Resources – DAI

2026

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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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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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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2024

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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2022

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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Guide & Toolkit

2021

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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