ACCRA, Ghana — From August 17 to 19, the governments of Ghana, Kenya, the Netherlands, and South Africa are convening in the Ghanaian capital for a new round of dialogues to accelerate national action on climate change adaptation and strengthen climate resilience. The meeting is timely as escalating climate risks continue to affect communities and […]
Aurélie CEINOS, Conseillère Égalité des Genres et Inclusion Sociale, Réseau mondial de PNA; Ndeye Dieynaba SOW, Experte en Adaptation, Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Transition écologique du Sénégal ; Dibor Sarr FAYE, Chef de la Division Adaptation et Pertes et Dommages et Point Focal National Genre et Changement Climatiques, Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Transition écologique du Sénégal.
À Diaoulé, une commune rurale du Sénégal, des femmes cultivent légumes et arbres fruitiers sur une ferme agroécologique qu’elles gèrent elles-mêmes. En stabilisant leurs revenus et en diversifiant leurs activités économiques, elles sont mieux à même de faire face aux aléas climatiques qui s’intensifient. À Keur Massar, en périphérie de Dakar, des quartiers qui étaient […]
Climate change is already closing schools, disrupting learning, and placing the education of millions of children at risk every year. Climate change impacts destroy and damage education infrastructure and threaten the safety, health, and well-being of students and teachers, while extreme heat affects concentration and learning outcomes, leaving the most fragile education systems disproportionately at risk. In 2024 alone, 242 million students from pre-primary to upper secondary had their […]
On the sidelines of the 2026 UN Bonn Climate Change Conference, five African countries met in June for a training of trainers (ToT) session on integrating gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in national adaptation plan (NAP) processes. Organized by the NAP Global Network, this in-person workshop brought together 10 government representatives from five countries—Benin, […]
In fragile and conflict-affected contexts, climate change and conflict reinforce one another. They do so not in simple or automatic ways, but by interacting with existing political, social, and economic vulnerabilities. Climate impacts affect livelihoods, resource access, and governance systems. Conflict and weak institutions undermine the effectiveness of climate change adaptation. Addressing this dual burden […]
By Emilie Beauchamp and Krystel Montpetit
Countries left the Bonn Climate Change Conference last week without an agreement on issues related to the global goal on adaptation. This stalemate was partly due to disagreement among countries over the next steps and the composition of a task force to improve the Belém Adaptation Indicators (BAIs), the 59 voluntary indicators adopted at the […]
On May 27 and 28, Saint Lucia’s Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) hosted a series of practical conversations on how to fund and implement Saint Lucia’s national priorities for adapting to climate change, guided by its 2018 National Adaptation Plan (NAP). The 2-day Adaptation Investment Pitch and Matchmaking Event brought together representatives from three priority […]
At this year’s NAP Expo in Kigali, the Adaptation Investment Matchmaking Symposium returned at a larger scale, bringing together governments, climate funds and development partners to help accelerate investment in climate resilience.
From May 5 to 7, 2026, the Government of Nigeria is bringing together government representatives from across Africa in Abuja for a dialogue on building climate resilience and peace in conflict-affected nations. Participants from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Liberia, Mali, Somalia, and South Sudan are taking part in a 3-day peer […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — From April 14 to 16, the Government of South Africa is hosting representatives from Kenya, Ghana, and the Netherlands in Johannesburg for discussions on strengthening national action to adapt to climate change impacts. The four-country peer learning event will explore approaches to moving national priorities for climate change adaptation through planning […]