Resources – DAI

The power of the process: why multilateral climate negotiations still matter

Multilateral climate negotiations may have flaws, but they have also been the only forum to forge climate action…

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A shrinking pot: how can the LDC climate fund keep up with targets?

At the 2024 UN climate negotiations held in Baku (COP29) parties set a new climate finance goal −…

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Complementarity and coherence among climate funds: a tool for improved access in LDCs and SIDS?

Accessing climate finance remains slow, complex and resource intensive, with disproportionate burdens on least developed countries (LDCs) and…

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Delivering on adaptation finance goals: six recommendations for closing the gap

Climate adaptation finance remains far below what is needed. This working paper sets out six recommendations to improve…

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Beyond Tripling: The Role of UNFCCC Climate Funds in Delivering the NCQG

This policy brief analyses the NCQG commitment to at least triple annual outflows from UNFCCC climate funds by…

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Bridging Gaps, Facing Limits: Opportunities and Constraints of Private Finance under the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for LDCs and SIDS

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are the countries that are most vulnerable to…

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Reframing transformational adaptation in the UNFCCC: lessons and pathways

This briefing examines the evolution of ‘transformational adaptation’ within the scientific community and United Nations Framework Convention on…

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Understanding barriers to women’s participation in the UN climate negotiations: perspectives from the least developed countries

Since 2008, women have accounted for approximately one in three delegates at the United Nations Framework Convention on…

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How SIDS Adaptation Priorities Align with the UAE GGA Framework

This paper explores how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are aligning their adaptation priorities with the UAE Framework…

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Mapping the information and learning landscape for adaptation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

This report presents the results of a study on the information needs and gaps concerning climate change adaptation…

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Case Study

Championing continuity for graduating LDCs: ensuring a smooth transition for climate adaptation

Graduating from least developed country (LDC) status represents a highly symbolic and positive step in a country’s journey…

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Loss and damage explainer (Briefing paper 1/2023)

In the climate change context, “loss and damage” does not have an agreed definition. It is generally understood…

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Guide & Toolkit

Goals, targets and indicators for climate change adaptation and climate-related disaster risk reduction: A comparison across international agreements

This handout presents a range of resilience and adaptation-relevant targets and indicators that countries are already reporting on…

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Guide & Toolkit

Measuring adaptation and resilience: An annotated bibliography

A wealth of measurement ideas, tools and metrics have emerged in the past two decades to understand and…

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Factsheet on Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land-Use

At the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26), several multilateral initiatives were launched. They can potentially close the…

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Factsheet on the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance

At the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26), several multilateral initiatives were launched. They can potentially close the…

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Factsheet on the Global Methane Pledge

At the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26), several multilateral initiatives were launched. They can potentially close the…

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Practical action to tackle loss and damage risks: ten guiding principles

The need for practical action to address loss and damage caused by the climate crisis is now urgent.…

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Contributions and challenges of disaster risk financing as a response to climate change-induced losses and damages

Human-induced climate change will continue to cause losses and damages, with vulnerable developing countries and communities that have…

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Accessing UNFCCC-linked multilateral climate funds: lived experiences

This resource documents key perceptions of expert climate finance practitioners from the Global South in accessing UNFCCC linked…

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Operationalizing finance for loss and damage: from principles to modalities

This report feeds into crucial negotiations and discussions on loss and damage finance by exploring different options for…

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Demanding attention for the loss and damage from climate change

Climate change is causing devastation across the world – with the least developed countries (LDCs), despite having made…

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Guide & Toolkit

Linking sovereign debt to climate and nature outcomes – A guide for debt managers and environmental decision makers

This guide presents the multiple innovative solutions in sustainable finance innovations working towards an inclusive green recovery in…

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Climate Change Loss and Damage: 4th Deliberative Dialogue Report

A series of deliberative dialogues were initiated to co-generate a shared narrative and practical solutions for tackling climate…

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LDC priorities from COP25 to COP26: Unfinished business and pandemic disruption

There are clear challenges and opportunities for getting climate negotiations on track in 2021. After a lacklustre COP25,…

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The Global Goal on Adaptation: A SIDS perspective

This technical paper explores the critical issues in defining a Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and proposes a…

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Summary Briefing 24th Standing Committee on Finance Meeting, 19-20 May 2021

Update on key discussions that took place at the 24th Standing Committee on Finance Meeting on 19-20 May…

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Global landscape of climate finance 2021

The 2021 edition of Climate Policy Initiative’s Global Landscape of Climate Finance provides a comprehensive overview of global…

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