Analysis and commentary on the Network’s experiences coordinating climate-resilient development.
“My Photos Are Giving a Voice to the People”: The Rwandan women shaping adaptation plans
In Rwanda, the Envisioning Resilience program in partnership with the NAP Global Network, Lensational and the Rwanda’s Women Network have been training women to use photography to document climate change impacts to share their experiences with policy decision makers.
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.
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.
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.
Thriving in Dry Times
How Kenyan communities are working toward drought-resilient livelihoods through the national adaptation plan process
Kenyan communities are responding to the hardships of drought through a diverse range of strategies to establish climate-resilient livelihoods—restoring irrigation canals, taking on new farming techniques, and building water pans.
Climate Resilience From Mountaintop to Seafloor
How three communities in Grenada are implementing the national climate change adaptation plan
The tri-island state of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique has made meaningful progress on building resilience to cope with the impacts of climate change. This article explores how three Grenadian communities have reduced their climate vulnerability and built resilience by implementing country’s National Adaptation Plan.
The Coral Gardeners of Saint Lucia: Local heroes against coral bleaching
Coral gardeners in Saint Lucia are working together to save reefs from the devastating effects of climate change through a flagship project under the island’s National Adaptation Plan.
Envisioning Resilience: Women’s Voices on Climate Change in Ghana and Kenya
Women from Ghana and Kenya share their stories as part of the Envisioning Resilience initiative, which uses visual storytelling as a tool for dialogue among adaptation decision makers and women with lived experience of climate change.
Protecting Kune-Vaini Lagoon: Scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation in Albania’s oasis for migratory birds
Albania’s Kune-Vaini Lagoon System is an ecological bird’s corridor and its ecosystem is crucial for local communities’ livelihoods. Due to climate change, this ecological wonder is under threat, but a successful Ecosystem-based Adaptation project under Albania’s NAP is helping communities prepare for and cope with the impacts of climate change.
Eswatini Outreach Programme: Strengthening Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge Systems to Enhance Resilience
By Samkele Tfwala, Sizwe Mabaso, Minky Groenewald and Khetsiwe Khumalo | Photos by Thembelihle G. Maseko
A climate change outreach programme was implemented by the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini to raise awareness on adaptation and collect information from local communities and at the grassroots level on Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge on adaptation.
Scaling up Climate Resilience in Benin: The launch of the country’s first National Adaptation Plan
By Patrick Guerdat and Cesar Henrique Arrais | Videos and interviews by William Appolinaire TCHOKI and Fulbert ADJIMEHOSSOU
Submitted to UNFCCC on July 08, 2022, Benin’s first NAP defines a clear set of adaptation actions to enhance the resilience in eight key sectors: agriculture, water resources, health, coastal zones, forestry, energy, infrastructures and urban development, and tourism. We looked into some adaptation actions already successfully implemented in the country.
A Great Year for National Adaptation Planning and the Network to Watch in 2022
A new sense of urgency for climate action is being felt all around the world. While reflecting on this year’s progress in our work, it’s clear that the momentum being built for climate action will continue into the new year and NAPs will have a big role to play.