Low-income countries (LICs) are suffering from triple distresses: the mortal impact of Covid-19, increasing debt burdens, and climate change impacts. Obviously, they are all suffering from a liquidity crunch because of competing national priorities. In the near term, adequate adaptation finance for climate-proofing development and enhancing the resilience of societies is not likely to be available. Therefore, this policy brief brings in the debt-for-adaptation swap as an alternative source that should be included in the global policy discourse.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/debt-adaptation-swap-investment-adaptation-and-resilience
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Investment in Adaptation and Resilience.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mizan-r-khan
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/heinrich-boll-foundation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-adaptation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/debt
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/finance
