Category: Supporting national level action

Event
November 07, 2019

Webinar | Advancing National Adaptation Planning: Engaging the private sector in the process

Adapting to the impacts of climate change, whether at the national, subnational or community level, is not the responsibility of governments alone. It requires the coordinated input of multiple stakeholders, including local authorities, development partners and civil society. Businesses and investors will also need to be involved. The strategic and well-informed inclusion of the private […]

Albania Strategizes Funding Adaptation in Cities

The Government of Albania is working on a project to mobilize funds to enable the implementation of adaptation policies in six of the country’s most vulnerable cities to climate change. On October 3 in Tirana, stakeholders from different levels of government met to learn more about the project, which aims to raise USD 50 million, […]

Botswana Commits to 16 Recommendations from Government Stakeholders for its NAP Framework

Botswana’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Framework Inception Report will incorporate 16 recommendations collected from the participants of the workshop hosted by the Botswana Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism, through the Department of Meteorological Services. Held in Gaborone on September 18, the event aimed to raise awareness of the country’s NAP process. The […]

Country Spotlight Sector integration of adaptation

Malawi Gears Up to Adapt to Climate Change

Globally, climate change has been recognized as one of the biggest challenges that humanity is facing today. It has serious worldwide implications on economic development, food security and poverty eradication for developing countries, especially for least-developed countries like Malawi. All of Malawi’s socioeconomic sectors have been, and will continue to be, affected by climate change […]

Event
September 23 – 27, 2019

NAP Global Network at Climate Week NYC 2019

Climate Week NYC 2019 will gather representatives from businesses, governments, academic institutions, arts and music organizations, and non-governmental organizations for a variety of panel discussions, concerts, exhibitions and seminars. Run by the Climate Group in coordination with the United Nations and the City of New York, Climate Week continues to grow as the time and […]

Event
September 18, 2019

Stakeholders Inception Workshop for Botswana’s NAP Framework

On September 18, Botswana’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Framework Inception Report will be presented to key stakeholders during a half-day workshop hosted by the Botswana Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism, through the Department of Meteorological Services. Held in Gaborone, the event also aims to raise awareness on the country’s NAP process as […]

Fiji Advances a Communications Strategy for Its National Adaptation Plan Process

The Government of Fiji and the NAP Global Network co-hosted an awareness-raising workshop as part of ongoing communications under the Fijian National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process. The event aimed to inform key stakeholders from government, civil society and the private sector about Fiji’s NAP process and to highlight the important role that actors at the […]