Press Conference: Launch of 2022 Adaptation Gap Report
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Ahead of UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will launch its seventh edition of the Adaptation Gap Report at an online press event at 6:00am EST/ 1:00pm EAT/ 11:00am CET, 3 November 2022.
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The report provides a science-based assessment of the global progress on adaptation planning, financing and implementation. In addition, UNEP's Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow – climate adaptation failure puts world at risk focuses on effectiveness of adaptation and considers adaptation-mitigation co-benefits.
Panelists:
- Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDDR)
- Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Henry Neufeldt, Chief Scientific Editor of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2022 (UNEP-CCC)