Section outline
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At the global level adaptation has been recognised as central to addressing climate change. With the Marrakech Accord in 2001 the need for adaptation was recognised, mandating the NAPAs as a mechanism for Least Developed Countries to identify and report on their most immediate and urgent adaptation needs to the UNFCCC. Since 2010 and the Cancun Adaptation Framework NAPs have replaced NAPAs; they are meant to formulate medium and long term adaptation needs and develop strategies to address these (see http://unfccc.int/focus/adaptation/items/6999.php ). With the Gender Decision taken in Doha (see http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2012/cop18/eng/08a03.pdf) the space for pushing gender in other thematic arenas has opened. It is important to link our work done on the local and national ground to the global level.
Who will pay the price?
Adaptation requires considerable sums of money. UNDP estimates an annual sum of USD $86 billion, while others pledge for even higher numbers. Whatever the figure may be, climate finance finance has become of of the major issues in the international arena with the debate over the structure, design and monetary backbone of the Green Climate Fund. What is important to consider for practicioners working at the grassroots level regarding funding for adaptation projects?