Last week, the 5th Santiago Network Advisory Board Meeting (SNAB5) took place in Geneva. While the meeting advanced internal matters such as strategy and work planning, its broader significance lies in highlighting how the loss and damage (L&D) support architecture has taken shape and how it is evolving on the road to COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

As the 10th edition of the NAP Expo ended in Lusaka, Zambia, delegates from across the globe left with renewed momentum for accelerating national adaptation plans, strengthened by the launch of updated NAP technical guidelines and a week of rich exchanges on climate resilience.

As the world moves steadily toward COP30, the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) and the Santiago Network are progressing their work.

The SB62 climate negotiations in Bonn have concluded — time to take stock. What progress has been made on adaptation, and what lies ahead on the road to COP30 in Belém?

Climate change is reshaping the nature of risks for people worldwide, yet climate financing and measures often do not systematically reach those particularly vulnerable and

Integrating economic analysis with climate adaptation is critical for sustainable development. We’re proud to announce the completion of Mongolia’s Climate Economy Model, implemented by GIZ with the Ministry of Economy and Development, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Central Bank, and other institutions. 

The assessment of progress towards achieving the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) is gaining concrete form: Two meetings in March 2025 achieved progress on the way to identifying indicators for the global adaptation targets under the UAE-Framework for Global Climate Resilience.

We are excited to announce the relaunch of adaptationcommunity.net! Since 2013, the platform has supported global efforts in climate change adaptation – now with a modernised design and improved user experience.

A newly launched policy brief titled “Agroecology: Connecting People, Land, Climate, and Biodiversity” is providing critical insights on the path toward sustainable agricultural systems. Developed by the Agroecology Coalition in partnership with GIZ, Biovision, CARI, and WWF, the policy brief was recently presented at a launch event that can be viewed here.

The NDC Partnerhisp and GIZ hosted a webinar offering insights on how policymakers can integrate the goals of the three Rio Conventions into their national policies.

At the ongoing United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP16 in Riyadh, experts gathered to discuss the critical role of agroecology in addressing land degradation and desertification challenges. The event featured the launch of a new GIZ factsheet detailing how agroecological approaches can support UNCCD objectives.

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku, Azerbaijan, concluded with notable advances and persistent challenges.

GIZ, IISD & WWF developed a policy brief to support policymakers with practical recommendations on how to advance synergistic, just, and gender-responsive actions on climate and nature.

Ahead of this Triple COP autumn, GIZ, IISD & UFZ updated their thematic paper on legal agreements under the CBD and the UNFCCC.

GIZ, IUCN and IISD developed an e-learning course on the design and implementation of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) covering i. a. gender, governance, local and Indigenous knowledge, and biodiversity topics.

The June UN Climate Meetings (SB 60) for this year’s World Climate Conference (COP 29) were held from June 3-13, 2024, in Bonn. These negotiations brought together global actors to discuss urgent questions on climate change, necessary adaptation strategies, and their financing, thus setting the agenda for COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, this November.

In the run-up to the submission of the third round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), due in February 2025, the NDC Partnership and the UNFCCC Secretariat have launched a new online tool to help countries formulate their NDC 3.0 and promote synergies with other national policies.

Climate change poses a significant threat to the sustainability of agricultural and food systems, to the availability of natural resources and to the livelihoods of people and communities. In many rural areas around the world, the effects are particularly severe.