Germany supports IFAD in rewarding the essential services that rural people provide. These services preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, making a significant contribution to climate change mitigation.

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At COP27, leaders agreed on a fund for loss and damage to support the most vulnerable countries. However, many issues remained unresolved.

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More climate adaptation finance in Africa is needed, according to this report. It includes recommendations on increasing the volume and efficacy of financial flows.

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Global carbon emissions in 2022 remain at record levels – with no sign of the decrease that is urgently needed to limit warming to 1.5°C, according to the new report of the Global Carbon Project science team. If current…

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Governments, international development partners and industry should invest in sustainable food cold chains to decrease hunger, boost livelihoods and adapt to climate change, this report says.

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Launched at COP27, the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation Initiative (FAST) aims to implement concrete actions that would result in improving the quantity and quality of climate finance contributions to…

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The Global Shield addresses current weaknesses in the financial protection structure in climate vulnerable economies via pre-arranged finance which disburses quickly and reliably before or just after disasters happen.

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Forests have a key role to play in the fight against the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and hunger. That is why Germany’s Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the COP27 climate conference in Sharm…

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The number of recorded disasters has increased five-fold, but despite this, half of all countries do not have early warning systems in place. This needs to change.

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A comprehensive, shared agenda aims to rally global action around 30 adaptation outcomes that are needed to address the adaptation gap and achieve a resilient world by 2030.

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