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Country Spotlight Vertical integration of adaptation

Zimbabwe’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) – National Adaptation Planning (NAP) Process Roadmap Development

See also: Zimbabwe’s NAP Roadmap. On February 20, over 100 participants gathered in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to attend the launch of Zimbabwe’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Readiness Project, financed by the Green Climate Fund. Before embarking on the GCF–NAP Readiness Project, the Government of Zimbabwe developed its NAP roadmap. The primary goal of the NAP roadmap is […]

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Key Actions Advancing Fiji’s NAP Process

In an interview conducted by Clare Church, the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network spoke with Adrian Fenton, embedded advisor to the Fijian Government, who has been supporting the Ministry of Economy with the development of Fiji’s NAP process. Some answers may have been shortened for clarification and brevity.

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Blog Perspective: Zimbabwe’s National Adaptation Plan experience

Zimbabwe is experiencing more hot and fewer cold days than before as a result of climate change and climate variability. The country’s annual mean surface temperature has warmed by about 0.40C from 1900 to 2000. Zimbabwe’s third National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) asserts that the period from 1980 […]

Supporting national level action

Ghana’s Vision for National Adaptation Planning

Ghana’s climate is changing. Increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, stronger and less predictable storms will all present a serious challenge to the people of Ghana and their livelihoods, including farmers, herders, foresters and tourism operators, among others. This will have significant repercussions for the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. With the agriculture sector employing […]

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Gender-Responsive Climate Action

At the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Parties adopted the Gender Action Plan, which outlines priority areas of action, including gender-responsive implementation of the Paris Agreement and gender balance, participation and women’s leadership. On the sidelines of COP23, the International Institute […]

Peer learning and exchange

Cities as the New Protagonists of the National Adaptation Plan Process

In recent years, municipal, local and regional governments’ voices have been heard loud and clear in climate change negotiations. But what is their role in the national adaptation planning process? Exciting conversations about answering this question took place at the recent NAP Expo—an annual outreach event organized by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) […]

Peer learning and exchange Gender

Gender and Climate Change Adaptation: A learning journey

The first time I was exposed to the gender dimensions of climate change adaptation was almost 15 years ago in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. I was working on a community-based adaptation project—in those days, taking a locally driven approach to adaptation was innovative in and of itself! In these rural communities surrounded by mangroves […]