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 […]
Listen to radio coverage on Zodiak Malawi: LILONGWE, FEB 12, 2016—Representatives from 12 countries meet in Lilongwe this week to discuss strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate change. The forum will focus on best practices related to measuring the success of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. Countries from many regions are represented at […]
Through our Targeted Topics Forums (TTFs), we bring together adaptation planners from developing countries to learn and exchange with peers on key topics related to the NAP process, alongside staff from development partner agencies and technical experts. You can read more about what happens at a typical TTF in this two-page backgounder. Past Targeted Topics Forums […]
National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Assemblies provide an opportunity for developing countries to convene national stakeholders to build awareness of their NAP process and advance it. While each NAP Assembly is tailored to the country’s context, NAP Assemblies aim to fulfill the following three objectives: Build political support for the NAP process and its implementation by highlighting how […]
2016 was a landmark year for climate change adaptation. Building on adaptation’s prominent role in the Paris Agreement, 2016 saw unprecedented international political momentum to tackle climate change impacts in vulnerable countries. The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network had an exciting year working to do our part to help move the dial forward on […]
On November 9th, the NAP Global Network and Grenada co-hosted an official side event at COP 22. The event focused on the recent activities of the NAP Global Network and highlighted Grenada’s and Albania’s national adaptation planning processes. The event was moderated by Mr. Trevor Thompson (Grenada) who first introduced Frank Fass-Metz from the Federal […]
With the Paris Agreement’s entry into force, the focus is shifting towards its implementation—in particular, countries are looking at how to meet the commitments they set out in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)[1]. Although not mandatory, many countries are choosing to include an adaptation component in their NDC in addition to setting out their mitigation […]
Version française / Version en español The Network aims to facilitate sustained peer learning and exchange. As countries around the world progress in their NAP processes, adaptation planners are gaining a wealth of experience about what works and what doesn’t work. NAP Global Network participants have valuable experiences to share—and are benefitting from hearing from their […]
¿Por qué establecer una Red Global del PNAD? Cada vez son más los países en desarrollo que están elaborando e implementando sus Planes Nacionales de Adaptación (PNAD) para reducir su vulnerabilidad e integrar la adaptación al cambio climático en sus planes nacionales de desarollo. En el caso de países en desarrollo que llevan a cabo […]
Rede Global de PNA, por quê? Um número cada vez maior de países em desenvolvimento está criando e implementando Planos Nacionais de Adaptação (PNA) para reduzir a vulnerabilidade e incluir a adaptação a mudanças climáticas no planejamento de desenvolvimento nacional. Devem ser incentivadas oportunidades para que os países em desenvolvimento que estão realizando os processos […]