Analysis and commentary on the Network’s experiences coordinating climate-resilient development.
Network Publishes New Guidance on Financing NAP Processes
The first installment of a webinar series on financing NAP processes will be held Sept 20
Significant financing is needed throughout the entire national adaptation plan (NAP) process, but especially within its implementation phase. The NAP Global Network recently published Financing NAP Processes: Contributing to the achievement of nationally determined contribution (NDC) adaptation goals, which provides guidance to country’s NAP teams for identifying and assessing various financing options. The guidance was […]
Public–Private Partnerships: Financing climate-resilient infrastructure
by David Uzsoki, IISD
According to UN Environment, the costs of adapting to climate change could range between USD 280 billion and USD 500 billion by 2050. Climate-resilient infrastructure plays an important role in the national adaptation plan (NAP) process. Countries cannot rely solely on public resources for deploying these projects, and need to find ways to access private […]
How Albania Is Integrating Climate Change Adaptation Into the Medium-Term Budget
by Anila Çili, IISD
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into a country’s medium-term budget is a multi-dimensional, continuous process that takes time. Recently, Albania successfully took on this challenge. As with any new policy that has relevant impacts in several sectors of the economy at once—as is the case with climate change adaptation—a transitional period is required to understand the […]
Telling Climate Change Stories: Five lessons from Saint Lucian journalists
by Christian Ledwell and Damon Vis-Dunbar, IISD
Journalists play an important role as watchdogs for many social problems. But with a problem as large in scope and complexity as climate change, how can journalists tell stories that spur action and help audiences prepare for its impacts? Read this full blog via IISD.
Three Key Actions to Make NAP Processes More Gender-Responsive
by Angie Dazé and Julie Dekens, IISD
Following our pilot analysis of how gender considerations are being integrated into national adaptation planning documents, we at the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network have been reflecting on the best way forward to achieve gender-responsive NAP processes. How can country teams move forward in addressing gender issues in their NAP processes? We have developed […]
Saint Lucian Media Come Out to Support Climate Change Action
On Sunday, June 25, Saint Lucia’s Department of Sustainable Development collaborated with the NAP Global Network U.S. In-Country Support Program to host the workshop, Understanding Climate Change Adaptation in the Saint Lucia Context, for journalists and media workers. The aim was to foster enhanced awareness and build the conversation about taking action on climate change issues […]
Targeted Topics Forum: Financing NAP Processes
Mexico City, Mexico | June 20-22, 2017
The NAP Global Network and Mexico’s National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC) co-hosted a Targeted Topics Forum (TTF) on “Financing National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Options for Implementation.” The TTF was attended by over 30 participants representing nine developing countries from our second cohort, as well as representatives of bilateral donors and other […]
Mexico Hosts Global Forum on Strategies of Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts
Version en español Read more and download presentations from this event. The Government of Mexico through the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC) hosted a Global Forum on Strategies of Adaptation to the impacts of climate change from June 20 to 22, 2017. The forum looked at how different countries are approaching the […]
Government of Saint Lucia Looks to Build Conversation About Climate Change Adaptation
CASTRIES, JUNE 21, 2017 – The Government of Saint Lucia is hosting a series of workshops to foster conversation about taking action on climate change issues on the island. The Government is currently developing a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to prepare the country for the impacts of climate change. “Government is dedicated to creating a plan that will build […]
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 […]
Interview: Nella Canales on Leveraging Climate Finance for Adaptation in the Pacific
by Christian Ledwell, IISD
Pacific island states are among the world’s most vulnerable to climate change impacts. Given the urgent need to adapt, how effectively are climate finance flows helping Pacific states tackle adaptation? The Stockholm Environment Institute’s recent working paper, Climate Finance in the Pacific: An Overview of Flows to the Region’s Small Island Developing States, analyzed climate […]