As the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) draws increasing attention from country policy-makers, practitioners, and academics, the evolution of the debate and what to expect next remains to be seen.
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What We Heard From the Global Stocktake’s First Technical Dialogue on Adaptation
By Jeffrey Qi, Policy Analyst II, International Institute for Sustainable Development
June’s Bonn Climate Change Conference started an important part of the inaugural 2-year Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement. What did participants say about climate change adaptation during the Global Stocktake’s first Technical Dialogue, and what does it mean for global adaptation ambition?
Three Ways the NAP Process Can Be Leveraged to Inform the Global Stocktake
By Jeffrey Qi, Policy Analyst II, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Discover how the Global Stocktake connects to the progress that developing countries are making with their National Adaptation Plans.
Building Peace and Climate Resilience: Aligning peacebuilding and climate adaptation in fragile states
By Alec Crawford and Anne Hammill (IISD); and Richard Matthew (University of California)
The converging crises of conflict and climate change can be mutually reinforcing, with climate impacts potentially exacerbating the conflict cycle and violence weakening the governance structures and institutions needed to build climate resilience.
A Great Year for National Adaptation Planning and the Network to Watch in 2022
View the story A Great Year for National Adaptation Planningand the Network to Watch in 2022 By Catherine Burge, IISD Photo: Winnipeg, Matthew TenBruggencate, IISD. Photo: Winnipeg, Matthew TenBruggencate, IISD. A new sense of urgency for climate action is being felt all around the world. We spent the year watching climate disasters cause heartbreaking scenes […]
Comment la Côte d’Ivoire accélère la prise en compte du genre dans l’action climatique : le renforcement des capacités des acteurs nationaux
Un entretien de Julie Dekens avec Florence Tanoh, directrice du genre et de l'équité au ministère de la Femme de Côte d'Ivoire.
Nous nous sommes entretenus avec Florence Tanoh, Directrice du Genre et de l’Équité au sein du ministère de la Femme pour mieux comprendre comment le renforcement des capacités contribue à améliorer la prise en compte des liens entre le genre et les changements climatiques.
Ensuring Inclusivity and Equality in Adaptation Planning
The blueprint for any adaptation action must be developed with the people it aims to protect and benefit. This Q&A provides insights on how vertical integration efforts can assure this inclusivity and representation in national planning processes.
Why Gender Matters for Effective Adaptation to Climate Change
By Angie Dazé
Adaptation to climate change fosters resilient communities, economies, and ecosystems by considering climate risks in decision making at all levels. National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes must take into account differing backgrounds, genders, and socio-economic realities to be effective.
Approches à la production de rapports d’avancement de la mise en œuvre du Plan national d’adaptation (PNA)
Par Patrick Guerdat, Institut international du développement durable (IIDD)
Cette année, le réseau mondial NAP a procédé à un examen des rapports d’avancement disponibles sur le NAP. Les résultats indiquent que les rapports diffèrent en termes d’objectifs énoncés, d’approches pour évaluer les progrès réalisés et de la façon dont les résultats sont présentés et communiqués. Nous voyons que le processus d’élaboration des rapports d’avancement des PAN présente de nombreux défis ainsi que de nombreuses opportunités pour renforcer les processus PAN.
Approaches to Progress Reporting on National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Implementation
By Patrick Guerdat, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
This year, the NAP Global Network conducted a review of the available NAP progress reports. The results indicate that the reports differ in terms of the stated objectives, the approaches to evaluating the progress made, and the way the results are presented and communicated. We see that the process of developing NAP progress reports presents many challenges as well as many opportunities to strengthen NAP processes.