Adaptation finance gap update

The "Adaptation Finance Gap Update" has been produced to inform the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and will be released at COP Side Event Saturday December 5th at 13:15 in the Blue Zone. This update brings together key findings on adaptation costs and finance from AGR 2014 and preliminary findings from the 2016 assessment. Furthermore, it draws on insights related to adaptation costs and related finance needs as stated in the adaptation components in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) – the post-2020 climate actions that countries intend to undertake following a new global agreement on climate change.