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Technical Specialist in Climate Finance and Investment at UNDP, Charles (Chongguang) Yu, speaks to Oriel Morrison Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of the APAC Network at the 2023 Asia Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) conference in KL on UNDP's initiatives in climate change adaptation, including grant funding and technical assistance to local actors under the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) programme.

Without an education or land, life was a struggle for single mother of two, Dechen. Her life, however, changed when the Royal Government of Bhutan granted her land on which to settle and cultivate. While at first she found it difficult, she received support from the District and Gewog administrations as well as through UNDP, and her land was converted into terraces to grow rice and maize. 

The UNDP-supported project, “Climate Risk Finance for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Rain-fed Farming and Pastoral Systems in Sudan” is introducing effective climate observation infrastructure to enable climate change resilient decision-making in local communities.

Herder households make up one third of the population in Mongolia, approximately 160,000 households or 90 percent of the agriculture sector. Around 85 percent of all provincial economies in are agriculture-based. While herder households are the most exposed to climate risks, their scale and thus potential impact also means that tailored interventions can support transformational change towards more climate-informed and sustainable herder practices, benefitting the sector, the economy and the environment.  

Considering the implications of climate-induced disasters on human lives, reporting on climate change must be ethical. 

Funded by the Green Climate Fund, the Modernized Climate Information and Early Warning Systems (M-CLIMES) project is mandated to increase the resilience of rural livelihoods and their climate vulnerability through lifesaving modernized early warning systems (EWS) and climate information.

With funding from the Green Climate Fund, the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project is working to develop innovative coastal protection solutions in one of the world's most vulnerable small island developing states.  

With US$36 million financing from the Green Climate Fund and US$2.9 million co-financing from the Government of Tuvalu, the 7-year Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project is contributing to strengthening the resilience of one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change and sea-level rise. Implemented by the UN Development Programme in partnership with the Government, the project is improving coastal protection in key locations on the islands of Funafuti, Nanumea and Nanumaga.

As a small, low-lying atoll nation, Tuvalu faces extraordinary challenges due to sea level rise. By 2050, it is estimated that half the land area of the capital will become flooded by tidal waters. By 2100, 95% of land will be flooded by routine high tides.

The Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP) includes construction of a bunded foreshore reclamation, boat harbour and breakwater in Funafuti; construction of a 665m berm top barrier in Nanumaga; and beach renourishment works as well as construction of a 1,330m berm top barrier, 170m Seabee seawall and seven reef-top barriers in Nanumea.