![]() In addition, only an estimated 10% of funding is granted at the local level as donors instead favour large-scale national infrastructure projects that risk missing the mark for local communities. ![]() On average, they received less than a quarter of the adaptation funding per person that went to low or very low vulnerability countries. IFRC’s Making it Count: Smart Climate Financing for the Most Vulnerable People report has found that many highly vulnerable countries are not receiving the climate adaptation support they need and are being left behind. The key is found in the shift of power and resources to local actors.” "The critical challenge of this decade is how to support and finance climate resilience initiatives at a global scale. ![]() President of the IFRC, Francesco Rocca, says: Through the platform, the IFRC network will support meaningful participation and the active leadership of women, local communities, Indigenous peoples, youth and other marginalised and/or underrepresented groups in the development and implementation of locally led climate action in 100 countries most vulnerable to climate change. Funding local climate action without having to go through multiple layers is crucial if we are to be truly successful in building resilience from the ground up.” “Real sustainable change can only happen when the people impacted are driving decisions. “We've launched the Global Climate Resilience Platform to create transformational change through an immense scale up of investment at the local community level, heeding the call for faster and broader efforts to address the climate crisis. Secretary General of the IFRC, Jagan Chapagain, says: ![]() The new initiative aims to support 500 million people by raising at least CHF1 billion through a five-year global initiative focusing on early warning and anticipatory action, nature-based solutions, and safety nets and shock responsive social protection. Geneva, 9 November 2022 – As COP27 gets underway what’s most urgently needed is clear: accelerated investment in communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.Īt a make-or-break moment, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is launching today its Global Climate Resilience Platform to increase the resilience of communities most vulnerable to the changing climate. ![]()
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