةar
dc.title.alternativeInforme del PNUMA sobre la Brecha de adaptación 2024: Mensajes clavees
dc.title.alternativeRapport du PNUE sur le déficit d’adaptation 2024: Messages Clésfr
dc.typePolicy brief

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