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 […]
Zambia’s NAP sets out a roadmap for the country to cope with frequent droughts. Discover how communities work to boost climate change adaptation planning and implementation.
Two Zambian communities, Magoye and Mutema Bweenga, are advancing climate adaptation projects as part of the adaptation priorities set out in the country’s NAP. These initiatives showcase climate resilience in an agricultural region severely impacted by a devastating drought. View the story In the Trenches in the Fight Against Drought How Zambia is scaling up […]
Costa Rica boosts rural communities’ resilience in the face of threats to their water security because of climate change. View the story Costa Rica’s NAP NAP Implementation Direct Benefits Enhancing Agricultural Resilience LEA EN ESPAÑOL Building Resilience in Times of Drought: Protecting water and livelihoods for farming families Photo essay on the implementation of […]
Por: Ivonne López Arce, Analista Político, Red Global del PNA/IISD y Vesalio Mora, Director de la Comisión para el Ordenamiento y Manejo de la Cuenca del Río Reventazón
Foto ensayo sobre la implementación del eje 5 del Plan Nacional de Adaptación al Cambio Climático de Costa Rica 2022-2026.
Con el apoyo de la Red Global del PNA, el Gobierno de Costa Rica está construyendo reservorios de agua cerca de las comunidades donde las familias agricultoras están lidiando con los niveles mínimos récord registrados en la cuenca del río Reventazón debido al cambio climático. Esta iniciativa implementada por Costa Rica forma parte de las […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Patrick Guerdat, Policy Advisor, NAP Global Network, International Institute for Sustainable Development
How do we know if National Adaptation Plans (NAP) are making a dent in reducing vulnerability? NAP progress reports play a critical role in assessing a country’s climate change preparedness and advising on next steps. They consolidate the information gathered from monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities and encourage countries to continuously learn, adapt, and improve on their climate change adaptation efforts.