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Barbados has executed the world’s first debt-for-climate-resilience swap, converting national debt into funding for biodiversity conservation and setting a precedent for innovative climate financing.
In Kenya’s Nzoia River Basin, bamboo is transforming flood control and ecosystem restoration. Through China-Kenya collaboration, local communities are using bamboo to enhance climate resilience and livelihoods.
At COP29 in Baku, world leaders are urged to invest in smallholder farmers’ climate resilience. The China-IFAD partnership highlights the importance of supporting small-scale farmers to combat climate change.
Over 230 people have been killed by Hurricane Helene as it swept through the southeastern U.S., causing widespread devastation in several states.
Leaders from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and South Korea met in Vientiane to discuss climate change impacts and develop collaborative strategies for climate resilience in the region.
South Sudan has launched a five-year, $33 million UN-backed project to bolster climate resilience among vulnerable communities and restore ecosystems, aiming to benefit over 75,000 people.
South Sudan has launched a $33 million UN-backed project to bolster the resilience of vulnerable communities against climate change and restore over 15,000 hectares of land.