Insights
Analysis and commentary on the Network’s experiences coordinating climate-resilient development.
Ghana, Netherlands, and Peer Governments Gather in Accra to Accelerate National Action to Adapt to Climate Change
ACCRA, Ghana — From August 17 to 19, the governments of Ghana, Kenya, the Netherlands, and South Africa are convening…
From Country Priorities to Global Signals: A step-by-step guide to adaptation indicators for national monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems
Countries left the Bonn Climate Change Conference last week without an agreement on issues related to the global goal on…
La República Dominicana Fortalece la Colaboración en el Proceso de Actualización del Plan Nacional de Adaptación
La República Dominicana organizó en febrero pasado una serie de consultas entre actores clave del gobierno y la comunidad, para…
Taking Stock of Nature’s Role in National Adaptation Plans
Anika Terton, Jeffrey Qi, Nicole Jang
Nature is essential for building resilience to climate change. Many countries’ national adaptation plans (NAPs) have focused on nature to scale up actions for ecosystems to help people adapt—for example, by protecting wetlands and restoring mangroves to help withstand the impacts of floods. Given the importance of ecosystems across global environmental agendas and the […]
Bridging Biodiversity and Climate Change: Three ways the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process can help
By Jeffrey Qi and Anika Terton, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Climate change and biodiversity loss must be addressed urgently and ambitiously—neither will be successfully resolved unless both are tackled together.