Analysis and commentary on the Network’s experiences coordinating climate-resilient development.
Quiz | Innovative Financial Instruments for Climate Change Adaptation
By Deborah Murphy, Senior Associate, NAP Global Network Secretariat (IISD)
Significant financial resources are required now and in the coming decades for people and systems to adapt to a changing climate. Developing countries need about USD 212 billion per year up to 2030 to address their adaptation needs, yet adaptation finance flows were only USD 56 billion in 2021-2022.1 Private sector investment has a pivotal […]
What Is the NAP Assessment in Bonn, and Why Does It Matter?
By Orville Grey and Jeffrey Qi, NAP Global Network Secretariat, IISD
At the UN Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB 60), taking place from June 3 to 13, countries will initiate an assessment of their progress in formulating and implementing their NAPs. We look more closely at what that means, and what’s at stake. What is the Assessment of Progress in the NAP process? The benefits of […]
NAP Global Network Reflects on a Decade of Support with Least Developed Countries
On April 24, on the margins of the ninth NAP Expo 2024 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the NAP Global Network hosted a unique consultation meeting with 12 representatives of least developed countries (LDCs), as well as the Network’s funders and steering committee members. In this meeting, attendees reflected on a decade of support to advance national […]
From Blueprint to Reality: Building the foundations for effective national adaptation plan processes with the new MEL Toolkit
Emilie Beauchamp (IISD/NAP GN) and Patrick Pringle (Tonkin + Taylor)
Designed for government teams responsible for leading their country’s NAP processes, the NAP Global Network and Adaptation Committee’s new Toolkit for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes aims to put the principle of adaptive management at the heart of NAP processes, emphasizing how ongoing learning from MEL is integral to […]
Peer Learning Cohort: Coalition of Atoll Nations on Climate Change (CANCC) Workshop on National Adaptation Planning, With a Focus on Coastal Adaptation
North Malé Atoll, Maldives | May 1 - May 3, 2024
As Chair of the Coalition of Atoll Nations on Climate Change (CANCC), the Republic of Maldives hosted a 3-day Peer Learning Cohort workshop on National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes—with a focus on coastal adaptation—from May 1 to 3, 2024. The NAP Global Network provided technical and financial support for the workshop through funding from the […]
Seven Guiding Principles for Preparing Financing Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries
By Deborah Murphy, Senior Associate, NAP Global Network Secretariat (IISD) and Jo-Ellen Parry, Deputy Director, Resilience (IISD)
As developing countries transition from planning to implementation in their National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, a critical step is securing financing to implement priority adaptation actions articulated through the NAP process. Several developing countries are preparing “financing strategies for adaptation” to set out a coordinated national approach to identify investment priorities and financing approaches for […]
La Côte d’Ivoire lance une stratégie de communication pour le processus de PNA et une campagne en ligne pour impliquer les jeunes dans l’adaptation au changement climatique
Alors que le ministère de l'Environnement, du Développement Durable et de la Transition Écologique (MINEDDTE) prépare son premier document de plan national d’adaptation (PNA), il a lancé une campagne en ligne appelant les jeunes à s'impliquer dans l'adaptation.
La Côte d’Ivoire se prépare actuellement à lancer son premier document de PNA, qui devrait être validé par le ministre dans le mois à venir.
Côte d’Ivoire Launches NAP Communication Strategy and Digital Campaign to Engage Youth in Climate Change Adaptation
As the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition (MINEDDTE) prepares its first national adaptation plan (NAP) document, it launched a digital campaign calling on youth to get involved in adaptation.
Côte d’Ivoire is currently preparing to launch its first national NAP document, which is expected to be validated by the minister in the coming month.
Des représentant·es des ministères de l’environnement du Sénégal et de la Centrafrique se sont rendus en Côte d’Ivoire pour échanger sur l’intégration du genre dans le processus de PNA
By Aurélie Ceinos
Quatre délégué·es du Sénégal et de la Centrafrique ont pu rencontrer, entre les 19 et 22 décembre, plus d’une trentaine d’acteurs genre et climat de la Côte d’Ivoire pour échanger sur leurs difficultés et leurs succès en matière d’intégration du genre dans le processus de plan national d’adaptation (PNA). Ils repartent motivés et avec de […]
Sustaining Hope and Harvesting Rainwater
By Viliami Takau, JNAP Secretariat, Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC), Government of Tonga
This photo essay shares stories of how Tonga’s national adaptation plan is being implemented.
How to Integrate Learning Into Climate Adaptation Policy Processes
Julie Dekens (IISD), Blane Harvey (McGill University), Andrea K. Gerlak (University of Arizona), and Tanya Heikkila (University of Colorado Denver)
View Report The effectiveness of climate change adaptation decision making largely depends on how well governments and other actors embed deliberate learning into the policy process. Indeed, research shows that learning does not happen automatically—it needs to be created and nurtured. In the new report Integrating Learning in the National Adaptation Plan Process, Julie Dekens […]
Peer Learning Forum: Transitioning from Planning to Implementation in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe | February 27-29, 2024
Experts and government representatives from 15 countries—Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Grenada, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Namibia, Paraguay, Saint Lucia, Timor Leste, and Zambia—convened in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, to share lessons and experiences on the transition from planning to implementation in the national adaptation plan (NAP) process. Co-hosted by the NAP Global Network […]