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    Engaging the private sector to finance climate change adaptation

    Discussion at COP22 has focused on how public financing can incentivize private sector funds toward climate change, including for adaptation. That money could help fill a growing gap in financing needs, as grants are increasingly replaced by low-interest loans, leaving the most affected countries worried about taking on new debt.

    By Fatima Arkin // 16 November 2016

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    The World Bank recently approached Bangladesh, offering unsolicited loans to help the low-lying country adapt to the severe tropical storms whose impact has made it one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world.

    But Fazle Rabbi Sadeque Ahmed doesn’t want that help. The director of the government-managed Bangladesh Climate Change Trust said his government needs to ensure a steady supply of fresh water and upgrade roads with embankments to prevent erosion; measures that are critical to helping Bangladeshis adapt to the punishing effects of climate change.

    But, Ahmed is worried about his cash-strapped country’s ability to pay back tens of millions of dollars plus interest. What Bangladesh wants, he said, is what developed countries promised them and other low-income countries: grants, not loans.

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      Fatima Arkin is a Devex contributor specializing in climate change, human rights, and sustainable development. She has reported across Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America for Foreign Policy, SciDev.net, Maclean's, and many others. She holds a B.A. in international development and history from McGill University and a graduate diploma in journalism from Concordia University, both located in Montreal, Canada.

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