Emerging lessons from the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator

The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) is organizing three webinars to share early lessons from the first call for submission of applications to the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) programme. The launch of this new USD 10 million pilot small grants programme was announced at COP25 in Madrid. UNEP, CTCN and UNDP are administrating the AFICA, offering technical assistance (UNEP/CTCN) and grant funding (UNDP) to developing countries.

CTCN and UNEP have received USD 5 million to foster innovation in adaptation. Until 2025, the CTCN will implement 25 technical assistance projects (up to USD 250,000 each) to enhance climate resilience and adapt to climate change in developing countries. Moreover, knowledge sharing and the exchange of best practices will be facilitated through the programme, which will strengthen opportunities for South-South and triangular cooperation on innovation in adaptation among developing countries.

The webinars will include brief overviews of the status of the implementation of the AFCIA programme thus far by UNEP/CTCN and a reflection on early lessons emerging from the responses to the first round of calls.

To allow for all regions to engage fully in this discussion, the webinar will be held in multiple sessions, starting on 13 April 2021 with two separate sessions – for participants from the Asia-Pacific (8:00 - 9:30 AM CEST) and the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) (3:00 - 4:30 PM CEST) regions – followed by a session for participants from the Africa region on 4 May 2021 (2:00 – 3:30 PM CEST).

Session for Asia Pacific – 13th April 2021, 8.00-9.30am (CEST) – Join here

Session for Latin America and Caribbean – 13th April 2021, 3.00-4.30pm (CEST) – Join here

Session for Africa – 4th May 2021, 2.00-3.30pm (CEST) – Meeting link tbc