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Canada supporting developing countries to adapt to climate change at COP27
Canada supporting developing countries to adapt to climate change at COP27,As the costs of climate change increase, so does the need for countries to be prepared, which is why Canada is taking action on climate change

Canada supporting developing countries to adapt to climate change at COP27

As the costs of climate change increase, so does the need for countries to be prepared, which is why Canada is taking action on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction both at home and abroad.

Today on Adaptation and Agriculture Day at COP27, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, highlighted Canada’s efforts to address the effects of climate change and support developing countries that often face the worst of its impacts. Canada’s climate finance helps low- and middle-income countries affected by climate change transition to sustainable, low-carbon, climate-resilient, nature-positive, and inclusive development.

Under Canada’s $5.3 billion international climate finance commitment, Minister Guilbeault, on behalf of the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, reiterated today Canada’s intention to fund a new $10 million initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations that aims to promote climate-smart agriculture and agriculture biodiversity practices to help rural communities in Aswan, Beheira, and Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt, expand their capacity to adapt to climate change.

Canada recently committed $10 million to support the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative. This is part of Canada’s renewed commitment to help build and improve early warning systems in developing countries. By providing funding to the CREWS initiative, Canada is helping countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate and weather-related disasters gain access to authoritative weather and climate information and services. The funding will support the development of early warning systems to avert, minimize, and address loss and damage.

Today’s announcement builds on Canada’s commitment to allocate a minimum of forty percent of its $5.3 billion in international climate finance to adaptation and helping developing countries build resilience to climate-change impacts.

Canada also announced that we are joining the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) that is putting people and communities at the center of climate adaptation efforts. Locally based and gender balanced initiatives such as this are at the core of Canada’s approach to climate finance.

At home, the Government of Canada is working with provinces, territories, Indigenous peoples, and other key partners and experts to develop Canada’s first National Adaptation Strategy. The Strategy is a whole-of-society blueprint for adaptation action, designed to establish common objectives and measure progress by setting clear targets for collective action to limit the effects of climate change throughout Canada.

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