UN Calls for More Funding for Climate Adaptation – Austria Also Affected
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The United Nations (UN) is calling for international aid funds for climate adaptation to rise sharply. According to a new report, climate adaptation financing would need to grow to 305 billion US dollars, or about 273 billion euros, per year by 2035. Climate adaptation refers to measures that enable countries to prepare for the consequences of global warming, for example for heat, droughts and floods.
The report shows that developing countries are particularly strongly affected by the impacts of climate change, although they have contributed the least to global warming. They need money for protective measures, such as better water supply, more resilient agriculture and early warning systems. So far, however, significantly less money flows into these projects than the UN considers necessary.
The issue is also important for Austria. Here, too, hot days, heavy rainfall and flooding are increasing, and adaptation measures are becoming ever more important in cities and municipalities. Whether and to what extent Austria will provide additional international aid is not directly stated in the report.
The UN is appealing to industrialised countries to honour their commitments and increase financing. How quickly and in what form this will be implemented must be decided in international negotiations in the coming years.
Sources: science.ORF.at
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