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07 September, Abidjan - African Environment Ministers meeting in Abidjan have called for the establishment of a legally binding protocol on drought management under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), with a special focus on Africa.
Nairobi, 23 July 2024– As record temperatures and unprecedented impacts of climate change continue to affect billions of people across the planet, the United Nations and partners have announced a series of regional meetings aimed at increasing ambition in the next round of climate pledges under the Paris Agreement.
Songdo, 18 July 2024 – The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has today approved a significant new project in Jordan to increase adaptation efforts, supported by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
15 February 2024, Malé – The Government of Maldives, in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), is increasing the climate resilience of the island nation through the development of a National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
Djibouti, 10 janvier 2024 - Le Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE) et le gouvernement de Djibouti ont annoncé un projet de 26 millions de dollars visant à renforcer la résilience climatique dans ce pays d'Afrique de l'Est.
Djibouti, 10 January 2024 - The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Government of Djibouti have announced a USD 26 million project aiming to build climate resilience in the East African country.
Kathmandu, 21 November 2023 – Nepal has today launched its first National Adaptation Plan (NAP), a comprehensive strategy aimed at bolstering the nation's resilience against climate change. The plan, having an estimated cost of USD 47 billion extending to 2050, was unveiled at the National Climate Summit in Kathmandu.
- Finance needs of developing countries now 10-18 times as big as international public finance flows
- Growing gap results from rising adaptation needs and faltering adaptation finance
- Failure to enhance adaptation has huge implications for losses and damages
Nairobi, 2 November 2023 – Progress on climate adaptation is slowing on all fronts when it should be accelerating to catch up with rising c
Tanzania builds climate resilience in major push to restore landscapes hosting displaced populations
Tbilisi, 25 October 2023 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) today announced a USD 19 million project aiming to build climate resilience in the United Republic of Tanzania, part of a landmark collaboration with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
Maputo, 22 September 2023 – UN-Habitat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are strengthening the institutional and technical capacities of local government officials to build climate resilience in the Greater Maputo Area (GMA) of Mozambique.
Ms Antoinette Taus, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, speaks for 8th APAN Forum. Lending her voice to amplify transformative adaptation actions, Ms Taus will host and facilitate discussions at the Opening Ceremony of the 8th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum.
https://youtu.be/HyJQwerE7BgAbout the 8th APAN Forum
20th June 2023, Kampala – A new $2.9 million initiative has been launched in Uganda to address the growing impacts of climate change by developing a National Adaptation Plan (NAP). Backed by the Green Climate Fund with support from UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the project will be executed by Uganda's National Climate Change Department in the Ministry of Water and Environment.
25 May 2023, Panama City – The Government of Panama has launched a new $3 million-dollar project to increase the climate resilience of the country through the development and implementation of a National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
19 April 2023, Juba – The Government of South Sudan has launched a major USD 9 million-initiative to help communities adapt to climate change by strengthening climate early warning systems and restoring the country’s precious ecosystems in 2 of the 10 states.
26 January 2023 – The Government of Panama has officially launched its participation in a project to protect Latin American cities from the impacts of climate change through the restoration and conservation of nature.
- More than eight out of ten parties to UNFCCC have adaptation planning instruments in place
- Estimated adaptation costs are five to ten times greater than international adaptation finance flows to developing countries
- Unprecedented political will and long-term investments in adaptation are urgently needed
Nairobi, 3 November 2022 – As climate impacts intensify across the globe, nations must dra
São Tomé, 2nd June 2022 – The Government of São Tomé and Príncipe, in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has launched a process to develop a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to reduce the country’s vulnerability to climate change impacts.
New documentary with UNEP Mountain Advocate Malcolm Wood shows the drastic loss of ice worldwide
Geneva, Switzerland, 22 March 2022 – UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Mountain Advocate Malcolm Wood features in a unique new documentary released today, shining a spotlight on how the world’s water towers are being lost due to climate change.
Maputo, 24 February 2022 – The Government of Mozambique has launched a USD 6 million project to protect its coasts from the impacts of climate change through the restoration and conservation of nature.
With funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and support from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the project is drawing on the natural defences and buffers that coastal ecosystems offer against storms, flooding and saline intrusion.
December 2, 2021 - The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a new project to develop a National Adaptation Plan, aiming to strengthen the capacity of Nigeria’s government to plan and budget for actions that build resilience to climate change impacts.
November 30, 2021 – A new USD 6-million-project is building the resilience of urban residents of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, against the impacts of climate change, such as flooding, landslides and drought.
The project, funded by the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and executed by the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority (KVDA), is establishing and restoring urban green spaces and installing rainwater harvesting systems to improve water availability for communities.
Antananarivo, 25 November 2021 - Parties to the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management, and Development of the Coastal and Marine Environment of the Eastern Africa region (Nairobi Convention) concluded the 10th Conference of Parties (COP10) today with new ac
Glasgow, 8 November 2021 – At the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Federal Environment Ministry of Germany (BMU) announced it will provide an additional €10m to the Global EbA Fund, a pioneering funding mechanism implemented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and designed to support nature-based solutions for
- Estimated adaptation costs in developing countries are five to ten times greater than current public adaptation finance flows
- Fewer than one third of 66 countries funded COVID-19 recovery measures to address climate risks
- Over 2,600 projects focus on adaptation
Glasgow, 4 November 2021 – As nations gather for the latest round of climate talks in Glasgow, a new report by the UN Environment Pro
- A new report titled Infrastructure for climate action has been published by UNOPS, UNEP and the University of Oxford;
- It highlights how infrastructure is responsible for 79 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions and 88 per cent of all adaptation costs;
- Authors call for radical changes in infrastructure planning, delivery and management to achieve key climate and development targets;
- Report aims to guid
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The development of the GAN involved a broad UNEP-facilitated consultative process, including an international consultation meeting and four regional consultations.