On Gender Day, November 14, the NAP Global Network will have a stand at the Gender Day Marketplace organized by the UNFCCC Gender team. The goal of the marketplace is to showcase products, services and ideas that can support the implementation of gender-responsive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and/or National Adaption Plans (NAPs). The NAP Global […]
Many developing countries are demonstrating their commitment to preparing for and adapting to climate change by initiating national adaptation plan (NAP) processes. Financing is needed throughout the entire NAP process to enable its potential to be reached, and the amount of financing required is expected to be significant.As public sector finance alone will not be […]
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 prepared […]
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 a […]
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 on […]
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 organizations […]
Version en españolRead 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 National Adaptation Plan […]
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 Plans […]
Time: 10:00am ET (Ottawa) / 4:00pm CEST (Bonn) / 4:00pm SAST (South Africa)How are countries developing national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for adaptation?M&E of adaptation aims to track progress in implementing adaptation interventions, and/or how these interventions are reducing vulnerability, improving adaptive capacity, and supporting the overall well-being of populations affected by the impacts […]
The linkages between gender and climate change adaptation have been recognized as a key issue under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since the early 2000s. The 2015 Paris Agreement increased the ambition on gender, referring to gender equality and women’s empowerment and calling for action on climate change to be gender-responsive.With […]