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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience

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LIFE-AR is an LDC-led, LDC-owned initiative to develop a long-term vision for delivering a climate-resilient future, in line with LDC needs and priorities. More at www.life-ar.org

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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Do not miss today! A special session with LIFE-AR Focal Point in The Gambia and @iied.bsky.social on What makes locally led adaptation innovative and effective in the humanitarian sector and how to scale it - @ifrc.org 👉 To attend, register here: ifrcclimatesummit.solferinoacademy.com/en/register/
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Register — Climate Action Summit
Where local action drives global climate solutions.
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Starting in a few hours! Follow and participate in our webinar on Youtube 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNjc...
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How to strengthen countries capabilities in the long term for increased resilience?
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Starting in a few hours! Follow and participate in our webinar on LinkedIn 👉 www.linkedin.com/events/howto...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Join us online for #LCAW26! We'll explore how learning and capabilities strengthening support resilience at national and local levels with experts from Bhutan, Malawi, Ethiopia and Uganda. 👉Info and register: www.life-ar.org/en/what-we-d...
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Webinar: How to strengthen countries capabilities in the long term for increased resilience?
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Join us now for the second Africa Resilience Collaborative webinar! Today we focus on resilience at country level, with insights from LIFE-AR Uganda! 👉 Register here: iied-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
That's the number - $310–365bn needed for adaptation annually. Adaptation requires long-term, predictable financing, yet the level of quality finance is decreasing. How can we support better financing for adaptation? Check what African experts had to say 👉 www.youtube.com/live/3qBuxVj...
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COP30 and Africa: From Outcomes to Action
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
15km pour chercher de l'eau → problème résolu LIFE-AR au Burkina Faso : forages à Semine, investissements climatiques à Didyr et Toussiana qui répondent aux besoins réels des populations vulnérables « Notre souffrance a considérablement diminué » L'adaptation menée localement, ça marche. 🇧🇫
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
LIFE-AR's YouTube is becoming the go-to library for locally-led climate action in LDCs Real stories. Country journeys. What works, what doesn't. Check our intro video and subscribe for new films as they drop: 👉️
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About LIFE-AR
Snapshot of the changes LIFE-AR brings to communities and support from the partners.
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
What if climate-vulnerable countries led climate action instead of waiting for it? LDCs created a blueprint: 5 Offers & 5 Asks that flip traditional partnerships on their head Shared leadership. Shared purpose. Support that reaches communities. This is LIFE-AR. ➡️
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Why is LIFE-AR different?
LIFE-AR has a unique principle-based and partnership-based approach, closely linked to the LDC Vision.
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Insights on climate finance: Adaptation finance dropped from $28bn to $26bn while needs hit $310-365bn by 2035 That's a 12-14× gap—and growing Worse: 61% comes as debt, only 18% reaches LDCs, only 10% gets to communities where impact hits hardest Tripling quantity won't work if quality stays broken
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Our second speaker really nailed it on just transition! "Just transition" in Africa isn't about moving away from fossil fuels:it's about transitioning INTO prosperity. Africa needs to reframe this conversation on its own terms or risk locking in new injustices under green labels
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Interesting insights from our first speaker on the GGA! The GGA started as Africa's proposal to understand gaps & needs 59 indicators later, it's becoming a tool for what it was meant to be: linking technical support, finance & capacity to actual developing country needs.
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
If you didn't register, follow our webinar on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qBu...
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COP30 and Africa: From Outcomes to Action
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
LIFE-AR puts 70% of funds directly into community hands. From Mangochi to Rumphi to Salima, Malawian communities are leading their own climate response ➡️ Identifying solutions ➡️ Restoring irrigation ➡️ Planting forests ➡️ Building flood warnings
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LIFE-AR in Malawi
Progress of LIFE-AR in Malawi
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Governance isn't an afterthought — it's the foundation. LIFE-AR's latest shares lessons on building resilient climate adaptation governance in LDCs. From reactive response → proactive, long-term climate risk governance. 👇
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Resilient governance for efficient climate adaptation
Governance arrangements are central to effective climate adaptation.LIFE-AR countries are leading the way to showcase solutions for climate finance governance.
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Launching 18 March: the Africa Resilience Dialogues — a 4-part webinar series unpacking what COP30 means for Africa and what organisations need to do now. Session 1: COP30 and Africa: From Outcomes to Action 🗓️ 18 March | 4:30 PM EAT Register 👉 iied-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🇸🇳 Le #Sénégal franchit une nouvelle étape vers une résilience climatique locale et durable. Réunis à Dakar, des experts de la DCCTEFV et de #LIFEAR ont réfléchi aux actions pour que les financements climat atteignent vraiment les communautés locales. #FinancementClimat #LIFEAR
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
What a week in Malawi! LIFE‑AR's GESI Peer Learning Event brought together LDC delegates to deepen inclusive climate action — from monitoring & risk assessments to community visits & GESI action plans. Adaptation must leave no one behind. 💪 #LIFEAR #ClimateAction #GESI
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🚨 Urgent: LIFE‑AR is hiring a Senior Fundraising Consultant. Lead resource mobilisation for the only LDC‑owned, LDC‑led climate adaptation initiative. Apply by Friday 6th March. Full ToR available here: www.life-ar.org/en/about-lif...
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Urgent: Senior Fundraising Consultant
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
LIFE‑AR is hiring a Senior Fundraising Consultant. Lead strategic resource mobilisation for the only LDC‑owned, LDC‑led climate adaptation initiative. Work with LDC Ministers, the Board & major partners. See the full ToRs and application guidelines here: www.life-ar.org/en/about-lif...
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Urgent: Senior Fundraising Consultant
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
How do countries turn ambitious climate plans into real, country‑led action? At the OECD DAC Environet meeting, LIFE‑AR’s Tracy Kajumba shared why LDCs need predictable resources, country‑driven platforms & locally grounded, grant‑based investments. @oecd-env.bsky.social @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
🌱 What does locally led adaptation look like? The LIFE‑AR LLA Brochure shows how LDCs are shifting to Business Unusual—putting communities at the centre with devolved decisions, inclusive governance, predictable finance & locally driven action. 👇Explore the brochure www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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Demonstrating Locally-Led Adaptation Principles in Practice
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
What does real climate leadership look like in 2026? LDCs still face a gap between global ambition and support on the ground. LIFE‑AR shows what’s possible when leadership is truly LDC‑owned and LDC‑led. What shifts are needed to align global action with LDC priorities?
Dried up lake in Burkina Faso
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Madagascar has launched the operational phase of LIFE‑AR, bringing national and local actors together to advance community‑led climate resilience. A key step toward stronger, locally driven adaptation.
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
LIFE‑AR Chair Handover underway in Bonn 🇩🇪 Mr Evans Njewa (Malawi) hands over to Ambassador Adão Soares Barbosa (Timor‑Leste), marking continuity and ambition in LDC‑led, locally led adaptation. 👉 Read more: www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
How LIFE-AR Uganda uses inclusive, multilevel communication such as radio, market drives, local leaders and digital tools to mobilise communities for climate action. Communities aren’t just informed; they co‑design solutions. Read the case study for insights: www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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Localising Climate Action: How LIFE-AR Transformed Community Engagement in Uganda
Effective, inclusive communication is one of the most powerful drivers of climate action. In Uganda, it became the bridge between national climate ambitions and the realities of communities in four pi...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Are country platforms shifting power, or just optimising old systems? LIFE-AR shows what’s possible when platforms are country-owned, locally led and principle-based: decentralised finance, LLA at the core, and 70% reaching communities. www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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Country Platforms: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
As the discussion on country platforms is gaining momemtum for COP30, LIFE-AR Director Tracy Kajumba ask critical questions about inclusion and making platforms work for the most vulnerable countries.
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
💧 At least 436 households in Chitimba, Rumphi District, will gain access to clean water thanks to LIFE-AR. The initiative supports tree planting, soil conservation, check dams, and community-led climate adaptation for a resilient future. 🌱 ➡️ www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Real progress means transforming systems so climate finance reaches those who need it most. Learn more with GCA’s Stories of Resilience Chapter 2: Resilience, Made Local. From Uganda to Malawi and The Gambia, local-led adaptation is delivering results. 📖 cmsllahub.gca.org/assets/sor20...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Avec #LIFEAR, les PMA développent des plateformes nationales pour canaliser les financements climatiques vers les territoires. Une approche transformative fondée sur un leadership local, une gouvernance réformée et des partenariats inclusifs.
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Plates-formes nationales : Posons-nous les bonnes questions ?
Alors que la discussion sur les plateformes nationales prend de l'ampleur en vue de la COP30, Tracy Kajumba, directrice de LIFE-AR, pose des questions cruciales sur l'inclusion et l'efficacité des…
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
At #COP30, the pledge to triple adaptation finance by 2035 made headlines—but will the money reach communities on the frontlines? With #LIFEAR, LDCs are advancing the 70:30 principle: ➡️ 70% of climate finance to the local level ➡️ 30% for coordination & learning 📖 www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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Tripling adaptation finance is only half of the story
At COP30, climate adaptation took centre stage, with the agreement to triple adaptation finance by 2035. But behind the numbers, the real question remains: will this finance reach the communities…
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Very little of public adaptation finance has reached LDCs—often short-term, fragmented, and misaligned. Through #LIFEAR, countries are shifting toward predictable, flexible & locally led finance. 🎯 The goal: 70% of climate funds to the local level by 2030. 📖 www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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Transforming climate finance for effective resilience
LIFE-AR promotes an innovative approach to climate finance, locally-led, partnership-based, patient and flexible. LIFE-AR countries have applied those principles in different ways to reach the target…
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
LIFE-AR’s Finance Ask is transforming climate finance—making it predictable, flexible & locally led. With pooled funds, adaptive budgets & a 70% target for local action, LDCs lead the way. 🔗 Read more: www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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Transforming climate finance for effective resilience
LIFE-AR promotes an innovative approach to climate finance, locally-led, partnership-based, patient and flexible. LIFE-AR countries have applied those principles in different ways to reach the target ...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
🔄 Coordination to Transform Climate Finance: LDCs are reducing fragmentation and driving locally led climate action—cutting transaction costs, strengthening accountability, and aligning actors across levels. From Uganda to The Gambia, business unusual is working. 📖 www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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Reimagining Coordination for Climate Action in LIFE-AR
LIFE-AR reimagines coordination as a driver of transformation — rooted in LDC leadership, collaboration, and long-term institution-building. Across countries, diverse actors are co-designing…
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Embedding Resilience into Development Planning LDCs are leading a shift to long-term, country-led climate action. 6 Front Runner Countries show how inclusive planning can align climate & development, strengthen systems, and deliver adaptation where it’s needed most. 🔗 www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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Integrated and inclusive planning for efficient adaptation in LDCs
LDCs are shifting the narrative on climate action by promoting a long-term, country-led planning offer that embeds climate resilience into national and local development goals. Discover how LIFE-AR…
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
LIFE-AR teams recently visited Kembibit woreda to review poultry, dairy & drinking water projects across multiple wards. These investments are creating jobs for young people, strengthening local economies, and shifting communities away from dependency. ➡️ www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
✨ #LIFEAR sends warm thanks to all our partners, colleagues & friends. Your commitment to #LLA and resilience has driven progress throughout 2025. We look forward to building on this momentum together in the year ahead. 🎄 A joyful festive season and a strong start to 2026 to all!
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Through #LIFEAR, communication became a catalyst for climate action in Uganda —bridging national goals with local realities. From radio shows to parish dialogues, communities were empowered to shape their own adaptation solutions. 👉 www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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Localising Climate Action: How LIFE-AR Transformed Community Engagement in Uganda
Effective, inclusive communication is one of the most powerful drivers of climate action. In Uganda, it became the bridge between national climate ambitions and the realities of communities in four pi...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This year’s Stories of Resilience from Global Centre on Adaptation shows what real progress looks like: climate finance reaching those who need it most. LIFE-AR is proud to contribute to the chapter on Resilience, Made Local. Read more: llahub.gca.org/articles/a06...
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Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice 2025
How can we redefine “success” in climate adaptation beyond easily countable project outputs? What mechanisms are most effective in bridging the gap between local knowledge and national policy? Why is ...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🌍 #Malawi & #Uganda LIFE-AR teams joined forces in Salima to share lessons on locally-led adaptation. From forest restoration to solar irrigation, this is LDC leadership in action. Learn more 👉 www.facebook.com/100064481388...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
A captivating post #COP30 event! Listen to @tracyk.bsky.social and a panel of experts talk about "Just Transition: Advancing Social Justice in Climate Action for Agrifood Systems" hosted by @fao.org 👉 More info & register here: www.fao.org/climate-chan...
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Shaping climate futures | Climate Change | Event detail
Gender and Just Transition Pathways after COP30. A two-session webinar on outcomes and prospects of the Belém conference.
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Successful launch for LIFE-AR in The Gambia! This marks the beginning of the investment phase, where 8 ward all benefit from adaptation actions prioritised by communities. Well done The Gambia for putting together the systems and processes to make this new stage possible. youtu.be/UxW4cm4UMHg?...
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Gambia Embraces Locally Led Climate Action with Launch of LIFE AR Framework
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Welcome to the incoming Chair of the LDC Climate Change group! We are looking forward to working with you in 2026.
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LDC Chair @ldcchairunfccc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Last ones standing, 24 hrs defending the group's position. At 08:00 - the package was agreed. It was a difficult night of huge compromises. We didn't win on all fronts, but we got tripling #adaptation finance by 2035! Thanks for siding with 1.6 billion people. A luta contiua!
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🇧🇹 Bhutan is leading the world in climate + well-being. Bhutan shows that sustainability and human progress can go hand in hand. With LIFE-AR, Bhutan is putting its long-term climate vision into action through community-driven, nationally owned resilience efforts. 👇 www.life-ar.org/en/news-blog...
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Balancing Development and Environmental Preservation in Bhutan
Bhutan is as a remarkable example of how ancient wisdom can guide modern sustainability. Joining LIFE-AR fits into this rich cultural background.
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Real adaptation leadership means LDCs shaping priorities, driving delivery & influencing global systems for the most vulnerable. That’s what #LIFEAR is doing—scaling LLA, reshaping climate finance & turning COP30 ambition into action for resilient communities. 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4XR...
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About LIFE-AR
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
In case you missed yesterday's call-to-action event at COP30, the replay is available in full here: youtu.be/-zwIUG6Vdoo?...
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
A 15h, rejoignez LIFE-AR au pavillon du Sénégal pour une discussion passionnante sur l'adaptation menée au niveau local, avec des examples concrets du Burkina Faso, du Mali, de Madagascar et du Sénégal.
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Our high level panel speakers - Follow online at cop-resilience-hub.org
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LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience @life-ar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Starting in a few minutes! If you are at COP30, join us for a networking breakfast followed by the LIFE-AR call-to-action. The event will gather high-level speakers for interesting conversations around the LDC leadership on adaptation and resilience.
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