Windhoek, Namibia, August 19, 2025 – From August 19 to 21, the Republic of Namibia is hosting representatives of governments and civil society organizations from around the world for a dialogue on climate change adaptation and the importance of civil society participation in adaptation decision making. Participants from over 10 countries across Africa and Latin America […]
Un taller multisectorial reunió a actores clave para coordinar estrategias y aumentar la responsabilidad colectiva para enfrentar el cambio climático en el país.
LIMA, PERÚ — Con resultados clave y consensos alcanzados, culminó el pasado 26 de noviembre el taller “Dialoguemos Multisectorial: Fortaleciendo y articulando la ambición en adaptación al cambio climático con miras al 2030 – 2035”, organizado por el Ministerio del Ambiente (MINAM) a través de la Dirección General de Cambio Climático y Desertificación, con el […]
By Amy Savage (World Health Organization [WHO]), Angie Dazé (IISD), and Elena Villalobos Prats (WHO)
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing major disruptions in the delivery of essential health services. As attention shifts to recovery, we have an opportunity to build health systems that are more resilient to future health shocks as well as to the impacts of climate change. National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes provide a basis for ensuring that this happens.
Sennye Masike PhD, Environmental Economist, CLIMsystems Ltd
Botswana’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) framework will contribute to the country’s climate change adaptation efforts by guiding the development of the NAP process and give direction to sectoral initiatives.
Yerima Tarfa (PhD), Director, Climate Change Department, Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja and Francis Adesina (PhD), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
The process of developing Nigeria’s National Adaptation Plan Framework has unveiled the challenges in Nigeria’s adaptation programming, particularly showing which issues need attention for a greater impact in the country.
By Kirtiman Awasthi, Somya Bhatt and Ashish Chaturvedi, GIZ India
This process of mainstreaming adaptation has the potential to improve the resilience of development outcomes, enhance community resilience to climate change impact, and safeguard investments.
Anne Hammill
Though focused on climate change, National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) offer important assessments of the risks a country faces and can be valuable in devising more comprehensive pandemic response strategies.
Peru kicked off the process to develop its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) document in October 2019. The NAP document is being developed through a participatory process and grounded in five prioritized thematic adaptation sectors set out by the government’s Multisectoral Technical Group in 2018: agriculture, forestry, water, fisheries and aquaculture, and health. Convening Stakeholders From […]
National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes are the foundation for effective adaptation action. The UN reports that 120 developing countries have now launched NAP processes. This article collects stories from 12 countries that—led by national governments—reached milestones in their NAP processes in 2019 as part of the global effort to build resilience in a changing climate.
Press release | Peruvian Ministry of Environment
On Thursday, November 28th, the Ministry of Environment of Peru held its first meeting towards the participatory process for the development of its climate change National Adaptation Plan (NAP). This guidance document will be Peru’s most important tool for implementing all the actions needed to reduce risks and vulnerability against climate change’s effects while simultaneously […]