Zambia is hosting the tenth global flagship event dedicated to national adaptation plan (NAP) processes. From August 12 to 15, the NAP Expo 2025 is taking place in Lusaka on the theme ‘Innovations in the NAP process.’ Organized by the LEG under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in collaboration with various bodies and organizations, this annual event is bringing up a wide range of actors to foster partnerships and promote exchange of experiences on how to raise adaptation ambition by advancing the formulation and implementation of NAPs.
Members of the NAP Global Network team are attending this annual event at the Mulungushi Conference Centre (MICC) in Lusaka to co-host event sessions with partner countries and organizations from the adaptation community, exchanging insights and lessons on how to achieve effective and inclusive NAP processes.
At this NAP Expo, the NAP Global Network’s activities are focusing on:
- Scaling-up finance to accelerate countries’ NAP implementation
- Advancing gender-responsive and socially inclusion in NAP processes
- Integrating peacebuilding into NAP processes
- Strengthening the linkages between adaptation planning across different levels of governance
On the margins of this year’s NAP Expo, the NAP Global Network is hosting an “adaptation investment matchmaking symposium” on August 11 in Lusaka, focused on accelerating finance for NAP implementation.
Join us at these events:
More updates to follow.
Advancing gender responsive and socially inclusive NAPs for more effective and equitable adaptation
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Lusaka time/UTC+2)
Location: MICC (Room TBD)
Host: NAP Global Network
Integration of human mobility in adaptation planning across governance levels
Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Lusaka time/UTC+2)
Location: MICC (Room TBD)
Hosts: SLYCAN Trust and NAP Global Network
Bridging conflict and climate: strengthening climate resilience in fragile nations
Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Lusaka time/UTC+2)
Location: MICC (Room TBD)
Hosts: Food and Agriculture Organization, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit and NAP Global Network
Strategies to mobilize climate finance for NAP implementation
Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Lusaka time/UTC+2)
Location: MICC (Room TBD)
Hosts: United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), NAP Global Network
Events featuring NAP Global Network representatives as panellists
Scaling up locally led adaptation: the role of innovative institutional arrangements in enhancing NAP implementation
Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Lusaka time/UTC+2)
Location: MICC (Room TBD)
Hosts: International Institute for Sustainable Development, CARE International, UNEP, and Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network
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Related Resources
- Finance for National Adaptation Plan Processes: What can we learn from countries’ national adaptation plans?
- Toolkit for a Gender-Responsive Process to Formulate and Implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
- Peace, Conflict, and NAP Processes
- Online Course on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for National Adaptation Plan Processes
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