Brazil Launches National Adaptation Plan: Interview with Karen Silverwood-Cope

Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment launched its first National Adaptation Plan (NAP) earlier this month. The NAP puts forward cross-sector adaptation strategies to address the wide range of risks that climate change poses in the expansive country, which has the world’s fifth largest land mass. “Brazil is a big country and we do have great […]

Targeted Topics Forum: High-level Political Support and Sectoral Integration in NAP Processes

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 1–2, 2015

Our first Targeted Topics Forum (TTF) focused on “High-level Political Support and Sectoral Integration in NAP Processes.” Bringing together 28 participants from 14 developing countries and six organizations, this TTF had the following goals: To develop strategies for achieving high-level political support for the NAP process. To gain practical knowledge on how to mainstream climate […]