Analysis and commentary on the Network’s experiences coordinating climate-resilient development.
Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development: Linking NAPs and NDCs
This event was organized by the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network whose Secretariat is hosted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). Participants convened to explore ways to advance implementation of adaptation needs and goals by realizing linkages between the NAP process and nationally determined contributions (NDCs). At the outset, the objectives of […]
How Technology and Community Insights Are Driving Adaptation Planning in the Pacific
By Ziona Eyob, Clare Church and Patrina Dumaru
A look at Integrated Vulnerability Assessments through an expert lens.
NAP Global Network at COP 24
Katowice, Poland | Dec 2-14, 2018
Governments from around the world are meeting in Katowice, Poland from December 2 to 14 at the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 24) to discuss climate policy. Experts from the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network will take part in discussions, promote research and convene events at the conference. The NAP Global Network […]
Supporting Global Adaptation Action: Read the Network’s Progress Report
New progress report looks back at our activities from November 2017 to November 2018.
The climate is changing. Impacts are being felt, and adjustments today and in the future are necessary. More and more countries are defining and addressing their medium- and long-term climate adaptation priorities through National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. The NAP Global Network was created to support developing countries in advancing their NAP processes, and help […]
“Is there a gender issue?”
By Clare Church and Angie Dazé
Lessons from Jamaica’s Workshop on Integrating Gender into the NAP Process.
El rol de los medios frente al cambio climático
Por Cesar Henrique Arrais
Entrevista con el especialista en comunicaciones Víctor Santillán, sobre el primer Taller Nacional de Comunicadores y Periodistas sobre Cambio Climático en el Perú.
Peer Learning Summit: The role of the NAP process in advancing the implementation of the adaptation goals under the Paris Agreement
Bangkok, Thailand | Oct 1-2, 2018
Forum Francophone sur le processus de Plans Nationaux d’Adaptation (PNA)
Grand-Popo, Bénin, le 28 au 31 août 2018
Colombia Hosts Event on Sectoral Experiences in Its NAP Process
Colombia organiza taller sobre las experiencias sectoriales en el proceso de su PNACC
On October 11, Colombia’s National Planning Department (DNP) and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS) co-hosted the event “Advancing in Climate Change Adaptation: Sectoral Experiences.” The event aimed to foster knowledge sharing and strengthening of sectoral capacities in the formulation of adaptation strategies to climate change, contributing to Colombia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) […]
Blog Perspective: Zimbabwe’s National Adaptation Plan experience
By Emily F. Matingo, Climate Change Scientist, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is experiencing more hot and fewer cold days than before as a result of climate change and climate variability. The country’s annual mean surface temperature has warmed by about 0.40C from 1900 to 2000. Zimbabwe’s third National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) asserts that the period from 1980 […]
Fiji moves forward on its National Adaptation Plan
Climate Change and International Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Economy held the Final National Consultation Workshop in Suva, Fijian's capital
The Government of Fiji held a final stakeholder consultation as part of the country’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) development process. The event took place on September 21st in Suva, Fiji’s capital, and aimed to engage the participants with the Government representatives who were leading figures in setting the NAP prioritized actions. The workshop was the last […]
Ghana’s Vision for National Adaptation Planning
By Philip Antwi-Agyei (Ph.D.), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; and Antwi-Boasiako Amoah (Ph.D.), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ghana
Ghana’s climate is changing. Increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, stronger and less predictable storms will all present a serious challenge to the people of Ghana and their livelihoods, including farmers, herders, foresters and tourism operators, among others. This will have significant repercussions for the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. With the agriculture sector employing […]