Adaptation Action Coalition: an overview
Updated 8 February 2022
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The Adaptation Action Coalition was formed in January 2021, to build upon the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit (UNCAS) ‘Call for Action on Adaptation and Resilience’. Where the Call for Action signalled intent and ambition, the Adaptation Action Coalition is driving action through targeted sectoral workstreams and events. The Coalition’s primary aim is to accelerate global action on adaption to achieve a climate resilient world by 2030.
The Adaptation Action Coalition is delivering sector-specific, action-orientated workstreams, initially focused on health, water, locally-led adaptation and infrastructure in 2021. The Coalition will look to deliver work across all 12 of the Adaptation Action Agenda sectors and more from 2022 onwards. These workstreams will:
- demonstrate real world action that is being taken to respond to climate risks
- build the evidence base on good adaptation
- support the integration of climate risk into sectoral and national plans
- ensure work is driven in partnership with others, including the Race to Resilience to bring together state and non-state actors
- integrate inclusion and the locally-led principles
The Coalition was developed by the UK in partnership with Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, the Netherlands, Saint Lucia and the United Nations. The coalition is open to all UN member states (plus the European Union) who have signed the Call for Action.
Members
The Coalition was founded by the UK, Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, the Netherlands, and Saint Lucia.
The founding members, plus Colombia, Fiji, Ghana, Japan, the USA, Nepal and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) make up the Steering Committee.
There are now 39 countries who are members of the Adaptation Action Coalition, in addition to UNDP:
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Canada
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Colombia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Fiji
- Finland
- Germany
- Ghana
- India
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Marshall Islands
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Palau
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Spain
- Tuvalu
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Vietnam