Advancing climate change adaptation in developing countries: an overview of the UNDP-GEF adaptation portfolio

This overview highlights projects supporting measures that minimize climate change damage by reducing the risk, or the adverse effects, of climate change, through support to LDCs, advancing achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and supporting grassroots actions for policy change. The UNDP-Global Environment Facility (GEF) projects in climate change help developing countries and economies in transition to contribute to the overall objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).