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UN flags adaptation finance gap and Lancet Countdown warns rising heat toll ahead of COP30

United Nations Secretariat (press briefing) · October 29, 2025
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The UN highlighted UNEP's adaptation gap report, which estimates developing-country adaptation needs of over $310 billion per year by 2035, and cited the Lancet Countdown report on health and climate tying rising heat-related mortality and food insecurity to current policy choices. The spokesman urged COP30 to deliver a global action plan on reso

The UN spokesperson highlighted two reports released that day: the UN Environment Programme's adaptation gap report and the 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate produced with the World Health Organization.

On the UNEP report, the spokesperson said adaptation planning and implementation…

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