Analysis and commentary on the Network’s experiences coordinating climate-resilient development.
Taking Stock of Nature’s Role in National Adaptation Plans
Anika Terton, Jeffrey Qi, Nicole Jang
Nature is essential for building resilience to climate change. Many countries’ national adaptation plans (NAPs) have focused on nature to scale up actions for ecosystems to help people adapt—for example, by protecting wetlands and restoring mangroves to help withstand the impacts of floods. Given the importance of ecosystems across global environmental agendas and the […]
Photo Essay from Zambia: In the trenches in the fight against drought
Zambia’s NAP sets out a roadmap for the country to cope with frequent droughts. Discover how communities work to boost climate change adaptation planning and implementation.
Peer Learning Strategy: Six insights from a decade of NAP Global Network’s South–South peer learning
Chi Pham and Christian Ledwell, NAP Global Network Secretariat (IISD)
In 2017, Victor Santillan, communications officer for Peru’s environment ministry, travelled to Castries for an exchange with Saint Lucia’s government peers as they developed their first-ever communications strategy for the national adaptation plan (NAP) process. Santillan joined a national workshop where the Saint Lucian government engaged journalists and communicators in dialogue on climate change adaptation. […]
Construyendo Resiliencia en Tiempos de Sequía
Por: Ivonne López Arce, Analista Político, Red Global del PNA/IISD y Vesalio Mora, Director de la Comisión para el Ordenamiento y Manejo de la Cuenca del Río Reventazón
Foto ensayo sobre la implementación del eje 5 del Plan Nacional de Adaptación al Cambio Climático de Costa Rica 2022-2026.
Quiz | Innovative Financial Instruments for Climate Change Adaptation
By Deborah Murphy, Senior Associate, NAP Global Network Secretariat (IISD)
Significant financial resources are required now and in the coming decades for people and systems to adapt to a changing climate. Developing countries need about USD 212 billion per year up to 2030 to address their adaptation needs, yet adaptation finance flows were only USD 56 billion in 2021-2022.1 Private sector investment has a pivotal […]
What Is the NAP Assessment in Bonn, and Why Does It Matter?
By Orville Grey and Jeffrey Qi, NAP Global Network Secretariat, IISD
At the UN Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB 60), taking place from June 3 to 13, countries will initiate an assessment of their progress in formulating and implementing their NAPs. We look more closely at what that means, and what’s at stake. What is the Assessment of Progress in the NAP process? The benefits of […]
From Blueprint to Reality: Building the foundations for effective national adaptation plan processes with the new MEL Toolkit
Emilie Beauchamp (IISD/NAP GN) and Patrick Pringle (Tonkin + Taylor)
Designed for government teams responsible for leading their country’s NAP processes, the NAP Global Network and Adaptation Committee’s new Toolkit for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes aims to put the principle of adaptive management at the heart of NAP processes, emphasizing how ongoing learning from MEL is integral to […]
Seven Guiding Principles for Preparing Financing Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries
By Deborah Murphy, Senior Associate, NAP Global Network Secretariat (IISD) and Jo-Ellen Parry, Deputy Director, Resilience (IISD)
As developing countries transition from planning to implementation in their National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, a critical step is securing financing to implement priority adaptation actions articulated through the NAP process. Several developing countries are preparing “financing strategies for adaptation” to set out a coordinated national approach to identify investment priorities and financing approaches for […]
Sustaining Hope and Harvesting Rainwater
By Viliami Takau, JNAP Secretariat, Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC), Government of Tonga
This photo essay shares stories of how Tonga’s national adaptation plan is being implemented.
How to Integrate Learning Into Climate Adaptation Policy Processes
Julie Dekens (IISD), Blane Harvey (McGill University), Andrea K. Gerlak (University of Arizona), and Tanya Heikkila (University of Colorado Denver)
View Report The effectiveness of climate change adaptation decision making largely depends on how well governments and other actors embed deliberate learning into the policy process. Indeed, research shows that learning does not happen automatically—it needs to be created and nurtured. In the new report Integrating Learning in the National Adaptation Plan Process, Julie Dekens […]