How can poorer nations access climate adaptation funding?

Oct 4, 2021

displaced people carry their belongings to get away from flood during heavy rain at Nyala locality in South Darfur, Sudan

With 40 days to go before COP26, Eco-Business explores how at-risk low-income countries can receive adequate funding to help them cope with the effects of climate change. Image: REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Correspondent, Manila, Correspondent, Manila

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Children gather by the seawall as strong waves brought by Typhoon Kammuri surge high along the coastline in Legazpi City in the province of Albay, Philippines in 2019

Albay, Philippines in 2019 is one of the most disaster-prone areas in the country, susceptible to typhoons, sea level rise and volcanic eruptions. Image: Greenpeace Philippines/ Basilio Sepe

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How climate finance flows from contributors to recipients. Image: Image: Eco-Business, source: Source: Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), Climate Fund Update

The track of Typhoon Kammuri on a TV screen inside the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office in the city of Legazpi in Albay, Philippines on 2 December 2019. The city is one of the target sites of the country’s impact-based forecast and warning system that will receive partial funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Image: Image Greenpeace Philippines/ Basilio Sepe

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