The approval of US$369 million in new climate adaptation finance for developing countries by the board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) signals a welcome shift towards building resilience in the world.  

Isolating finance strips adaptation negotiations of their substance and reduces the GGA to a hollow, process-driven exercise. Indicators alone cannot build resilience; they must be linked to real funding.

The World Bank recently announced the removal of its climate finance co-benefits targets, stating that it intends to shift from measuring inputs to measuring real-world outcomes. Read more on what this means for financing climate action.

If there’s something this World Cup has taught us, it’s that climate change is forcing a structural shift in how games are scheduled, played, hosted, and even enjoyed globally.

Enhancing the resilience of women is the first step to building the resilience of communities. When women are resilient, societies become more resilient. In Africa, that journey begins with land rights for women.  

During its 9th meeting in Manila, the Board for the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage recognised one fact; a long-term fundraising strategy is inevitable.  

If Europe, with its wealth, advanced infrastructure, and resources, is struggling to cope with extreme heat, what does that mean for Africa? Would the continent survive a full-scale heat wave?

After 3 days of discussions at last week’s Our Ocean Conference, world nations adopted the Mombasa Declaration, paving the way for more coordinated marine conservation and governance efforts globally.

Stalled progress on adaptation finance in Bonn will only deepen climate trust deficit. 

Applying Rule 16 of the the draft rules of procedure under the UNFCCC means an agenda item is unfinished and is ‘‘automatically’’ included in the agenda of the next ordinary session.

The end of the UN June Climate Meetings (SB64) in Bonn, Germany, felt like an anti-climax. That’s because it was. But what did SB64 deliver?

Welcome to Power Shift Africa’s SB64 live blog.

If Africa wants to influence global adaptation outcomes, including the Global Goal on Adaptation, we need young people who can read negotiation texts, track agenda items, understand indicators, and translate global decisions into national and community action; in other words, Africa needs an adaptation generation.

Experts call for faster access to climate finance, stronger support for non-economic losses, and greater accountability as vulnerable countries grapple with mounting climate impacts.

The Bonn sessions are not usually a summit of headline-grabbing political announcements, but they remain a critical test of whether the world is serious about moving from broad commitments to concrete implementation arrangements; and for countries on the frontlines of climate change, that shift is overdue.

You cannot arrive at a climate summit, make a promise to the most vulnerable people on earth, and then fly home and pretend it never happened - Mohamed Adow, Director, Power Shift Africa

Bonn is often described as the technical bridge between COPs, yet the decisions and discussions that take place at SB64 will shape the trajectory toward COP32 in Addis Ababa. For Africa, this is a defining moment. The continent is increasingly united around a simple but powerful proposition; that adaptation is not a side issue, a humanitarian concern, or an environmental add-on, but the foundation upon which future development will be built.

What we need now is not just better metrics ­— even though useful — but a renewed political commitment to elevating adaptation as a global priority; one that puts the cost of resilience into practice and acknowledges that the adaptation needs of one country are the shared responsibility of all.

Adaptation advocates have not successfully dispelled its three major deterrents: removing attention from the core mission of climate response, which is reducing of greenhouse gas emissions; removing the label of adaptation as a ‘public good’ that is not an easy fit for private sector investments; and opening a door for liability and financial consequences for developed countries for limited adaptive capacity of developing countries.

The question of the supply of means of implementation for adaptation, including finance, technology, and capacity support, persists at the ongoing talks in Bonn.