Category: Peer learning and exchange

Boats on a beach in Dakar, Senegal

PRESS RELEASE | Senegal hosts a peer learning event on National Adaptation Plans for eight countries

Unlocking the full potential of risk and vulnerability assessments in climate change adaptation plans

Government actors leading NAP processes in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Lebanon, Lesotho, Senegal and Togo will meet in Dakar, Senegal, from February 21–23 to learn how to increase the efficiency and accuracy of their climate change adaptation operations with risk and vulnerability assessments (RVAs).

NAP Global Network at COP27

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Nov 6 – 18, 2022

The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network Secretariat’s expertise will be reflected at these COP27 side events.

Participants of the Peer Learning Event on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Gaborone, Botswana

Countries Learn from One Another about the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning of Adaptation 

Representatives from seven African countries explored key challenges in establishing MEL systems and emerging solutions.

Representatives from Botswana, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Somalia explored key challenges in establishing Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) systems and emerging solutions in a NAP Global Network’s peer learning event.

Youth aged 14 to 25 learned about the effects of climate change, ways to mitigate the risk, and how they can raise awareness in their communities through the USAID-funded Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change project in 2018. The project provided climate change training to 2,146 youth and more than 147,000 trees were planted in a forest reserve.

[EN/FR] PRESS RELEASE | Jamaica Hosts International Forum on Gender-Responsive Adaptation to Climate Change

Experts and government representatives from 10 countries are meeting from July 26 to 28 to share lessons and experiences on promoting gender equality through climate change adaptation.

Experts and government representatives from 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean are meeting from July 26 to 28 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to share lessons and experiences on promoting gender equality through climate change adaptation.

Maquoketa Caves State Park - Fisheye View of the Forest

Addressing climate change through integrated responses

International Climate Initiative (IKI)

With more than 100 participants, the Virtual Peer Learning Summit served as an open space for showcasing experiences from international experts, country representatives and practitioners working on integrating adaptation, mitigation, and development approaches.