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AdaptAction: supporting climate change adaptation strategies
AdaptAction assists countries particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change with the implementation of their adaptation strategies. This AFD Group program offers technical assistance and capacity building activities.
Objectives
- Strengthen the resilience of communities and ecosystems
- Strengthen capabilities to define and operationalize resilient and inclusive development pathways
- Mainstream climate change adaptation into governance and public policies, and catalyze structural adaptation projects
Am I eligible?
In the 19 partner countries of the program, you represent:
- A Ministry of the Environment
- A sectoral ministry
- A Ministry of Planning/Economy/Budget
- An institution responsible for climate governance
- A local authority
Bénin, Cameroun, Comores, Congo, Egypte, Gambie, Guinée, Jordanie, Liban, Madagascar, Maroc, Maurice, Niger, RDC, Sénégal, Territoires Palestiniens, Togo, Tunisie
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Benefits
- A participatory and inclusive approach
- Financing for vulnerability and feasibility studies
- Financing for advice on the formulation of national policies and action plans
- Facilitates access to international climate finance for countries and accelerates investments in adaptation
€580 million
of resilient investments financed by AFD or co-financed with other partners (Green Climate Fund, European Union) since 2017 through the leverage effect of AdaptAction.
Type: Grant
Budget: €15 million
Strategic focuses of the program (phase 2: 2022-2025)
1/ Understand: Operational research on the human dimensions of climate change to translate climate science into public policies and investments.
2/ Plan: Integration of adaptation into governance arrangements and public policies.
3/ Invest: Vulnerability and feasibility studies for projects, in particular on the links between climate, biodiversity and societal issues.
Cross-cutting components
- Gender and social inclusion
- Knowledge management to promote the creation of South–South and South–North communities of knowledge and practice
