Tag: Senegal

Youth aged 14 to 25 learned about the effects of climate change, ways to mitigate the risk, and how they can raise awareness in their communities through the USAID-funded Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change project in 2018. The project provided climate change training to 2,146 youth and more than 147,000 trees were planted in a forest reserve.

[EN/FR] PRESS RELEASE | Jamaica Hosts International Forum on Gender-Responsive Adaptation to Climate Change

Experts and government representatives from 10 countries are meeting from July 26 to 28 to share lessons and experiences on promoting gender equality through climate change adaptation.

Experts and government representatives from 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean are meeting from July 26 to 28 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to share lessons and experiences on promoting gender equality through climate change adaptation.

Participatory Development of Vulnerability Assessments in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Senegal for Better Adaptation Planning

By Sönke Marahrens, GIZ, Sarah D’haen & Melinda Noblet, Climate Analytics

Vulnerability assessments are an important part of a country’s National Adaptation Planning process, providing evidence for adaptation practitioners to make informed decisions about where adaptation action is needed most. Supported by Climate Analytics through the project “Science-based support for NAP processes in francophone Least Developed Countries of sub-Saharan Africa” (PAS-PNA)[1], the governments of Benin, Burkina […]

Deuxième Forum Francophone sur le processus de Plans Nationaux d’Adaptation (PNA)

Communiqué de presse | Le Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable, Sénégal

Lors de la Conférence de Cancun sur le climat en 2010, les États signataires de la Convention-Cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques (CCNUCC) ont adopté le processus de Plans Nationaux d’Adaptation (PNA) pour réduire leur vulnérabilité aux changements climatiques et intégrer l’adaptation dans les processus de planification du développement à tous les niveaux […]

From the Bottom Up: Key lessons learned from Senegal’s NAP process

By Dr. Khady Sané Diouf and Ms. Fatou Thiaw, COMFISH

In October 2017, the NAP Global Network invited Dr. Khady Sané Diouf (Project Director) and Ms. Fatou Thiaw (Climate Change Officer)—representatives from the Collaborative Management for a Sustainable Fisheries Future in Senegal (COMFISH) initiative—to share their experience on Senegal’s NAP process during a regional meeting organized in Lomé, Togo. Senegal is taking a sectoral approach […]