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GIZ’s Global Programme on Risk Assessment and Management for Adaptation to Climate Change (Loss and Damage) has developed a CRM framework to avert, minimise, and address climate-related losses and damages. In order to support partner institutions and practitioners in partner countries in dealing with climate-related risks, the programme has established a training course that serves as a capacity building tool on the developed CRM framework.

While the Covid-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for countries worldwide, it has also created opportunities for driving transformation through a green recovery. Finance ministries

What are possible scenarios of internal climate migration in West Africa and Lake Victoria countries in East Africa? Two new reports of the Groundswell Africa

The BMU-IKI funded and GIZ-implemented project Ecosystem-based management and application of ecosystem values in two river basins in the Philippines recently translated three videos on Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into Filipino, Bisaya and Hiligaynon.

COP26 is still going on! And there are many climate-related topics being discussed. Did you ever wonder what the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and

Irrespective of ongoing climate policy efforts, residual risk from climate change impacts remains in all countries for all plausible scenarios and could result in losses and damages.

Our popular Guidebook for Monitoring and Evaluating Ecosystem-based Adaptation Interventions has now also been translated into Portuguese. You can find the step-by-step guidance under this

This week, the updated version of the web-based Tool for Assessing Adaptation in the NDCs (TAAN) has been launched. TAAN aims to provide stakeholders and parties a detailed overview of the adaptation content included in the NDCs.

The Adaptation Communication Drafting Assistance Tool (AdComm-DAT) offers a comprehensive step-by-step-guidance for countries to write their adaptation communication in an online and/or offline environment, tailored to the specific countries’ needs.

The impacts associated with slow onset processes (e.g. sea level rise, desertification and extreme weather events (e.g. floods, cyclones, heatwaves) are increasing in frequency and intensity, resulting

The Management of climate-related risks is a complex process which needs to be approached from various levels and perspectives. Based on past experiences and project

The Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Tools Navigator helps practitioners and policymakers identify appropriate tools for incorporating EbA into their climate adaptation plans. Your feedback will be of great value, as it will help us to further refine the Navigator prior to its launch in them autumn 2021.

This policy brief and short movie on Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change show the implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Eastern

“The fundamental way towards ensuring that our countries are prepared to effectively support citizens and residents of neighbouring countries in distress is through developing effective

The Global Project Mainstreaming EbA recently published a new report on gender-responsive EbA, which is now available online. On July 22, 2021, IISD and the Global Project Mainstreaming EbA furthermore hosted a joint online session on gender-responsive EbA, which you can watch on adaptationcommunity.net.

After a successful 7th EbA Knowledge Day on May 26 2021, for the second time in a virtual format, IUCN and the GIZ Global Project Mainstreaming EbA are happy to share its documentation with you.

This report from the publication series ‘Green Recovery for Practitioners’ presents a compilation of 23 examples that show how communities, cities and countries have implemented the idea of a green recovery. Covering a wide range of sectors, entry levels and approaches, it draws upon measures and instruments that have been deployed in more than 20 countries, particularly in developing and emerging economies. Each example reflects on the actors involved, the progress made and the lessons learned so far.

While we are all experiencing the impact of COVID-19 on our personal and professional lives, the pandemic has also caused, and continues to inflict, significant economic contraction in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Member States (MS), including temporary but often extended, closure of borders.