Accessing Climate Change and Resilience Funds for Asia and the Pacific

Description

Description:

ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES

The following Asian countries are eligible to participate in ADAPT

Asia-Pacific: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos,

Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, TimorLeste, and Vietnam. Eligible nations in the Pacific include: Cook

Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall

Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon

Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

Objectives:

Helping nations in Asia and the Pacific obtain financing from these new international funds is the purpose of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) ADAPT Asia-Pacific program. Funded through USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) and implemented by AECOM, the program is designed to share information and best practices about climate fund requirements and help governments build capacity to access the existing pool of international climate change adaptation funds.

Project Status:

Completed