Published on : 29 Oct 2025, 12:28 pm Summary

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025 warns developing nations face an annual adaptation bill of up to US$365 billion by 2035.

International public finance for adaptation fell to US$26 billion in 2023, deepening the funding gap as climate impacts intensify.

Launched as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest storms ever to strike the island.

The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report 2025: Running on Empty (AGR) was launched on a day when the Caribbean island of Jamaica lies devastated by the impact of Hurricane Melissa. Melissa is one of the strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in the North Atlantic Ocean, and the most powerful to strike Jamaica, on October 28, 2025.

The AGR bring

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