'Adaptation Gap': UN warns adaptation costs up to 10 times greater than current funding plans

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'Adaptation Gap': UN warns adaptation costs up to 10 times greater than current funding plans

UNEP warns opportunity to use Covid recovery packages to bolster climate resilience is being squandered

The long-standing failure to prioritise investment in climate adaptation measures was again thrown into the spotlight today, after a major new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned climate...

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