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The author of an SEI paper questioning the efficiency of using private finance to fund climate change adaptation in developing countries said, 'I’d like to see the finance industry itself a bit more... It would be nice to get their expertise to unpick this puzzle on what kinds of investments go to developing countries and how they match, or mismatch, adaptation needs...'

Mientras las delegaciones de Durban centrarán el debate en la reducción de emisiones, queda un amplio camino por reforzar en materia de preparación y adaptación según Acción contra el Hambre...

'The strategy which has been developed is a pro-active rather than reactive approach.' The strategy comprises four categories: monitoring, mitigation, adaptation and resilience...

David Stephen asserts that climate change adaptation is essential as it would not only help Nigeria tackle climate change itself, but it would also improve the quality of lives in the country...

'Adaptation remains the highest priority for the continent,' a representative from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said on Monday from the COP 17. Support for adaptation measures was echoed by the Argentine representative on behalf of the G-77 plus China, and the Gambian representative on behalf of the bloc of 49 LDCs...

In her remarks, the President of COP 17/CMP 7, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, noted that the conference is proceeding well, and that the Adaptation Framework agreed in Mexico to coordinate and structure adaptation to climate change at an international level is also being constructed...

The African Group at COP17 in Durban says that US500 billion to US600 billion is needed in order to finance its emissions reduction efforts and adaptation to climate change measures...

UN disaster risk reduction chief Margareta Wahlström speaking at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Republic of Korea, said that managing risk is crucial to safeguard investments in poverty-stricken Africa and Asia, where countries can lose as much as a fifth of their GDP to disasters each year.