Analysis and commentary on the Network’s experiences coordinating climate-resilient development.
What is the Business Case for Private Investment in the NAP Process?
By Alec Crawford and Clare Church
This post is the first of our five-part blog series on engaging the private sector in national adaptation planning processes. Stay tuned for the second installment of this series on June 12, 2019. To learn more, read our guidance note on the subject. Businesses around the world—big and small, from large-scale banks to smallholder farmers—invest […]
Adaptation: Accelerating Action Towards a Climate Resilient Future
By Yannick Glemarec, Green Climate Fund Executive Director
Climate change is an existential threat to all people. The challenges it poses are immediate and urgent. Evidence of ever-higher levels of climate risks are mounting, as global temperatures increase, sea levels rise and glaciers melt. More and more people worldwide are feeling the impacts of water scarcity, heat waves and wildfires, and, in some instances, catastrophic storms and floods. Vulnerable groups in developing countries, such as coastal communities, smallholder farmers and the urban poor, are particularly affected by rising temperatures and climate-related disasters.
NAP Global Network at NAP Expo 2019
Songdo, South Korea | April 8-12, 2019
From April 8 to 12, the NAP Global Network Secretariat was in Songdo, Republic of Korea for NAP Expo 2019. NAP Expo is a global forum organized by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to promote peer learning and foster exchanges among stakeholders in […]
Adapting to Climate Change Impacts Cannot Happen Without the Private Sector: Report
Songdo, South Korea
SONGDO, April 10, 2019 — In order for National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) to be successfully implemented and climate resilience strengthened, private sector actors will need to be involved. This is according to the latest study from the NAP Global Network, Engaging the Private Sector in National Adaptation Planning Processes, which was launched during NAP Expo […]
How Can the NAP Process Enhance Adaptation in the NDCs by 2020? We’ve got three ideas.
By Janet Strachan and Anika Terton
When it comes to adapting to climate change and achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement, nations around the world have access to a few useful processes to help them reach their goals—namely, their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. In countries where adaptation information is included in NDCs, the two […]
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 […]
Ethiopia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Assembly: Supporting the transition to implementation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | January 23, 2019
Targeted Topics Forum: Troubleshooting for NAP implementation, and building support for the NAP process through strategic communications
Zanzibar, Tanzania | February 12-14, 2019
Ten Stories of Progress in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes in 2018
Real progress in adaptation planning and action is taking place in many countries. This article highlights just 10 examples of this progress on NAP processes. It draws upon the work of the NAP Global Network and stories from colleagues from other programs and organizations working to build momentum in NAP processes.
Scaling Up Adaptation: Strengthening alignment of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process and the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in Grenada
St. George’s, February 2, 2019 – On January 31 and February 1, the NAP Global Network and the Grenadian Ministry of Climate Resilience, the Environment, Forestry, Fisheries, Disaster Management and Information in collaboration with the Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Strategies (ICCAS) program co-hosted the workshop “Scaling Up Adaptation: Strengthening alignment of the NAP process and […]
Launch of Fiji’s First National Adaptation Plan
Presented by the Fijian Government in collaboration with the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
This side event convened to launch and illustrate Fiji’s new NAP, which sets out the country’s long-term ambitions for building the island’s resilience to climate change, and was developed with support from the NAP Global Network. Moderator Ilisapeci Vakacegu, Fiji, opened the event. Frank Bainimarama, COP23 President and Prime Minister, Fiji, highlighted that the first […]
Key Actions Advancing Fiji’s NAP Process
A conversation with Adrian Fenton
In an interview conducted by Clare Church, the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network spoke with Adrian Fenton, embedded advisor to the Fijian Government, who has been supporting the Ministry of Economy with the development of Fiji’s NAP process. Some answers may have been shortened for clarification and brevity.