Mamadou Honadia, Marcia Levaggi

COP20: Mamadou Honadia and Marcia Levaggi, Adaptation

COP20 (11/12/14) – Mamadou Honadia describes the current status of the Adaptation Fund and mentions some of its achievements. Marcia Levaggi outlines the fund’s resources and details what can be achieved with the recent contribution from Germany. However she highlights the need for more funding and the high cost of adaptation. Marcia Levaggi also explains how their funding works in practice and the importance of leveraging private and public finance. Mamadou Honadia then discusses the scope of the adaptation fund, the partners and funders it works with, and how the GCF could allow it to expand its work.