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How the Adaptation Fund AF Photo Contest helps Jamaica's Coastal Resources

How the Adaptation Fund AF Photo Contest helps Jamaica’s Coastal Resources

“The contest is aimed at involving all Adaptation Fund stakeholders, countries and projects, implementing entities, project staff and beneficiaries, executing entities, governments, non-governmental organisations and the general public to raise awareness of Climate Change issues affecting vital resources around the globe and the importance of developing adaptation solutions” Press Release from…

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Accessing the Adaptation Fund for the ACCCRN countries & cities

Further thought piece following on from Fern's blog on the Adaptation Fund Contact Group Meeting at COP 17 and the two comments I added on this topic.

Investigating why two of the ACCCRN countries have yet to apply for access to the Adaptation Fund (AF), I came across a mis-conception that the funds are only available for Least Developed Countries countries and the perspective that there is a small chance that the ACCCRN country would be successful in obtaining these funds.

To date, a large amount of the Adaptation Funds have been channeled mainly through multilateral implementing entities (MIEs) such as UNDP. However, a 50% cap on proposals from all MIEs has been proposed. This would open up direct access of the AF by National and Regional Implementing Agencies.

The approval of this proposal will open up opportunities for existing national trust and foundations in the ACCCRN countries to seek accreditation to be a national implementing entity and access direct funding to support local level adaptation interventions e.g. organizations similar to the Thailand Research Fund.

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Adaptation Fund Contact Group meeting at COP17

The first informal consultation of the Contact Group on Adaptation Fund at COP17 heard back from the Chair of the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) on the draft Performance Review Report which has been conducted since Cancun. It was noted that the AFB invites NGOs to comment on the report.

Several parties made general statements following the update of the report status, notably the Bahamas (for G77) who noted that they had expected that the donors’ contributions to the Adaptation Fund would have been more substantial. The EU took note of the findings of the Report including the recommendations for improvement of the Fund made in the review. The Philippines representative noted that the [potential?] use of markets for raising funds is very important and hopes that this issue will be taken up in subsequent discussions.

[This meeting took place on 1 December, 2011]

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Adaptation Fund Contact Group meeting at COP17

The first informal consultation of the Contact Group on Adaptation Fund at COP17 heard back from the Chair of the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) on the draft Performance Review Report which has been conducted since Cancun. It was noted that the AFB invites NGOs to comment on the report. Several parties made general statements following the update of the report status, notably the Bahamas (for G77) who noted that they had expected that the donors’ contributions to the Adaptation Fund would have been more substantial. The EU took note of the findings of the Report including the recommendations for improvement of the Fund made in the review. The Philippines representative noted that the [potential?] use of markets for raising funds is very important and hopes that this issue will be taken up in subsequent discussions.

posted by Fern