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Incrementalism Vs transformation

The effects of climate change call for action. Climate adaptation is one of the responses to the calls to action. However, it is difficult to know whether climate adaptation should …

What Does Climate Adaptation Governance Look Like?

Climate adaptation governance involves different definitions of the problem (frames), different levels of governance (national, regional and global) and different actors (public, civil society, local administrators). This means climate adaptation …

The key channels of climate finance

There are various organisations that fund climate adaptation globally. A number of these organisations get their mandate from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In order to …

Reflecting on Week 3

Excellent work! You have come to the end of Week 3. In this week you have: learned terms and theories relevant in climate finance; explored some organisations involved in climate …

Reflecting on Week 2

This is the end of Week 2, good work! In this week you have: considered how climate adaptation is already been implemented in different parts of the world; explored barriers …

Climate Adaptation Governance Mechanisms

In this article, you will learn more about climate adaptation governance mechanisms and associated challenges. We classified the challenges broadly to be in: Context of Divisions, for example in the …

Reflecting on Week 1

Well done for reaching the end of Week 1! In this week you have: learned common terminologies used in climate science; thought about how governments and communities are already responding …

Climate adaptation opportunities for rural youth

What is the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP)? The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) is administered by the International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD). IFAD is an …

History of adaptation finance ambitions

Throughout this week we have talked about the commitment made by developed countries to contribute sums of up to 100 billion dollars for climate finance each year. Let us revisit …

What next!

You have finished the course. Thank you for participating! We hope that at this stage you are able to: Describe the natural science background of climate impacts and climate adaptation …

Welcome to Making Climate Adaptation Happen

Welcome! We are so glad that you have taken up the challenge to learn more about climate change adaptation governance. In this four-week course we will guide you in learning …