The Republic of Maldives, as Chair of the Coalition of Atoll Nations on Climate Change (CANCC), hosted a 3-day Peer Learning Cohort workshop on National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes—with a focus on nature-based solutions and food security—from April 22 to 24, 2025. The NAP Global Network provided technical and financial support for the workshop through funding from Global Affairs Canada.
Adaptation decision-makers from the five CANCC member countries—Kiribati, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Tokelau, and Tuvalu—participated in the workshop. The workshop included participation from institutional partners, the Asian Development Bank (ADB); the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Presidency Chair, Palau; the Maldives Wetland Foundation; the Maldives’ Small Island Geographic Society (SIGS); and the University of Melbourne.
The workshop objectives were to
- facilitate open and honest technical discussion on CANCC members’ national adaptation planning processes, with a focus on nature-based solutions and food security;
- sustain ongoing peer learning and exchange among CANCC members on challenges to and opportunities for national adaptation planning and implementation; and
- identify areas where funders and development partners can better support CANCC members’ NAP processes.
The presentations and photos from this forum are available below. For more information, read our joint press release with the Maldivian government and media coverage by MV+ and Corporate Maldives.
