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Protecting Vulnerable Communities on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis

Protecting Vulnerable Communities on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis

The right funding now can protect the frontlines of the climate crisis from the worst effects of extreme weather events. 

For many developing countries, particularly in Africa, the cost of climate impacts is staggering.

We will not be able to reduce poverty, eliminate hunger, and build a prosperous and resilient global community without addressing the climate crisis.”

These are the urgent words of Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary General of the United Nations, in a recent article in The Guardian in the lead-up to COP29. He urges world leaders to pledge bold and transformative financing for action on climate adaptation, grounded in the needs of developing countries.

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