Tag: Adaptation Planning

Deuxième Forum Francophone sur le processus de Plans Nationaux d’Adaptation (PNA)

Communiqué de presse | Le Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable, Sénégal

Lors de la Conférence de Cancun sur le climat en 2010, les États signataires de la Convention-Cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques (CCNUCC) ont adopté le processus de Plans Nationaux d’Adaptation (PNA) pour réduire leur vulnérabilité aux changements climatiques et intégrer l’adaptation dans les processus de planification du développement à tous les niveaux […]

Environmental Journalists Meet to Build Colombia’s NAP Communications Strategy

Colombia’s National Planning Department (DNP) and Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS) is hosting a high-level breakfast meeting today in Bogota with influential Colombian environmental journalists. Supported by the NAP Global Network, through the U.S. In-Country Support Program for Colombia, the event aims to foster knowledge sharing among journalists from the major Colombian outlets, […]

Grenada Hosts Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation

The government of Grenada is hosting a workshop this week on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of climate change adaptation in order to develop a framework for Grenada’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process. Supported by the NAP Global Network, in collaboration with the Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Grenada (ICCAS) project, this two-part workshop serves […]

Ghana Hosts High-Level Regional Consultations on National Adaptation Planning

The Government of Ghana is hosting a series of high-level regional consultations this week in order to build momentum for medium- and long-term national adaptation planning efforts.  Led by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, the consultations are meant to build political momentum and support for the […]

Ten Stories of Progress in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes in 2018

View the story Menu Introduction Fiji Grenada Benin Kenya Burkina Faso Saint Lucia Ethiopia Uganda Uruguay GCF support Ten Stories of Progress in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes in 2018 As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report on 1.5°C makes clear, the impacts of climate change are more clearly being felt. Adjustments to […]

Sharifa Juma digs terraces to stop soil erosion. Credit: Georgina Smith / CIAT

10 best-bet innovations for agriculture in National Adaptation Plans

By Fabian Verhage, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

This blog was originally published on CCAFS’s website.  A degree of future climate change is inevitable, making adaptation measures indispensable. However, as many countries already face the challenges of poverty, hunger, gender inequality and unemployment, it is important to align adaptation and development efforts. To support this alignment, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on […]