How Millions of Lives Could Be Saved by Closing the Climate Adaptation Finance Gap

A recent working paper from the World Resources Institute showcases twenty one approaches and mechanisms advancing locally led climate adaptation across the world. The Local Adaptation Champions Awards, organized by the Global Center on Adaptation and announced at COP27, showcased twenty examples of scalable locally led climate adaptation covering everything from bringing the development and tourism sectors together in the Himalayas to using carbon credits to incentivize mangrove restoration in Tanzania.