Adaptation Gap Report, 2023

Adaptation Gap Report, 2023 mind map
  Context
    United Nations (UN) Report
      Declining adaptation finance
      Developing countries' needs not met
  Adaptation Gap Report
    Annual publication
      By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
      Since 2014
    Independent assessment
      Global adaptation to climate change
    Co-producers
      UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP-CCC)
      World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP)
    Objectives
      Inform climate negotiations
        Among UN member states
      Explore options
        Enhance national and global adaptation efforts
      Alignment
        With UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
          Global stocktake
  Findings of Adaptation Gap Report, 2023
    Finance needs
      Developing countries
        10-18 times greater than public finance flows
    Funding in 2021
      15% lower than previous years
    Current adaptation finance gap
      USD 194-366 billion per year
    Adaptation finance gap definition
      Difference between adaptation financing needs and finance flows
    55 climate-vulnerable economies
      Losses and damages
        Over USD 500 billion in last 2 decades
    Investment benefits
      Against coastal flooding
        USD 1 billion investment
          Leads to USD 14 billion reduction in damages
      In agriculture
        USD 16 billion per year
          Prevents 78 million people from starvation or chronic hunger
    National adaptation planning instruments
      5 out of 6 countries have at least one
      Progress slowing for global coverage
    7 ways to increase financing
      Include domestic expenditure
      International finance
      Private sector finance

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