A Crucial Year to Focus on Adaptation

January 19, 2023
10:15–11:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Adaptation costs in developing countries could reach $300 billion a year by 2030 to provide resilient infrastructure, nature-based solutions and improve agriculture and water systems for communities most exposed to the consequences of climate change. How can the climate COPs in Africa and the Middle East unlock scaled-up multistakeholder partnerships for adaptation, with a particular focus on...
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Shereen Bhan
Managing Editor
CNBC-TV18
FS
Feike Sybesma
Chair of the Supervisory Board
Royal Philips
SK
Shinta Widjaja Kamdani
Coordinating Vice-Chairman III, Maritime, Investment and International Relations
Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN)

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