By: Danielle Du Bois, National Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist, GCF NAP Readiness Project
Saint Lucia’s national adaptation plan (NAP) process is advancing along two parallel tracks: policy development through engagement and public sensitization.
English Face à une vulnérabilité climatique parmi les plus élevées au monde (ouragans récurrents, sécheresses, inondations et érosion des sols), Haïti a franchi une étape majeure en janvier 2023 avec la soumission officielle de son Plan National d’Adaptation (PNA) à la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques. Aligné sur la Politique Nationale de […]
A participatory effort in Haiti equips the country with clearer tools to support long-term adaptation planning.
Facing some of the highest climate vulnerabilities in the world, including recurrent hurricanes, droughts, floods, and soil erosion, Haiti took a major step forward in January 2023 with the official submission of its national adaptation plan (NAP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Aligned with the National Climate Change Policy (and the Nationally […]
Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems are a core component of both the national adaptation plan (NAP) process and the NAP document. They are designed to assess whether adaptation strategies are achieving their intended outcomes, to understand how and for whom they are effective, and to inform adjustments based on evidence. Essentially, MEL systems generate insights on what works, what does not, and why, […]
On October 21, 2025, the Government of Somalia hosted a workshop in Mogadishu, where key actors validated the country’s National Climate Change Action Plan 2025–2030.
On October 21, 2025, the Government of Somalia hosted a workshop in Mogadishu, where key actors validated the country’s first National Climate Change Action Plan 2025–2030 (NCCAP). The plan facilitates the implementation of Somalia’s national and international commitments on climate change, including the priority actions identified in its National Adaptation Plan (NAP), Nationally Determined Contribution 3.0, […]
Julie Dekens (International Institute for Sustainable Development) and Blane Harvey (McGill University)
Adapting to the impacts of climate change demands significant shifts in attitudes, behaviours, and practices, both among those directly affected and among policy and decision-makers. For instance, farmers may need to transition away from cultivating crops that are highly sensitive to climate hazards. At the same time, policy-makers must systematically integrate climate change adaptation […]
Over the past 10 years, the NAP Global Network has focused on supporting developing countries in determining their priority actions to adapt to the changing climate. Now, more and more countries are stepping up their efforts to move beyond planning and turning their NAPs into action. Here are just four examples of how countries are […]
Four stories of adaptation plans driving change View the story NAPs in Action Four stories of adaptation plans driving change In Costa Rica, farmers tend to their crops with support from water reservoirs introduced through the country’s National Adaptation Plan. (moOve) In Costa Rica, farmers tend to their crops with support from water reservoirs introduced […]
In Rwanda, the Envisioning Resilience program in partnership with the NAP Global Network, Lensational and the Rwanda’s Women Network have been training women to use photography to document climate change impacts to share their experiences with policy decision makers.
At the UN Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB60) in June 2024, countries will initiate the assessment of the progress in formulating and implementing their NAPs.
At the 2024 UN Bonn Climate Change Conference, countries will initiate the assessment of the progress in the formulating and implementing their NAPs.