Launch: Adaptation Gap Report 2023

When: Thursday, 2 November 2023; 6:00 am EDT/1:00 pm EAT/11:00 am CET

Duration: 45 minutes

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the 2023 edition of the Adaptation Gap Report in a virtual press conference.

The report provides an update on the global status and progress of the adaptation process across three elements: planning, financing, and implementation. The 2023 edition will provide a more in-depth finance assessment chapter and include a thematic deep-dive chapter on loss and damage. The report will also highlight key case studies in these areas.

Panelists:

• Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
• Loretta Hieber Girardet, Chief, Risk Knowledge, Monitoring and Capacity Development, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
• Henry Neufeldt, Chief Scientific Editor of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2023 (UNEP-CCC)