YAF Africa Initiative Statement on COP30 Adaptation Finance Belém, Brazil

The Youth for Adaptation Finance (YAF) Africa Initiative welcomes the progress made at COP30 on adaptation finance. At the same time, we must emphasize that the continent’s real needs remain far beyond what current commitments will deliver.

The decision to increase adaptation finance to twice its current level by 2025 and to triple it by 2035 is a meaningful shift. For many years, adaptation has consistently received a small share of global climate finance, even though African countries face some of the most severe climate impacts anywhere in the world. The recognition of this imbalance is overdue and aligns with our call for more than doubling adaptation finance.

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