About us
Climate change could drive an additional 100 million people into poverty by 2030.
Recognizing the threats posed by climate change, countries have increasingly included adaptation priorities in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) pointing to issues of water and food security, safeguarding economic assets from extreme climate events and disasters, and protection and regeneration of natural capital.
Building on experience and lessons from initiatives in more than 100 countries, UNDP is working with countries and partners to address these priorities, promoting a ‘whole-of-society' approach to accelerate adaptation. An integral aspect of this is supporting countries to mobilize the required public and private finance.
UNDP also assists government partners to scale up the integration of climate change adaptation into policy, planning, and investments at both national and local levels through the support to the National Adaptation Planning (NAP) process and NDCs.
Thematic areas
UNDP's support to climate change adaptation spans the following thematic areas:
- Adaptation policy and planning
- Climate-resilient livelihoods
- Fostering resilience for food security
- Ecosystem-based adaptation
- Water resource management and access to water
- Coastal adaptation
- Climate information and early warning systems
- Urban climate resilience
- Climate change and health
- Climate-resilient infrastructure
About this website
The UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Portal is a knowledge-sharing platform that highlights UNDP-supported climate adaptation projects around the world.
To finance this work at the national, sub-national and community levels, UNDP helps countries secure climate change adaptation finance that is available through vertical funds such as the Adaptation Fund, the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund (both of which are managed by the Global Environment Facility, GEF), the Green Climate Fund, as well as other multilateral and bilateral sources. UNDP supports countries to optimize the use of these public funds by also leveraging and catalyzing private finance for adaptation.
Our leadership
Learn more about UNDP's mission and leadership team.
Srilata Kammila, Head of Climate Change Adaptation, UNDP
Srilata Kammila serves as the Head for Climate Change Adaptation, in the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support at UNDP. She is responsible for strategic leadership and management of adaptation programming in over 100 countries. She also oversees UNDP’s support to countries on mainstreaming adaptation into policy and planning. UNDP's adaptation portfolio assists countries to advance climate-resilient development in the context of the SDG agenda.
Srilata has broad expertise in low-emission and climate-resilient technologies and practices, livelihoods and enterprise development, climate policy and climate finance with a particular focus on working with the private sector in advancing green, climate resilient development. Prior to joining UNDP, Srilata worked at the World Bank and guided several projects in Africa, Asia and Small Island Developing States to develop and deploy energy access, renewable energy and energy efficiency policies and investments. Srilata began her career with the private sector, working at IBM, where she led products and services related to information management and business and market development.
Srilata holds a Bachelor of Science (Engineering) degree from University of Alberta in Canada and a joint Masters in Business Administration from MIT and Master of Public Administration from Harvard, USA.