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The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) today made a number of key announcements during the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS2021) hosted by the Netherlands - the first international summit for global leaders aimed at triggering the systemic change required to accelerate adaptation action globally for a climate resilient world. During the Summit GCAs work was endorsed by a number of world leaders including Ali Bongo Odimba, President of Gabon; Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana; Keith Mitchell, Pri...

New African Development Bank-Global Center on Adaptation African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina announced the launch on Monday of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) to mobilize $25 billion to scale up and accelerate climate change adaptation actions across Africa. The announcement came during the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021, hosted by the government of the Netherlands and the Global Center on Adaptation. The AAAP, a joint initiative between the African D...

Climate Adaptation for Resilience COP26 President Alok Sharma at the closing session of the Climate Adaptation Summit, hosted by the Netherlands and the World Economic Forum From: 26 January 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) A huge thank you to the World Economic Forum and the Netherlands for organising this panel. And to my fellow panel members for their brilliant insight. 2021 is indeed going to be a critical year for the climate. And I want to see the golden th...

African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina has announced the launch of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) to mobilize $25 billion to scale up and accelerate climate change adaptation actions across Africa. The announcement came during the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021, hosted by the government of the Netherlands and the Global Center on Adaptation. The AAAP, a joint initiative between the African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation, is expected...

New African Development Bank-GCA initiative will galvanize $25 billion to scale up African climate adaptation Format African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina announced the launch on Monday of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) to mobilize $25 billion to scale up and accelerate climate change adaptation actions across Africa. The announcement came during the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021, hosted by the government of the Netherlands and the Global Center on Ada...

The AAAP, a joint initiative between the African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation, is expected to scale up innovative and transformative actions on climate adaptation across Africa, Adesina said during the inaugural Ministerial Dialogue on Adaptation Action, held as part of the summit. “Our ambition is bold: to galvanize climate resilience actions; support countries to accelerateand scale up climate adaptation and resilience; and mobilize financing at scale for climateadap...

Oxfam reaction to launch of Adaptation Coalition Format 25 Jan 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson used a virtual speech at the Climate Adaptation Summit today to announce a new Adaptation Action Coalition. Responding to the announcement, Oxfams Senior Policy Advisor on Climate Change, Tracy Carty said: "We welcome the renewed commitment to adaptation from the Prime Minister and others. The first task of this international coalition must be to scale up climate finance, without which low income co...

Thank you very much distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, excellencies. I would really like to thank the Netherlands for hosting this excellent summit. We have heard some brilliant submissions and real power to the messages that have been coming through. I also want to thank the Global Center on Adaptation - I see you have my friend Feike with you. And of course, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, for his leadership in adaptation and resilience. And I can tell you that as COP President this i...

Thank you very much distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, excellencies. I would really like to thank the Netherlands for hosting this excellent summit. We have heard some brilliant submissions and real power to the messages that have been coming through. I also want to thank the Global Center on Adaptation – I see you have my friend Feike with you. And of course, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, for his leadership in adaptation and resilience. And I can tell you that as COP President this...

New Global Coalition launched to address impacts of Climate Change Prime Minister Boris Johnson will launch the Adaptation Action Coalition, a new international coalition to tackle the impacts of climate change. From: 25 January 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new international coalition to tackle the impacts of climate change. In a virtual address to the Netherlands-hosted Climate Adaptation Summit, the first ever global summit focused solely on adaptation and resil...