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Jamaica’s Road to Climate Resilience: Paving the way forward with lessons learned

Daniel Morchain, IISD, and Katherine Blackman and Le-Anne Roper, Climate Change Branch, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Government of Jamaica

For decades, Jamaicans have recognized the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change—and acted on it. With several dozen adaptation projects completed or in their implementation stage and an institutional structure set up to ensure coherence and collaboration between government and non-government actors, Jamaica can boast of its track record.

November 10, 2020

Type: Country Spotlight

Theme: Vertical integration of adaptation

Intercambiando experiencias: avances y desafíos para monitorear y evaluar acciones de adaptación en países de América Latina

Daniel Morchain, IISD, María José Pacha y Gabriela Villamarín, FFLA-CDKN

¿Cómo medir los progresos y fracasos cuando tratamos de adaptarnos al clima cambiante? Empecemos por explorar qué tiene que cambiar, qué tiene que mejorar; por ej. el bienestar humano. Exploramos ideas con 6 gobiernos latinoamericanos.

November 04, 2020

Type: News

Theme: Monitoring evaluation and learning

Understanding and Moving Climate Adaptation Forward in Latin America

On September 30, 2020, the first Exchange of Experiences and Dialogue on the Preparation and Implementation of National Adaptation Plans of Latin American countries took place, where 22 representatives from eight Latin American countries participated to learn more from the climate change adaptation experiences of others. Daniel Morchain from IISD and María José Pacha from CDKN report back from the event.

October 09, 2020

Type: News

Theme: Monitoring evaluation and learning

How COVID-19 Is Reinforcing the Need for Climate Adaptation in Vulnerable Countries

Insights from NAP Global Network Partner Countries

Both the impacts of—and recovery responses to—the COVID-19 pandemic can be linked to a country’s priorities for adapting to climate change. Recognizing this intersection, we reached out to our partner countries to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their plans to prepare for and adapt to the impacts of climate change, asking: Has […]

July 17, 2020

Type: Analysis

Theme: Gender

Making Adaptation More Effective in Nigeria: Nigeria’s NAP process

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.

June 10, 2020

Type: Country Spotlight

Theme: Sector integration of adaptation