Publications

The first UNEP Adaptation Gap Report serves as a preliminary assessment of global adaptation gaps in finance, technology and knowledge, and lays out a framework for future work on better defining and bridging these gaps.

The Green Climate Fund's resource allocation framework will have to provide agreed principles and criteria for making transparent how decisions are taken on what will be financed, while at the same time taking into account the guiding principles of the governing instrument.

For the operation of the Green Climate Fund, it will be essential to define how the objective to promote paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways - as specified in the governing instrument – will be operationalised.

This technical report was commissioned by African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) to inform policymakers of the shortcomings and opportunities for adaptation to climate change in Africa.

Agricultural microinsurance is currently being tested in a wide variety of settings to support smallholder farmers in developing countries in coping with the effects of climate change, such as droughts, floods, or increased frequency and severity of infestations. This paper shows that microinsurance can also help smallholders to adapt to climate change.

This paper shows that ambitious global greenhouse gas mitigation action in a transparent and effective international climate regime is of great importance to Least Developed Countries.