• News 6 February 2019 New project responds to need for adaptation transparency Four pilot countries have joined UNEP DTU Partnership and other partners in a project aimed at building capacity for transparent and effective climate adaptation action. In the new Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) Adaptation project, starting this week, UNEP DTU Partnership will work together with Bangladesh, India, South Africa and Dominican Republic in strengthening their capacity to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate effective and efficient adaptation actions in a…
• News 6 December 2018 Growing gap between ambition and action: Adaptation efforts need financial boosting While climate consciousness across the globe is on the rise, the fourth UN Environment Adaptation Gap Report released today has revealed a considerable gap between countries’ preparedness for climate change and the actual measures that should be put in place to prepare communities for a future of increasing climate risks. We need to adapt our societies to a reality of climate change, with rising temperatures and more extreme weather events affecting every corner of the globe. But this vital…
• Project 6 December 2018 Private Sector Engagement in Climate Change Adaptation This DANIDA-funded project contributes to strengthening the business case for adaptation from a developing country business perspective, with a particular focus on small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), which are particularly vulnerable to climate change. By drawing on evidence-based learning, new empirical cases, as well as existing scholarly work, the project contributes with diverse and original perspectives, insights and reflections on the role and prospects for the private sector to…
• Project 3 December 2018 Building Business Climate Resilient This project aims to develop an innovative and sustainable way to build businesses' adaptation capacity.Through funding from the Nordic Climate Facility, UNEP DTU Partnership has partnered with Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and MPEnsystems in a project aimed at developing a disaster risk management (DRM) product that will allow Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka to reduce their recurring losses from climate related disasters …
• Project 17 October 2018 Implementation of Adaptation projects with UN Environment Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF)/Adaptation Fund (AF) Through these adaptation projects, UNEP DTU has worked to build resilience of vulnerable populations in some of the least developed countries of the world. In collaboration with UN Environment’s Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI), UNEP DTU has provided implementation support to twelve Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and two Adaptation Fund (AF) adaptation projects in Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Rwanda and Tanzania, totalling more than $50…
• Project 5 October 2018 The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report The Adaptation Gap Report series complements the Emissions Gap Report series – exploring global progress on adaptation and options for enhancing the global adaptation efforts.UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre has managed the production of UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report series since its first edition in 2014. The aim of the reports is to inform national and international efforts to advance adaptation. From 2020 and onwards, the Adaptation Gap Report consists of two main parts: A first part…
• Project 3 October 2018 Adaptation Mitigation Readiness (ADMIRE) The ADMIRE project supports the development of ideas, in collaboration with applicants, local experts and national government representatives, into sustainable financeable frameworks that will support the integration of private sector action into nationally appropriate mitigation and adaptation plans and policies.   ADMIRE supports a total of 6 projects focused on adaptation or joint adaptation/mitigation: In Cambodia, this joint mitigation-adaptation project aims to develop a NAMA for…
• News 21 March 2018 Perspectives: Adaptation Metrics Addressing adaptation and resilience is becoming increasingly important in the fight against climate change. Large amounts of resources, both public and private, are being directed towards the purposes of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability. But how are we actually doing? Are we succeeding in making our societies and economies less vulnerable and more resilient to the impacts of climate change? And are we getting the most ‘adaptation’ or resilience…

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