As Climate Crisis Intensifies,World Must Move Faster to Match Rising Needs, Says Secretary-General in Message on Release of Adaptation Gap Report

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the release of the Adaptation Gap Report, today:

Today’s Adaptation Gap Report is a red alert.

Climate impacts are accelerating.  Yet adaptation finance is not keeping pace, leaving the world’s most vulnerable exposed to rising seas, deadly storms and searing heat.

The report finds that developing countries