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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has launched the Adaptation Action Coalition, partnering with Saint Lucia, and Egypt, Bangladesh...

Somaliland Sun Red coloured countries are most vulnerable The world can emerge stronger from the interconnected health, economic, and climate crises, but success will require bold, urgent, and far-sighted action Somalilandsun: The year 2020 changed everything. The world now faces interconnected health, economic, and climate crises that have no historical parallel. These converging threats affect everyone, but are especially devastating for vulnerable developing countries. The tragedy is that these countries receive relatively little direct public support to build resilience to clim...

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 resilience, the Prime Minister will launch the Adaptation Action Coalition. Developed by the UK in partne...

Geneva, 25 January 2021 – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) announced today a major expansion of one of the world’s only means of channeling international funds directly to frontline disaster responders. The announcement of plans to at least double the size of the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) […]

Australia will sign up to two international agreements that aim to integrate climate risk into investment decision-making including through pricing risk, Sussan Ley will announce.