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Adaptation: the tough road ahead / Durban team, Climatico, 23/11/2011http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/adaptation-the-tough-road-ahead/Adaptation to climate change, a topic largely covered in this forum in recent years, is back with a vengeance in the march towards the next Conference of Parties (COP17) in Durban, South Africa. Back with a vengeance mainly because of the growing gap that seems to develop between the need for – and the supply of – adaptation solutions and funding. This gap, largely attributable to the timidity with which recent agreements have been reached, creates discontent amongst developing countries, international NGOs and, to some extent, the private sector, which is looking for strong signals from governments to propose climate change adaptation solutions...