Analysis and commentary on the Network’s experiences coordinating climate-resilient development.
Peer Learning Event: Advancing the use of Risk and Vulnerability Assessments (RVAs) in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes
Dakar, Senegal | February 21-23, 2023
Government actors from 8 countries joined a peer learning event in Dakar, Senegal, to learn how to increase the efficiency of their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) with risk and vulnerability assessments (RVAs).
Événement d’apprentissage entre pairs : Faire progresser l’utilisation des évaluations des risques et des vulnérabilités (ERV) dans les processus des plans nationaux d’adaptation (PNA)
Dakar, Sénégal | 21-23 février 2023
Des acteurs gouvernementaux de 8 pays ont participé à un événement d’apprentissage entre pairs à Dakar, au Sénégal, pour apprendre comment améliorer l’efficacité de leurs plans nationaux d’adaptation (PNA) à l’aide d’évaluations des risques et des vulnérabilités (ERV).
COP27 | Multilevel Governance as a Catalyst for Adaptation Finance at the Local Level
Representatives from Africa and Latin America shared their diverse experience with local adaptation planning and implementation in this side event.
This event showcased lessons learned and best practices in creating strategic links to NAP processes that present an opportunity to establish mechanisms for channeling finance to local levels.
NAP GN at COP26 | Testing the Theory: Building capacity for vertical integration of adaptation
COP26 side event at the Paris Committee on Capacity Building’s (PCCB) 3rd Capacity-building Hub
This session, led by the NAP Global Network, explored the real-world challenges involved in strategically linking adaptation efforts across various levels of governance, including through collaboration with non-state actors.
Ensuring Inclusivity and Equality in Adaptation Planning
The blueprint for any adaptation action must be developed with the people it aims to protect and benefit. This Q&A provides insights on how vertical integration efforts can assure this inclusivity and representation in national planning processes.
Peru Launches its National Adaptation Plan (NAP)
June 10, 2021
Peru’s Ministry of Environment published the country’s NAP in an effort to strengthen its resilience to the impacts of climate change.
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.
Peru Hosts a Series of Virtual Meetings as the Final Stage of Developing its NAP Document
The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis is not preventing Peruvians from pursuing their goal of building a more resilient country. Rather, engagement with stakeholders aimed at refining the content of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) has moved to a virtual platform and will be conducted between April and June. The first one, hosted by Peru’s Ministry of […]
Ghana Hosts High-Level Regional Consultations on National Adaptation Planning
The Government of Ghana is hosting a series of high-level regional consultations this week in order to build momentum for medium- and long-term national adaptation planning efforts. Led by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, the consultations are meant to build political momentum and support for the […]
Zimbabwe’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) – National Adaptation Planning (NAP) Process Roadmap Development
By Emily F. Matingo, Climate Change Scientist, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement, Zimbabwe
See also: Zimbabwe’s NAP Roadmap. On February 20, over 100 participants gathered in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to attend the launch of Zimbabwe’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Readiness Project, financed by the Green Climate Fund. Before embarking on the GCF–NAP Readiness Project, the Government of Zimbabwe developed its NAP roadmap. The primary goal of the NAP roadmap is […]
How Can Local-to-National Links Make NAP Processes More Inclusive?
COP 23 Event Highlight
For the last 15 years, Development and Climate Days has brought together delegates during the middle weekend on the sidelines of the Conference of Parties (COP), the UN’s climate change conference, to discuss key issues related to climate change and sustainable development. This year, the NAP Global Network was a contributing partner to the event, […]
National and Sub-national Gov’ts Collaborate to Implement Ethiopia’s NAP
by Asrat Yirgu, IISD/MEFCC, and Angie Dazé, IISD
Climate variability is nothing new in Ethiopia. However, recent years have seen the southern and central parts of the country experience the worst drought in over 50 years, followed by another severe drought in 2016, which again affected the southern parts of the country, as well as the Somali region in the east. Today, many […]