Analysis and commentary on the Network’s experiences coordinating climate-resilient development.
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 […]
How Nepal is Linking National and Sub-National Adaptation
by Aditya V. Bahadur, Action on Climate Today
As many of the impacts climate change are felt most acutely at the local level, it is vital that the people who are at the forefront of climate change—those who are experiencing the impacts—really have a say in national-level policy. This is why it is so imperative for countries to engage in forming National Adaptation […]
New Guidance on Vertical Integration in NAP Processes Launched at COP22
by Anika Terton
On the sidelines of COP 22 on November 8th, the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network held a mini-side event to launch a new guidance note on vertical integration in NAP processes, featuring speakers from Colombia and Cambodia. Hayley Price-Kelly (IISD) gave an overview of the NAP Global Network and its overarching goals before introducing Angie Dazé […]