Tag: Nature-based Solutions

Implementación de los PNA a través de Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza para un Turismo Sostenible en Áreas Costeras y Marinas​

Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá | 19-21 de mayo de 2025​

Panamá fue sede anfitriona de un intercambio de tres días como parte del Grupo de Aprendizaje entre Pares sobre la implementación de los planes nacionales de adaptación (PNA) a través de soluciones basadas en la naturaleza (SbN) para el turismo sostenible en áreas costeras y marinas, del 19 al 21 de mayo de 2025. La […]

Coalition of Atoll Nations on Climate Change (CANCC) Workshop on the NAP Process, With a Focus on Nature-Based Solutions and Food Security

North Malé Atoll, Maldives | April 22-24, 2025

The Republic of Maldives, as Chair of the Coalition of Atoll Nations on Climate Change (CANCC), hosted a 3-day Peer Learning Cohort workshop on National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes—with a focus on nature-based solutions and food security—from April 22 to 24, 2025. The NAP Global Network provided technical and financial support for the workshop through […]

The Coalition of Atoll Nations on Climate Change Meets in the Maldives to Discuss Strengthened Responses to Climate Change Impacts

MALÉ, MALDIVES, April 22, 2025 – From April 22 to 24, the Republic of Maldives, as Chair of the Coalition of Atoll Nations on Climate Change (CANCC), is hosting its peer atoll nations in Bandos Maldives for a discussion focused on climate change, nature-based solutions and food security. Representatives from the five CANCC member countries—Kiribati, the […]

Taking Stock of Nature’s Role in National Adaptation Plans

Anika Terton, Jeffrey Qi, Nicole Jang

Nature is essential for building resilience to climate change. Many countries’ national adaptation plans (NAPs) have focused on nature to scale up actions for ecosystems to help people adapt—for example, by protecting wetlands and restoring mangroves to help withstand the impacts of floods.   Given the importance of ecosystems across global environmental agendas and the […]

In the Trenches in the Fight Against Drought

Two Zambian communities, Magoye and Mutema Bweenga, are advancing climate adaptation projects as part of the adaptation priorities set out in the country’s NAP. These initiatives showcase climate resilience in an agricultural region severely impacted by a devastating drought. View the story In the Trenches in the Fight Against Drought How Zambia is scaling up […]

Climate Resilience From Mountaintop to Seafloor: How three communities in Grenada are implementing the national climate change adaptation plan

The tri-island state of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique has made meaningful progress on building resilience to cope with the impacts of climate change. This article explores how three Grenadian communities have reduced their climate vulnerability and built resilience by implementing country’s National Adaptation Plan. View the story Grenada’s NAP Blaize Lauriston Telescope Beach Climate […]

The Coral Gardeners of Saint Lucia: Local heroes against coral bleaching

Coral gardeners in Saint Lucia are working together to save reefs from the devastating effects of climate change through a flagship project under the island’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP). View the story The Coral Gardeners of Saint Lucia: Local heroes against coral bleaching Coral gardeners in Saint Lucia are working together to save reefs from […]

Protecting Kune-Vaini Lagoon: Scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation in Albania’s oasis for migratory birds

The Kune-Vaini Lagoon System (KVLS) in northern Albania is an important ecological corridor for about 200 species of birds on their migration routes. Its rich ecosystems support local communities’ livelihoods, especially agriculture, fishing, and tourism. Because of climate change, this ecological wonder is under threat. But a project prioritized through the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process […]