The UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience (UAE FGCR), approved at COP28, represents an important step toward achieving the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA).
According to the World Economic Forum, climate change adaptation is a market close to $2 trillion . For this reason, the private sector can find a great opportunity in adaptation, not only reducing costs, but increasing productivity and improving its competitiveness.
The UN General Assembly established December 11 as the International Mountain Day with the goal of raising awareness about the importance of mountain ecosystems and the opportunities to promote their sustainable development.
The Caribbean faces disproportionate impacts from climate change, with rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, sea-level rise, and extreme events causing extensive human, natural, and economic losses.
The Chaco region in Paraguay concentrates almost half of the country's indigenous population, who live mainly from subsistence agriculture, simple livestock systems, non-timber products, beekeeping and small-scale hunting.
Strategic planning in national adaptation to climate change processes requires an analysis of the national context, its priorities and its international commitments.