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Analysis Financing NAP processes

Unpacking Gender-Responsive Adaptation Finance: Key issues and the way forward

As finance for climate change adaptation is scaled up, there is a real opportunity to promote human rights and gender equality in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement.  However, without careful consideration, there is also a real risk that these investments will not benefit those who need them most—vulnerable people in communities on […]

Country Spotlight Sector integration of adaptation

Participatory Development of Vulnerability Assessments in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Senegal for Better Adaptation Planning

Vulnerability assessments are an important part of a country’s National Adaptation Planning process, providing evidence for adaptation practitioners to make informed decisions about where adaptation action is needed most. Supported by Climate Analytics through the project “Science-based support for NAP processes in francophone Least Developed Countries of sub-Saharan Africa” (PAS-PNA)[1], the governments of Benin, Burkina […]

Analysis Gender

Why Gender Matters in Climate Change Adaptation

Climate change is THE challenge facing humanity today. Experts are raising the alarm about this crisis with increasing anxiety. Clearly, urgent action is needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit the global temperature rise over the coming years. But what about the people who are experiencing the impacts of climate change now, […]

Event
June 03 – 06, 2019

NAP Global Network at Women Deliver 2019

From June 3-6, the NAP Global Network Secretariat will be in Vancouver for the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights and wellbeing of girls and women in the 21st century. The theme of this year’s conference is “Power. Progress. Change.” Over 6,000 world leaders, influencers, advocates, […]

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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 […]

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Feb 22, 2016

A perspective on climate-resilient development and national adaptation planning based on USAID’s experience

This research published in the Climate and Development journal is available as a free access PDF via Taylor & Francis Online. Abstract National adaptation planning has evolved from a focus on short-term, project-level interventions to mainstreaming adaptation into broader development goals. Initial adaptation efforts tended to focus on climate science and project-level assessments and measures. In contrast, […]

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Mar 31, 2014

Climate-resilient development: A framework for understanding and addressing climate change

This report describes the Climate-resilient Development Framework, a “development-first” approach to climate change adaptation. The framework recommends practitioners use climate analyses to complement those normally undertaken in the course of development planning; this helps ensure that current and future climate variability does not hinder progress on existing development goals. The intended audience for this report […]

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Jun 01, 2014

Overview of GIZ support to the NAP process

This briefing note provides an overview of the support that Germany’s GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) provides for the NAP process.