Adaptation Finance Fellowship Programme

The AFFP supports and promotes exceptional individuals from the scientific community, policy and private sector in climate adaptation related fields from developing and emerging countries. This interdisciplinary exchange contributes to building leadership in adaptation finance across sectors for enhanced knowledge and sharing good practices in adaptation finance from policy, private sector and research angles around the globe, and to enable the development of relevant climate solutions.

The fellowships are open to highly motivated applicants from developing and emerging countries who wish to pursue an academic of professional career in climate adaptation and finance, or who are already working in this field. Applicants can apply for one of three tracks:

• The policy track is targeted to young and mid-career professionals, primarily within the public sector who have a background and work experience in a field relevant to climate change.
  
• The business track is designed for professionals with a background and work experience in the private sector, including microfinance, banking and insurance, project development, risk analysis, and corporate social responsibility.
  
• The research track is targeted at early career researchers (e.g. graduate students or post-graduates) at universities, ministries, research centres or action research NGOs who are working in the field of climate change adaptation.
  

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