National Adaptation Plan process news and updates from May 2017.
Have an upcoming event or resource you’d like included in this newsletter? Please get in touch at info@napglobalnetwork.org.
INTRODUCING OUR NEW NETWORK COORDINATOR
We’re very pleased to introduce our new Network Coordinator, Kaitlyn Finner, who joined the Network secretariat IISD in our Ottawa office this week. Kaitlyn will taking over from Hayley Price-Kelly, who is on parental leave for the upcoming year after having welcomed a son, Milo Kelly, in May.
WEBINARS
We invite you to register to join our upcoming webinar on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in the NAP process on Wednesday, June 14. This webinar will feature a guest presentation from Dr. Tsepang Makholela, Director of Climate Change Adaptation M&E in South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs.
The UN Development Programme and UN Food and Agricultural Organisation will host the webinar Addressing Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in National Adaptation Plans on Thursday, June 15.
NEW BLOGS
How can Pacific islands leverage climate finance to implement adaptation actions? Read our interview with Nella Canales, co-author of a recent Stockholm Environment Institute on climate finance for adaptation in the Pacific.
Peru's NAP process marks a historic milestone in the management of climate change as the country recovers from damage from devastating flooding earlier this year, writes Víctor Santillán.
How are countries integrating gender in their NAP processes? We reviewed 15 countries' NAP documents and found that many include gender as a cross-cutting theme, an objective or a principle. However, our review also revealed a few key gaps. Read our blog.
COLOMBIA NAP ASSEMBLY
Colombia’s National Planning Department and Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development co-hosted a NAP Assembly with the support of the United States government and the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Read Spanish-language news coverage here and here.
SNAPSHOTS
We recently published two new sNAPshot country briefs profiling how Sudan and South Africa are linking national and sub-national adaptation efforts through vertical integration:
NAP ADAPTATION TRACKING TOOL
The NDC Partnership has launched the NDC Toolbox Navigator, an online platform focused on resources that help countries implement their national climate commitments, Nationally Determined Contributions. The NDC Toolbox Navigator can be filtered specifically for adaptation-related tools, as well as by activity and region.
NAP NEWS IN BRIEF
KEEP IN TOUCH
|
|
|
|
