adaptation finance
India Defends Paris Agreement Integrity and Calls for Climate Finance Commitments at COP30
Nov 12, 2025 09:12 am CST
At COP30 in Brazil, India advocated for preserving the Paris Agreement's structure while emphasizing developed nations' legal obligations to provide climate finance and technology transfer to developing countries. India highlighted that adaptation finance must increase fifteen-fold and warned against unilateral climate-related trade measures that could burden developing economies. As spokesperson for both BASIC and LMDC groups, India reaffirmed the importance of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities in global climate action.
Critical Gap: Less Than 1% of Climate Funding Allocated to Health Systems Despite Projected 15.6 Million Deaths by 2050
Nov 08, 2025 10:06 pm CST
A new report by Adelphi reveals that only 0.5% of multilateral climate funding has been directed toward adapting health systems to climate change since 2004, despite projections that climate change could cause up to 15.6 million deaths by 2050. With COP30 approaching, the report highlights an urgent need to bridge the gap between climate finance and health priorities, especially for vulnerable regions like South Asia, which receives no country-specific health adaptation funding despite facing 18% of projected climate-related health impacts.