The long wait for adaptation money

摘要

The cruelty of climate change is that developing nations are the most vulnerable and least able to afford protective measures. To help them cover the billions of dollars it will cost to adapt, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change set up funding mechanisms during climate talks in 2001. The main source of money, the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), is supported by donations from rich countries and currently has US$176 million in pledges. The fund is managed by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). To qualify for money, countries first need to itemize and prioritize their urgent needs in a document called the National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA).