Abbey Abramson

  Climate adaptation funding and projects The promise and the paradox Each year, governments and development partners announce billions for “resilience,” “adaptation,” and “green recovery.” Ideally, these funds should flow directly to river dikes, drains, elevated roads, early-warning sirens, cyclone shelters, mangrove belts, drought-resilient wells, and climate-proofed schools. In reality, significant funds are lost due to paperwork, padded contracts, or unfinished projects that fail during floods. The paradox: as climate hazards intensify, the integrity of public spending becomes even more crucial (IPCC, 2023). This chapter provides a roadmap for understanding and improving climate finance. It maps the ecosystem in developing countries, illustrates funding sources, and then pinpoints where integrity typically breaks down. The chapter equips readers with a citizen’s 'money trail' checklist, progressively tracing how funds are intended to flow and where they get stuck or diver...

Youth Action and Adaptation on Climate Change Climate change is no longer a distant warning from scientists or a hypothetical scenario described in textbooks. It is an undeniable reality reshaping our planet in real time. From rising global temperatures and unprecedented heatwaves to increasingly frequent floods , wildfires , and storms , the signs of a warming world are everywhere. Glaciers are melting at alarming rates, sea levels are creeping higher, and ecosystems that once seemed permanent are transforming before our eyes. These changes are not abstract phenomena unfolding in far-off places; they are affecting the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the stability of our communities today. Among those most vulnerable to the long-term consequences of inaction are young people. Children, teenagers, and young adults will live longest with the choices being made right now about energy, consumption, and conservation. They will inherit the social, economic, and environmental chall...