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The United Nations warned that international funding to address the effects of climate change is not enough. Read more here.

Climate adaptation progress is slowing when it should be speeding up, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says.

THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has once again turned the spotlight on the imperative to end plastic pollution, by honouring some champions who have made it their mission to contribute to that goal. As such, this year’s Champions of...

Developing countries are facing their “highest-ever” adaptation financing gap as funding requirements are growing at a time when flows are declining, due to the Ukraine war and post-pandemic challenges.

The UN said some countries need 10-18 times the amount of money that is internationally available.

International funding for climate resilience in developing countries slumped in 2021 despite increasingly ferocious impacts, the United Nations said Thursday, as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned action was "stalling" even as the need to protect people increases. "Storms, fires, floods, drought and extreme temperatures are becoming more frequent and more ferocious, and they're on course to get far worse," Guterres said in a statement, adding that the ne...

"We are in an adaptation emergency. We must act like it. And take steps to close the adaptation gap, now..."

Poor countries need far more money to adapt to climate change, according to a new United Nations report.

The UN said some countries need 10-18 times the amount of money that is internationally available.

International funding for climate resilience in developing countries slumped in 2021 despite increasingly ferocious impacts, the United Nations said Thursday, as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned action was "stalling" even as the need to protect people increases.