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Address by the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation to the People’s Majlis (Parliament of the Maldives)

6 February 2022

GCA organizes Practitioners Roundtable on Locally-Led Adaptation in Bangladesh

2 February 2022

COP26 Outcome: A Step Change for Adaptation

21 December 2021

On Adaptation, Loss and Damage Day at COP26, GCA convenes over thirty ministers to accelerate adaptation action

8 November 2021

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“We are all Maldivians now,” says Patrick Verkooijen in inaugural address to Parliament to announce new GCA initiative to support Parliamentarians

6 February 2022

The quickest solution to climate funding is to restructure debt

6 February 2022

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Address by the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation to the People’s Majlis (Parliament of the Maldives)

6 February 2022

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State & Trends in Adaptation – Knowledge Exchange

The Knowledge Exchange provides open access to data, information and lessons learned on climate change adaptation

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Monitor cooperative adaptation action of non-state actors
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The Youth Leadership Program aims to make young people central to driving the adaptation agenda and implementation worldwide.

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The impact of climate change will be most acutely expressed through water, which has historically defined and enabled human development.

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Beyond the direct damages to assets by extreme events such as wildfires, floods and landslides, the physical climate impacts are being felt with infrastructure and having a real human and economic costs on our societies.

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We need to ensure action is locally-led, to involve communities in adaptation decision-making and co-creation of solutions, and ensure climate finance reaches communities.

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The world needs to mobilize the billions and shift the trillions for a climate resilient and risk-informed transformation of the world economy.

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We need to transform agriculture to sustain habitats and biodiversity, and withstand rapid environmental change to feed global population.

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5 Ways Wetlands are Crucial to Climate Change Adaptation

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2 February 2022

Gabriela Díaz Musmanni

COP26 Outcome: A Step Change for Adaptation

21 December 2021

Water Adaptation: Plans and Possibilities for Africa

13 December 2021

Jamal Saghir, Ede Ijjasz, Joep Verhagen and Ase Johannessen

Address by the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation to the People’s Majlis (Parliament of the Maldives)

GCA organizes Practitioners Roundtable on Locally-Led Adaptation in Bangladesh

COP26 Outcome: A Step Change for Adaptation

On Adaptation, Loss and Damage Day at COP26, GCA convenes over thirty ministers to accelerate adaptation action

Press and news

“We are all Maldivians now,” says Patrick Verkooijen in inaugural address to Parliament to announce new GCA initiative to support Parliamentarians

The quickest solution to climate funding is to restructure debt

Address by the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation to the People’s Majlis (Parliament of the Maldives)

Accelerating adaptation action

State & Trends in Adaptation – Knowledge Exchange

Programs

Youth Leadership

Water and Urban

Infrastructure and NbS

Locally-led Action

Climate Finance

Food Security

Our Blog

5 Ways Wetlands are Crucial to Climate Change Adaptation

COP26 Outcome: A Step Change for Adaptation

Water Adaptation: Plans and Possibilities for Africa

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