Category: Supporting national level action

Country Spotlight Adaptation Communications

Le Sénégal mise sur les solutions locales pour renforcer son adaptation aux changements climatiques

À Diaoulé, une commune rurale du Sénégal, des femmes cultivent légumes et arbres fruitiers sur une ferme agroécologique qu’elles gèrent elles-mêmes. En stabilisant leurs revenus et en diversifiant leurs activités économiques, elles sont mieux à même de faire face aux aléas climatiques qui s’intensifient.  À Keur Massar, en périphérie de Dakar, des quartiers qui étaient autrefois […]

Knowledge Building for Sub-National Adaptation Governance:  Transitional learning innovations in Ghana’s NAP Process 

Adverse impacts of climate change have become pervasive and increasingly evident across the different agroecological zones of Ghana. Key climate-sensitive sectors, such as agriculture, fisheries, health, forestry, water resources, and many more, have become particularly vulnerable. The variety of ecologies and diversity of livelihoods mean that climate impacts are not homogeneous; they are place-specific, impacting […]

Analysis, communications and knowledge products Supporting national level action Financing NAP processes

Quiz | Innovative Financial Instruments for Climate Change Adaptation

Significant financial resources are required now and in the coming decades for people and systems to adapt to a changing climate. Developing countries need about USD 212 billion per year up to 2030 to address their adaptation needs, yet adaptation finance flows were only USD 56 billion in 2021-2022.1 Private sector investment has a pivotal […]

Analysis, communications and knowledge products Supporting national level action

What Is the NAP Assessment in Bonn, and Why Does It Matter? 

At the UN Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB 60), taking place from June 3 to 13, countries will initiate an assessment of their progress in formulating and implementing their NAPs.   We look more closely at what that means, and what’s at stake.  What is the Assessment of Progress in the NAP process?   The benefits of […]

Sustaining Hope and Harvesting Rainwater

This photo essay by Viliami Takau from the Tongan government’s JNAP Secretariat shares stories of how this national adaptation plan is being implemented. View the story Sustaining Hope and Harvesting Rainwater Tonga builds resilience in face of climate crisis This photo essay by Viliami Takau from the Tongan government’s JNAP Secretariat shares stories of how […]

Event
December 11, 2023 3–4:30 p.m. Dubai time (UTC +4)

COP 28 | Making NAPs More Efficient: New solutions to bridge the NAP-gap

This event will highlight best practices and identify gaps toward effective, inclusive, and ambitious NAP processes. It aims to provide new perspectives to support least developed countries and Small Island Developing States in preparing their plans, including their operational and financial components.

Event
December 12, 2023 12:30–1:30 p.m. Dubai time (UTC +4)

COP 28 | Scaling Up Locally Led Adaptation Through National Action

The session will highlight approaches to establishing effective local–national linkages in adaptation planning, implementation, and MEL, as well as examples of countries making meaningful progress in building strong links from the local to national levels of governance processes.