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, […]
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 […]
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.
In many states struggling with fragility, climate change vulnerability, and conflict are inextricably linked. Aligning and coordinating the agendas of climate change adaptation and peacebuilding will be imperative to ensure the sustainable development of these states. The NAP process presents a significant opportunity to bring these agendas together. View the story Share this story on […]
The Government of Fiji and the NAP Global Network co-hosted an awareness-raising workshop as part of ongoing communications under the Fijian National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process. The event aimed to inform key stakeholders from government, civil society and the private sector about Fiji’s NAP process and to highlight the important role that actors at the […]
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 […]
Presented by the Fijian Government in collaboration with the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
This side event convened to launch and illustrate Fiji’s new NAP, which sets out the country’s long-term ambitions for building the island’s resilience to climate change, and was developed with support from the NAP Global Network. Moderator Ilisapeci Vakacegu, Fiji, opened the event. Frank Bainimarama, COP23 President and Prime Minister, Fiji, highlighted that the first […]
Katowice | December 12, 2018
KATOWICE, December 12, 2018 – The Fijian Government launched its first National Adaptation Plan (NAP) document today, setting out its long-term ambitions for building Fiji’s resilience to climate change. This document, which was launched during the COP 24 United Nations Climate Change Conference with support from the NAP Global Network, is Fiji’s first-ever NAP. “Climate […]