Financing Adaptation in Africa

Africa’s sustainable development is largely anchored on the region’s ability to adapt effectively to the impacts of climate change, but there is an acute shortage of adaptation funding owing to several barriers. In this video, Olufunso Somorin discusses innovations for scaling up adaptation finance.

The publication on which this video is based can be downloaded here: https://bit.ly/3Om9bqI

This video is part of the ‘Climate Finance Innovations Towards COP 26’ project – a joint initiative between SAIIA and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Regional Programme on Energy Security and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The views expressed in this multimedia are those of the author/s and do not necessarily reflect the views of the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).

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