Development and Adaptation Days

Climate change is considered one of the most serious threats to sustainable development. Impacts are expected to adversely affect economic activity, food security, natural resources, social and physical infrastructure, health and our environment. Mitigation of these effects remains critical. Likewise, adaptation and responding effectively and efficiently to climate change is essential as the world begins to experience climate impacts on a more frequent and apparent basis. The most vulnerable people to these challenges come from developing countries. Recognizing this, the international climate and development communities came together to discuss the links between climate change, development, and poverty at the eighth annual Conference of the Parties (COP-8) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, for the inaugural Development and Adaptation Days.

Since then, Development and Adaptation Days has taken place on the margins of each COP and is a forum for discussion on the critical issue of the implications of climate change for developing countries. Participants representing governments, international organizations, academia, research institutes, business, and non-governmental organizations, meet over two days to share their knowledge on adaptation, latest developments and information on climate change and development linkages and facilitate collaboration between the climate change and development communities.

Information about previous Development and Adaptation Days events can been found through the links below:

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