The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Improved foods for Africa
Royal DSM, a Dutch multinational corporation active in the fields of health, nutrition and materials and Africa Improved Foods(AIF) and the governments of Ethiopia and Kenya announced they would be expanding activities from Rwanda to 10 African countries by 2030. Their mission is to provided climate‐resilient and financially rewarding value chains for 2 million plus smallholder farmers, enhancing the nutrition for 100 million plus consumers, and driving $1 million plus of private sector investment.
Youth call to action
Young people from more than 115 countries presented a call to action among government leaders entitled ‘Adapt for our Future’ to former Secretary‐General Ban Ki‐moon. Important international principles for the youth are the provision of universal education, expansion of economic opportunities for young people and a strengthening position for the most vulnerable young people. Young people from the Northern Netherlands presented the Regional Action Agenda. In this report, youth ‐ ambassadors of Youth for Climate Adaptation ‐ illustrates seven recommendations to municipalities, provinces and water boards. Among other things, they are committed to more citizen participation and more climate (adaptation) in policy and education.
Investing in adaptation is smart economics
Adding to the announcements and commitments world leaders already made during the opening session, several instruments were presented and launched to support an increase in finance and investment for adaptation:
The Adaptation Finance Mainstreaming Program was launched for middle‐ and lower‐income developing countries to improve their capacity to understand and manage climate risk
The newly created private sector led Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI) committed to the development and testing of solutions for resilient investment decision‐making. A new Global Ecosystem‐based Adaptation Fund, supported by Germany and implemented by UNEP and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), was developed with an initial capitalization of 15 million euros, and the first call for proposals is expected in 2021.
The Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) of the Global Environment Facility approved a$2 million novel project to support the monetary valuation of Nature‐Based Infrastructure (NBI), with the objective of demonstrating the economic case and catalyzing more public and private investment.
Several partners upscaled the best national and subnational adaptation efforts and innovative collaborative experiences to deliver the most effective results and international partnerships:
The 1000 Cities Adapt Now program was announced by Mayor Aboutaleb of Rotterdam, on behalf of global cities and a new coalition of partners.
The Principles on Locally Led Adaptation were endorsed during the CAS 2021 by over 30 organisations, including UNDP, UNCDF, the Adaptation Fund, the Global Environment Facility, Climate Investment Funds, and several governments, NGOs, such as BRAC International, Hivos, WRI, GCA and the Huairou Commission
A Project Preparation Facility (PPF) will build a pipeline of city‐led NBS projects for climate adaptation that are positioned to access large‐scale infrastructure finance and capital markets.
The resilience of over 500 million people will be enhanced by catalyzing the integration of climate resilience into infrastructure plans in 20 countries by 2030, starting with Ghana and Bangladesh. This initiative is supported by the Netherlands working with partners including UNOPS, GCA, Oxford Environmental Change Institute, UNEP, AfDB, ADB, EBRD, GCF World Bank, Governments of Bangladesh and Ghana.
The Water Adaptation Hub was launched at the Summit to accelerate and scale up climate adaption interventions globally, bringing the water sector together and making the connection with other sectors.
European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, announced a first Euro 10 million contribution to CREWS (Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems), part of EURO 100 million new funds for disaster risk reduction for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries.
Eight Caribbean countries now receive CREWS (Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems) funding. All these initiatives are part of the Adaptation Action Agenda, which will guide the Decade of Action towards 2030.
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