UN Report: Five Charts Which Explain the ‘Gap’ in Finance for Climate

UNEP’s AGR 2025: Developing Nations Face an Annual Adaptation Bill of Up to USD 365 Billion by 2035

In October 2025, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its latest report titled ‘Adaptation Gap Report (AGR) 2025: Running on Empty’. The report estimates that developing nations will need USD 310–365 billion annually by 2035 for climate adaptation, about 12 times higher than the current global public adaptation finance of USD 26 billion(2023). The report was […] The post UNEP’s AGR 2025: Developing Nations Face an Annual Adap…

UN report: Five charts which explain the ‘gap’ in finance for climate adaptation

Developing countries are receiving just a fraction of the international finance they need to prepare citizens and adapt infrastructure for escalating climate impacts

UN report: Five charts which explain the ‘gap’ in finance for climate

Developing countries are receiving just a fraction of the international finance they need to prepare citizens and adapt infrastructure for escalating climate impacts.

Slow climate adaptation threatening lives and economies

- • Adaptation finance needs of developing countries estimated at�over US$310 billion per year�by 2035 - • Glasgow Climate Pact goal of doubling international public adaptation finance to approximately US$40 billion by 2025 will not be met on current trends - • Report highlights progress with adaptation planning and implementation, but challenges remain - - - Amid rising global temperatures and intensifying climate impacts, a yawning gap in adap…

Climate Adaptation Funding Falls Short, Leaving Millions at Risk

A widening gap in climate adaptation finance is putting millions of lives and entire economies at risk, according to the Adaptation Gap Report 2025: Running on Empty released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report warns that without urgent action to close this gap, the world’s most vulnerable populations will continue to suffer