Climate adaptation finance has a blind spot on conflict and fragility
Communities affected by conflict and fragility are increasingly facing climate change threats, yet climate finance is leaving these people behind.
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Climate Home News
Climate adaptation finance is helping many climate-vulnerable regions adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability and exposure to current and expected climate impacts, and increase resilience.
But what happens when climate-vulnerable countries are also coping with fragile governance or conflict?
SPARC is seeking to understand these dynamics on the ground across the Sahel and Horn of Africa.
Read more in this article for Climate Home News.
A woman collects millet in a land rented by a community leader in Saluma Area, near the Zam Zam IDP Camp in El Fasher, North Darfur. She is escorted by Jordanian peacekeepers.
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Image by Albert González Farran / UN - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0