Anika Terton and Christian Ledwell, IISD, in collaboration with IKI Support Project for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPA)/GIZ
Many countries have initiated and are advancing their NAP processes to identify and address their priorities for adapting to climate change.
by Christian Ledwell, IISD
Climate change poses major risks for Fiji’s communities, ecosystems and economy. Vetiver grass is playing a key role in the island nation’s climate adaptation plan—and its wide-ranging benefits are already having a positive effect.
Climate change poses major risks for Fiji’s communities, ecosystems and economy. Vetiver grass is playing a key role in the island nation’s climate adaptation plan—and its wide-ranging benefits are already having a positive effect. View the story TwitterFacebook DEEP ROOTS FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES A nature-based solution helping Fiji adapt to climate change by Christian Ledwell, […]
By Huy Nguyen, Climate Change Specialist, Vietnam
Conducting interviews with private enterprises to identify the barriers in private sector participation in the NAP process.
Insights from NAP Global Network Partner Countries View the story Menu Shared Priorities Current Setbacks Value of the NAP Process How COVID-19Is Reinforcing the Need for Climate Adaptation in Vulnerable Countries Insights from NAP Global NetworkPartner Countries “There is a call at the international and regional level to ensure we don’t forget climate change adaptation, […]
Insights from NAP Global Network Partner Countries
Both the impacts of—and recovery responses to—the COVID-19 pandemic can be linked to a country’s priorities for adapting to climate change. Recognizing this intersection, we reached out to our partner countries to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their plans to prepare for and adapt to the impacts of climate change, asking: Has […]
Yerima Tarfa (PhD), Director, Climate Change Department, Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja and Francis Adesina (PhD), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
The process of developing Nigeria’s National Adaptation Plan Framework has unveiled the challenges in Nigeria’s adaptation programming, particularly showing which issues need attention for a greater impact in the country.
By Kirtiman Awasthi, Somya Bhatt and Ashish Chaturvedi, GIZ India
This process of mainstreaming adaptation has the potential to improve the resilience of development outcomes, enhance community resilience to climate change impact, and safeguard investments.
Anne Hammill
Though focused on climate change, National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) offer important assessments of the risks a country faces and can be valuable in devising more comprehensive pandemic response strategies.
The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis is not preventing Peruvians from pursuing their goal of building a more resilient country. Rather, engagement with stakeholders aimed at refining the content of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) has moved to a virtual platform and will be conducted between April and June. The first one, hosted by Peru’s Ministry of […]