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Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and joint implementation (JI). Kyoto
also created the AF to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes
in developing countries that are Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. This fund, which
is managed by the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB, established at COP 13), is
financed from a 2% levy on CDM projects as well as from other sources.
Financing adaptation – the state of play
The Bali Action Plan focused greater attention on the somewhat
neglected area of adaptation in the international climate change funding
regime. Bali identified four financing and finance-related components of
adaptation: national planning for adaptation; streamlining and scaling up
financial and technological support; enhancing knowledge sharing; and
institutional frameworks for adaptation.
It further emphasized ‘Enhanced action on adaptation’ which include,
inter alia, consideration of:
• risk management and risk reduction strategies, including risk-sharing
and transfer mechanisms such as insurance;
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• disaster-reduction strategies and means to address loss and damage
associated with climate change impacts in developing countries
that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate
change.
Adaptation activities
require funding for
technology transfer and
insurance as well as resources
to reduce the risk of disasters
and increase the resilience of
communities to the growing
number of extreme events.
Most adaptation funding
has gone to large-scale
projects in Africa, Asia and
Latin America dealing with
agriculture and forestry,
water supply, and coastal
zones. Very little has
Box 3 The National Adaptation Programmes of
Action
The National Adaptation Programmes of Action provide
an important way to prioritize urgent adaptation needs
for least developed countries (Article 4.9). They draw
on existing information and community-level input to
identify adaptation projects required now in order to
enable these countries to cope with the immediate
impacts of climate change. NAPA priority areas
include water resources, food security, health, disaster
preparedness and risk management.
There is a great need for the effective participation
of women and the integration of gender analysis
into addressing the issues of vulnerability and
risk management from a holistic and sustainable
development perspective.
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