Focus Areas Frameworks and Strategies for Sustainable Development Water Governance Sustainable Energy Sustainable Land Management Biodiversity Chemicals Management Trust Funds and Centres Global Environment Facility Montreal Protocol Unit Drylands Development Centre Regional Centres and SURFs Cross-Cutting Areas and Initiatives Climate Change Equator Initiative Poverty and Environment Initiative Capacity Development Gender Mainstreaming Search	Adaptation to Climate Change Climate change poses great challenges to society. The effects of climate change will constrain the ability of developing countries to reach their sustainable development objectives under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As the UNDP mission includes safeguarding the MDGs, its Strategic Plan makes a commitment to integrating adaptation to climate change in all UNDP work. UNDP is uniquely positioned to help developing countries better cope with climate change by supporting adaptation efforts in three ways: Integrating climate change risks into UN programming; Integrating climate change risks into national development policies, plans and strategies; and Identifying financing for adaptation initiatives. Human development: at risk from climate change Climatic changes — such as shrinking glaciers, variations in rainfall frequency and intensity, and shifts in growing seasons and disease distributions — are expected to have substantial, and largely negative, effects on food production, water supply and disease proliferation in many parts of the world. Read more... Adaptation Resources PROJECTS Programming Climate Change Adaptation   MAINSTREAMING Integrating Adaptation into Development   KNOWLEDGE SHARING Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM) Guidelines and resources for project development, including funding information, application guidelines, programming templates, checklists and more. | UNDP Resources and support for mainstreaming climate change adaptation into UN and UNDP projects, programmes and practice areas at global and national levels. | UNDP Background material and public knowledge exchange platform, including monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools, best practice notes and lessons learned. | PUBLIC   ^ Top Contacts · Copyright & Terms of Use	Adaptation Topics UNDP Role in Adaptation UNDP Adaptation Strategy Project Portfolio Publications Collaboration & Partners Support Programmes Contacts Related Links Adaptation Basics: Climate Change Impacts and Development UNDP and the MDGs