Laurent Umans

Today, Global Center on Adaptation and the @ox.ac.uk, with support from FCDO are kicking off a consultation to unveil advanced tools for mapping #NbS opportunities and kick off a series of Financers Roundtables for #NbS.

Learn more: gca.org/events/mobil...

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As academic and Photographer I explore divisions with sharp boudaries to see when they crumble and become blurred. I started a series of photographs on protest since they revolve around clear binaries: allies and opponents, good and bad, etc. this photo is about Israel and Palestine. More to come!

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Nice op ed. Quality finance in my view requires linking Global Public Investment with a locally-led adaptation approach to ensure macro-micro-macro linkages and summing up of agency.

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Maybe once or twice a year

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Retreating glaciers

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ADF Climate Action Window Climate change is the single biggest threat to development in Africa. Its impacts fall disproportionately on Africa’s poorest countries, multiplying other drivers of fragility. Africa is not only the ...

'Climate change is the single biggest threat to development in Africa'. Therefore Dutch development cooperation mainstreams climate (and gender) into its activities in Africa. And specific climate adaptation activities are co-funded to ease access to climate finance:
www.afdb.org/en/topics-an...

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The locally led adaptation learning journey A range of activities are being used by IIED and partners to share evidence, best practices and tools to improve the implementation of locally-led action for people, climate and nature

Locally-led adaptation to climate change is gaining traction among many key stakeholders in the development cooperation space. Yet, there is still much more to learn from experiences and evidence.
www.iied.org/locally-led-...

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2024 Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice - Global Center on Adaptation The key message from this year’s Stories of Resilience is the need for urgent and rapid reform in how global and national climate finance is delivered, in the power dynamics between providers and reci...

An interesting read on locally-led adaptation in the Global South. How can development actors together ensure more climate finance reaches those who most need it? Good examples les and practical suggestions : gca.org/reports/2024...

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@paulmitchell.bsky.social
Hi Paul, I made a new account since in the previous one I made a mistake....
Take care.

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ODI: Think change:Climate change, conflict and fragility: a recipe for disasters odi.org/en/insights/...

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