Sustaining Hope and Harvesting Rainwater

By Viliami Takau, JNAP Secretariat, Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC), Government of Tonga

This photo essay shares stories of how Tonga’s national adaptation plan is being implemented.

Thriving in Dry Times

How Kenyan communities are working toward drought-resilient livelihoods through the national adaptation plan process

Kenyan communities are responding to the hardships of drought through a diverse range of strategies to establish climate-resilient livelihoods—restoring irrigation canals, taking on new farming techniques, and building water pans.

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.

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

Albania’s Kune-Vaini Lagoon System is an ecological bird’s corridor and its ecosystem is crucial for local communities’ livelihoods. Due to climate change, this ecological wonder is under threat, but a successful Ecosystem-based Adaptation project under Albania’s NAP is helping communities prepare for and cope with the impacts of climate change.

Eswatini Outreach Programme: Strengthening Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge Systems to Enhance Resilience

By Samkele Tfwala, Sizwe Mabaso, Minky Groenewald and Khetsiwe Khumalo | Photos by Thembelihle G. Maseko

A climate change outreach programme was implemented by the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini to raise awareness on adaptation and collect information from local communities and at the grassroots level on Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge on adaptation.