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This country case study on Colombia is part of a series that describes the steps taken to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), with a particular emphasis on adaptation in agriculture (including forestry, livestock and fisheries). The series aims to provide national policy makers with valuable information from colleagues and counterparts in Asia, Africa and Latin America who are on the same NAP journey to address the multiple challenges posed by climate change.
This country case study on Guatemala is part of a series that describes the steps taken to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), with a particular emphasis on adaptation in agriculture (including forestry, livestock and fisheries). The series aims to provide national policy makers with valuable information from colleagues and counterparts in Asia, Africa and Latin America who are on the same NAP journey to address the multiple challenges posed by climate change.
The 2022 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (UN WWDR 2022) entitled ‘Groundwater: Making the invisible visible’ describes the challenges and opportunities associated with the development, management and governance of groundwater across the world.
This case study provides an overview and analysis of lessons learned in developing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of adaptation in the agriculture sector in Colombia, as part of a broader national adaptation M&E system.
This NAP in focus country briefing on the process to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans in Sierra Leone considers firstly the country context and the climate change risks. The briefing highlights a number of relevant policies and strategies in order to prepare for adaptation planning developed by Sierra Leone. The NAP-GSP supported the country in preparing its initial National Adaptation Plan to the UNFCCC in February 2022.
The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change.
The skills assessment framework is a field based tool that was created to provide a rapid mean of collecting and analyzing information on a country’s existing skills profile for national adaptation planning. In order to understand the skills gaps, it is very important to have an organized approach and tools that assist those assigned to carry out the assessment.
Between 2016 and 2019, the National Adaptation Plan Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP) assisted developing country governments to identify technical, institutional and financial needs to integrate climate change adaptation into national development planning. The Programme was financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), by the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and was jointly implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
This NAP in focus country briefing on the process to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans in South Sudan considers firstly the country context and the climate change risks. The briefing highlights a number of relevant policies and strategies in order to prepare for adaptation planning developed by South Sudan. UNEP supported the country in preparing its National Adaptation Plan proposal for funding from the Green Climate Fund Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme.
This NAP in focus country briefing on the process to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans in Guinea Bissau considers firstly the country context and the climate change risks. The briefing highlights a number of relevant policies and strategies in order to prepare for adaptation planning developed by Guinea Bissau. The NAP-GSP supported the country in preparing its National Adaptation Plan proposal for funding from the Green Climate Fund Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme.
This NAP in focus country briefing on the process to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans in Timor-Leste considers firstly the country context and the climate change risks. The briefing highlights a number of relevant policies and strategies in order to prepare for adaptation planning developed by Timor-Leste. The NAP-GSP supported the country in preparing its National Adaptation Plan, which the country submitted to the UNFCCC in March 2021.
The UN Development Programme (UNDP)’s 2022-2026 Strategic Plan recognizes that bridging the multi-trillion dollar gap in development financing, including for climate adaptation, will require deepening our engagement and working more strategically with the private sector to scale investments required to meet countries’ climate commitments, and UNDP’s target to mobilize $1trillion of private sector funds towards the SDGs by 2030.
The East Africa Drought Watch (https://droughtwatch.icpac.net/) is the very first public transboundary system that uses near-real-time Earth Observation and Weather Information to monitor drought conditions in a re
Even as the world looks to step up efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change already locked in are just as important. The sixth edition of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report: The Gathering Storm looks at how the world is doing in adapting to these intensifying impacts.
The Climate Promise is UNDP’s response to the climate challenge. Tackling the climate crisis requires all countries to make bold pledges under the Paris Agreement, or NDCs, to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and strengthen adaptation to its impacts.
How Adaptation Can Make Africa Safer, Greener and More Prosperous in a Warming World
The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet Countdown represents the consensus of leading researchers from 43 academic institutions and UN agencies.
Coral reefs are among the world’s most threatened ecosystems by climate change impacts, with overfishing, agricultural run-off, sewage discharge, and unsustainable tourism degrading the reefs, further decreasing their chance of survival. Studies have shown that local management of such threats can alleviate the impacts of climate change on the coral reefs. Thus, supporting and providing capital to businesses and companies for the sustainable use of ocean resources can considerably improve the resilience of reefs and the communities that depend on them.