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…
Three Challenges in the Adaptation Process That Are Opportunities for Vertical Integration
By Mauricio Luna Rodríguez, Policy Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation Governance, NAP Global Network, IISD
While exploring three main challenges in the adaptation process, we consider how they can be turned into opportunities for vertical integration.
¿El problema está en el cielo o en la tierra? Organización social del territorio frente al cambio climático
Por MSc. Iván Alonso Delgado-Pitti, Director de Cambio Climático, Ministerio de Ambiente Costa Rica
El Director de Cambio Climático, Iván Alonso Delgado-Pitti, explora los procesos locales de planificación de la adaptación en Costa Rica.
Is the Problem in the Skies or on Earth? The social organization of the territory in the face of climate change
By Iván Alonso Delgado-Pitti MSc, Director of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Costa Rica
Director of Climate Change, Iván Alonso Delgado-Pitti, explores locally-led adaptation planning processes in Costa Rica.
Ensuring Inclusivity and Equality in Adaptation Planning
The blueprint for any adaptation action must be developed with the people it aims to protect and benefit. This Q&A provides insights on how vertical integration efforts can assure this inclusivity and representation in national planning processes.
Jamaica’s Road to Climate Resilience: Paving the way forward with lessons learned
Daniel Morchain, IISD, and Katherine Blackman and Le-Anne Roper, Climate Change Branch, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Government of Jamaica
For decades, Jamaicans have recognized the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change—and acted on it. With several dozen adaptation projects completed or in their implementation stage and an institutional structure set up to ensure coherence and collaboration between government and non-government actors, Jamaica can boast of its track record.
Zimbabwe’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) – National Adaptation Planning (NAP) Process Roadmap Development
By Emily F. Matingo, Climate Change Scientist, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement, Zimbabwe
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 […]
National and Sub-national Gov’ts Collaborate to Implement Ethiopia’s NAP
by Asrat Yirgu, IISD/MEFCC, and Angie Dazé, IISD
Climate variability is nothing new in Ethiopia. However, recent years have seen the southern and central parts of the country experience the worst drought in over 50 years, followed by another severe drought in 2016, which again affected the southern parts of the country, as well as the Somali region in the east. Today, many […]
How Nepal is Linking National and Sub-National Adaptation
by Aditya V. Bahadur, Action on Climate Today
As many of the impacts climate change are felt most acutely at the local level, it is vital that the people who are at the forefront of climate change—those who are experiencing the impacts—really have a say in national-level policy. This is why it is so imperative for countries to engage in forming National Adaptation […]