Past events

The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) is organizing three webinars to share early lessons from the first call for submission of applications to the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) programme. The launch of this new USD 10 million pilot small grants programme was announced at COP25 in Madrid. UNEP, CTCN and UNDP are administrating the AFICA, offering technical assistance (UNEP/CTCN) and grant funding (UNDP) to developing countries.

At the 7th Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is co-leading the Nature-based Resilience Stream together with IUCN. Under this stream, the Global Adaptation Network is co-organizing two technical sessions: one on Planning and Processes with UNEP’s Regional Office for Asia Pacific, and another on Science and Assessments with UN Climate Change.

This event, taking place at 10:30-11:30 (Tokyo time) on the 10th March, will welcome partners from all over the world to present the achievements of the Global Adaptation Network (GAN). As part of the APAN Forum, the event will mainly focus on perspectives coming from GAN’s partners and high-level representatives from different agencies.

At the 7th Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is co-leading the Nature-based Resilience Stream together with IUCN. Under this stream, the Global Adaptation Network is co-organizing two technical sessions: one on Planning and Processes with UNEP’s Regional Office for Asia Pacific, and another on Science and Assessments with UN Climate Change.

The Planning and Processes session will cover integrating Ecosystem-based Adaptation in national adaptation planning, and it will take place on March 9th at 14:00-15:30 (Bangkok time).

The Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), developed and launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) in 2009 under the Global Adaptation Network (GAN), is the first regional adaptation network.

The fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly will connect and consolidate environmental actions within the context of sustainable development and give significant impetus to more effective implementation.

2020 is internationally declared as the year of action. This year is intended to bring people together and take joint actions against climate change. On 25 January 2021, world leaders will meet online during the Climate Adaptation Summit to discuss climate adaptation, make agreements and turn to action. As host cities of the Global Center on Adaptation, both Groningen and Rotterdam are organizing various activities, including a Climate Adaptation Week, in the run-up to the Climate Adaptation Summit.

UNEP’s Global Adaptation Network is hosting a webinar on the integration of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

The 52nd sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) were originally expected to convene in Bonn, Germany, from 1-11 June 2020. 

On 1 April 2020, the Secretariat announced that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26), which was scheduled to take place in November 2020, would be postponed. The SB meetings were also postponed from June to October 2020.