Taking Stock of Nature’s Role in National Adaptation Plans

Anika Terton, Jeffrey Qi, Nicole Jang

Nature is essential for building resilience to climate change. Many countries’ national adaptation plans (NAPs) have focused on nature to scale up actions for ecosystems to help people adapt—for example, by protecting wetlands and restoring mangroves to help withstand the impacts of floods.   Given the importance of ecosystems across global environmental agendas and the […]

Accelerating Adaptation Action at COP 29: Progress on formulating and implementing NAPs

This event sought to share progress, lessons learned, and pathways to meet the Global Stocktake’s (GST) call for all Parties to put national adaptation plans in place by 2025 and make progress in implementing them by 2030.

Since the launch of the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) at COP 16, countries have made significant progress, but challenges and gaps remain. Gathering governments, UN agencies, and technical assistance partners, this event sought to share progress, lessons learned, and pathways to meet the Global Stocktake’s (GST) call for all Parties […]

NAP Global Network at COP 29

Baku, Azerbaijan | November 11-22, 2024

The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024, with climate finance at the heart of this year’s conference as it aims to better address the funding needs of developing countries for mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage. COP 29 is also a critical […]

Peer Learning Strategy: Six insights from a decade of NAP Global Network’s South–South peer learning

Chi Pham and Christian Ledwell, NAP Global Network Secretariat (IISD)

In 2017, Victor Santillan, communications officer for Peru’s environment ministry, travelled to Castries for an exchange with Saint Lucia’s government peers as they developed their first-ever communications strategy for the national adaptation plan (NAP) process. Santillan joined a national workshop where the Saint Lucian government engaged journalists and communicators in dialogue on climate change adaptation. […]

Peer Learning Event: Developing and strengthening MEL systems in NAP processes 

Ha Long, Viet Nam | September 10 to 12, 2024

The NAP Global Network and the Government of Vietnam co-organized a 3-day regional peer learning event for Asian-Pacific countries from September 10 to 12 in Ha Long City, Vietnam, on monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems for national adaptation plan (NAP) processes.   Representatives from Vietnam (host), Bhutan, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Tonga, and […]

Namibia-Zambia 1:1 Peer Learning Workshop on the National Adaptation Planning Process: Focus on the transition from planning to implementation

Lusaka, Zambia | August 7-9, 2024

Adaptation decision-makers from Namibia and Zambia met in Lusaka, Zambia, for a 1:1 bilateral peer learning workshop to share lessons and experiences on the national adaptation plan (NAP) process with a focus on the transition from planning to implementation. The NAP Global Network provided technical and financial support for the workshop through funding from the […]