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The UN Environment Programme and the government of Gambia have launched the country’s largest adaptation project, which aims to develop a sustainable natural resource-based economy.

UNEP FI partnered with Climate Finance Advisors to deliver this report to the Global Commission on Adaptation. It identifies the main barriers in the financial system to accelerated investment in adaptation-related programmes and projects and proposes six sets of recommendations to unlock the financing of adaptation programmes.

This paper aims to inform the development of the Global Commission on Adaptation’s flagship report and action tracks by providing an evidence-based overview (drawn from peer-reviewed and gray literature and expert input) of the role of the natural environment in societal adaptation to climate change.

Two projects were implemented to address adaptation needs in Dar-es-Salaam (pop. 4.3m) and the following coastal districts:  Pangani (pop. 54,025), Rufiji (pop. 182,000), Bagamoyo (pop. 82,578) Mkoani (pop. 98,000) and Mijni (pop. 223,000).

The UN Environment Programme is helping the government of Sudan to build resilience among SRFPs in the White Nile State. The project’s main approach is ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), which involves protecting and restoring healthy ecosystems.

This UNEP project was located in two sites: Khor Angar in the North (pop. 3,500), where mangroves that once protected villagers from floods are damaged, and Damerjog (pop. 600) in the South, where communities face rising seas and saltwater destroying their crops. The project piloted approaches for rehabilitating degraded watersheds and wadi shores to reduce seawater intrusion and floods.

Djibouti is a small arid country where the availability of water is a key development constraint that inflicts crops and livestock. 85% of the 890,000 Djiboutians live in urban coastal areas, but these regions are showing severe signs of degradation from climate change. The project was located in two sites: Khor Angar in the North (pop.

UNEP is helping the government of Sudan to build climate resilience among smallholder rainfed farmers and pastoralists (SRFPs) in the White Nile State. The project’s main approach is ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), which involves protecting and restoring healthy ecosystems.

This project is helping the government to build climate resilience in 15 locations across three Comorian islands (5 in each). Families in these areas are facing severe water shortages due to increasingly erratic and reduced rainfall.

UN Environment is helping the government of Rwanda to build the climate resilience of people living near the Gishwati area. The local population depends hugely on rain-fed crops, but the region is under immense pressure from climate change and erratic rainfall.

This is the fourth edition of the UN Environment Adaptation Gap Reports. Since 2014, these reports have focused on exploring adaptation gaps, characterized as the difference between the actual level of adaptation and the level required to achieve a societal goal.

Knowledge gaps constitute significant barriers to successful climate change adaption actions, whether it is the absence of knowledge, lack of access to existing knowledge or the disconnect between knowledge holders and users. The Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI) identifies and prioritizes adaptation knowledge gaps, and catalyzes action to bridge these gaps.

On an almost daily basis, news headlines draw attention to the impact of climate change around the world. These are impacts to which we need to adapt. The policy world is responding. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change includes, for the first time, a Global Adaptation Goal.

On the 20-21st of March 2018, the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) held its 2nd major Forum in collaboration with Zayed University and the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment.

The Global Adaptation Network funded the Durban Adaptation Charter Knowledge Exchange between eThekwini Municipality, Durban and the Mozambican cities of Pemba, Quelimane and Nacala from the 6th – 8th March 2017.

This user companion, is a guide for NAP policy-makers, who would like to use the PROVIA guidance that provides a framework for considering the full range of approaches to VIA assessment.

From 23rd -25th November 2016 an exchange visit between the Mozambican ci es of Pemba, Quelimane and Nacala with Durban, South Africa was held to discuss experiences, solu ons and challenges related to climate change issues of coastal erosion, catchment management and sea level rise.

As part of the Durban Adaptation Charter Hub and Compact initiative, eThekwini Municipality led the development of a proposal for a regional knowledge sharing & exchange visit through the Global Adaptation Network’s funding announcement.

ALivE - Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystems Planning Tool

ALivE is a computer-based tool designed to support its users in organising and analysing information to plan effective Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) options within a broader EbA planning process. ALivE stands for Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystems.

ALivE - Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystems Planning Tool

ALivE is a computer-based tool designed to support its users in organising and analysing information to plan effective Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) options within a broader EbA planning process. ALivE stands for Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystems.

This guide is about taking account of, and managing, ecosystems to help people adapt to climate change in coastal areas: coastal Ecosystem based Adaptation (EBA).

In 2016, the GAN launched a new initiative to connect climate adaptation practitioners with their counterparts in other regions of the world in order build resilience through the sharing of key adaptation techniques. 

This toolkit is intended to build teachers‟ capacity for effective integration of climate change into their respective teaching subjects. While the toolkit is not subject-specific, teachers can adapt it to address specific learning outcomes in their subject areas. It is appropriate for use from primary school level up to the secondary level (both junior and senior secondary).

The impetus for writing this book was to advance our understanding of the atmospheric science and help to elucidate the fundamentals of teaching and learning about climate change. The intent was to provide a basic understanding of the subject matter so that teachers could meaningfully understand and teach climate change.

This report provides a framework for considering the full range of approaches to VIA assessment. It aims to help professionals such as researchers, policymakers, sectoral planners and consultants to select the appropriate methods and tools for their particular context and adaptation situation.