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Keep up to date on the latest adaptation news through the GAN Newsletter! Founded in 2010, the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) provides a worldwide platform to distribute and exchange climate change adaptation knowledge. The secretariat of GAN is hosted by the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi.

The UN Environment Programme is helping the government of Gambia to adapt to climate change with a major project, titled Large-scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation in The Gambia: developing a climate resilient, natural resource-based economy.

The latest issue of the Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly’s (EBAFOSA) newsletter focuses on The Implications of the COP26 Conference: What does it mean for Africa? EBAFOSA is the Global Adaptation Network's regional adaptation network for the Africa region, seeking to combat food insecurity, climate change, ecosystem

This report is solely based on consultations, compilation, review and analysis of available national and international knowledge products, technical reports, strategies, policies, periodicals and research papers. The report has been benefited from different sources of literatures and ongoing works in subject area.

This M&E note supports the monitoring and evaluation of strategies, policies and projects that seek to increase resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding, and sustainable livelihoods. It accompanies the guidance note which is focused on policy, strategy and project development.

This toolbox provides you with a number of tools and exercises, and offers further reading on selected topics. It thereby supports the implementation of the Guidance Note ‘Addressing Climate-Fragility Risks’ which facilitates the development of strategies, policies, and projects that seek to increase resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding, and sustainable livelihoods.

This guidance note supports the development of strategies, policies, and projects that seek to increase resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding, and sustainable livelihoods.

The course will provide clear, concise and current information for anyone interested in understanding the process of integrating Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into National Adaptation Plans.

Keep up to date on the latest adaptation news through the GAN Newsletter! Founded in 2010, the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) provides a worldwide platform to distribute and exchange climate change adaptation knowledge. The secretariat of GAN is hosted by the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi.

The Kingdom of Lesotho is a landlocked territory in southern Africa with a population over 2 million.

The Guidelines aim to help adaptation practitioners at national and local levels to factor ecosystem functions and services into a country's National Adaptation Plan processes and instruments. The Guidelines detail the multiple benefits as well as the challenges of adopting ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation.

The technical paper showcases practical examples of urban ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) interventions gathered through an online survey and explores their links with seven proposed EbA Social Principles: Participation and inclusiveness, Capacity building, Fairness and equitability, Integration of traditional/local knowledge, Livelihood improvement, Gender consideration and Appropriateness of

Keep up to date on the latest adaptation news through the GAN Newsletter! Founded in 2010, the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) provides a worldwide platform to distribute and exchange climate change adaptation knowledge. The secretariat of GAN is hosted by the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi.

The factsheet gives an overview of an Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) project which is implemented by UNEP, Building Climate Resilience of Urban Systems through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) In the Asia-Pacific Region ‘Urban EbA Asia’.

A Practical Guide to Climate-resilient Buildings & Communities offers construction solutions to adapt to a range of different risks in various climates.

Keep up to date on the latest adaptation news through the GAN Newsletter! Founded in 2010, the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) provides a worldwide platform to distribute and exchange climate change adaptation knowledge. The secretariat of GAN is hosted by the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi.

Keep up to date on the latest adaptation news through the GAN Newsletter! Founded in 2010, the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) provides a worldwide platform to distribute and exchange climate change adaptation knowledge. The secretariat of GAN is hosted by the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi.

Adaptation to climate change has been identified as a top priority in regional climate change strategies and actions. However, adaptation knowledge gaps continue to be a barrier to widespread and successful adaptation actions.

The Asia and the Pacific is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In 2020, the region faced a record number of climate-related disasters coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting tens of millions of vulnerable people. The need to address climate change threats and build resilience has never been more urgent than now.

The EbA South project has been identified as a flagship initiative for South-South cooperation on climate change. A key part of the project was to share lessons in Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) across 3 different ecosystems - coastal habitats in Seychelles, dry deserts in Mauritania, and mountainous forests in Nepal.

This synthesis communicates how climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution can be tackled jointly within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. The report serves to translate the current state of scientific knowledge into crisp, clear and digestible facts-based messages that the world can relate to and follow up on.

A UNEP-supported project is helping to increase Djibouti's resilience to climate change. The main approaches are to: build infrastructure to protect communities from flash floods and droughts; use Ecosystem-based Adaptation to protect crops; train communities to adopt climate-resilient livelihoods; and improve institutional capacity for adaptation. 

Keep up to date on the latest adaptation news through the GAN Newsletter! Founded in 2010, the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) provides a worldwide platform to distribute and exchange climate change adaptation knowledge. The secretariat of GAN is hosted by the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi.

22 leading insurers and reinsurers from across the globe worked with UNEP FI to develop the first comprehensive guidance for the insurance industry to identify and disclose the impact of climate change on their businesses.