CDKN’s Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell reports back from a stimulating two day meeting at Chatham House, where he spots some silver linings in the clouds of international climate policy.
A boy stands in a dried up pond near Moyale in the lowlands of Oromia, Ethiopia. A devastating drought has left an estimated 737,000 Ethiopians struggling to survive without access to clean water.
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Adaptation to climate change is a core objective of the international climate change negotiations and is receiving increasing financial support as commitments to reducing greenhouse gases are further delayed. This meeting focuses on key questions associated with spending adaptation finance.