Extremely productive meeting with CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi CGIAR_EMD on climate-proofing agriculture across Africa. Through the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program #AAAP Global Center on Adaptation is integrating the #climateadaptation innovations developed by

📣 Meet 2023 Local Adaptation Champion PWC Tanzania, which enhances Indigenous pastoralist women’s leadership capabilities and builds their capacity to achieve equality as decision-makers in pastoralist societies.

Learn more at adaptationportal.gca.org/llahub/

We invite organizations working in Small Island Developing States to submit case studies highlighting innovative #climateadaptation action with demonstrated results

Selected case studies will be featured in the 2024 State and Trends in Adaptation Report: gca.org/reports/sta24/

🍃Global Center on Adaptation in partnership with the Government of Kenya and The World Bank, has announced its support for integrating climate adaptation initiatives into the Second Kenya Urban Support Programme

Press release👉 gca.org/news/gca-suppo…
Project👉 gca.org/projects/kusp2/

Faced with rising sea levels and intruding saltwater, a school in Tanzania is harvesting rainwater to provide its students and community with water for drinking and irrigation.

Learn more about adaptation solutions in Africa: gca.org/reports/sta21/
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60% of the infrastructure needed by 2050 is yet to be built. Trillions of dollars of investment in infrastructure will be required over the coming decades.

GCA is working with partners to climate-proof infrastructure investments around the world: gca.org/programs/infra…

Despite contributing much less than 1% of greenhouse gas emissions, Small Island Developing States are highly vulnerable to the impacts of #climate change . These states need urgent access to financial support and capacity-building to adapt to #climate change.

GCA's 2024 State…

Unleashing the private sector's innovation & capital for #climateadaptation is key to building a more resilient future. Opportunities include:

🛡️ Protecting assets, supply chains & operations
📈 Investing in climate-resilient solutions & tech
🤝 Public Private Partnerships

Drawing on strategic partnerships, GCA's 2024 State and Trends in Adaptation Report will bring together the best knowledge on the science, policy, and practice of climate adaptation in Small Island Developing States.

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Stories of Resilience show how local adaptation leaders are working hard to transform lives and livelihoods the face of climate change. Allan Taman tells us how Indigenous people are stepping up as environment champions in Vanuatu 🇻🇺
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This factsheet shared key adaptation strategies for building climate-resilient cities in Africa:
1️⃣ Multi-level government coordination
2️⃣ Stakeholder capacity-building
3️⃣ Private sector resilience
4️⃣ New financial mechanisms
Find out more: gca.org/reports/factsh…

🍃Global Center on Adaptation in partnership with the Government of Kenya and The World Bank, has announced its support for integrating climate adaptation initiatives into the Second Kenya Urban Support Programme

Press release👉 gca.org/news/gca-suppo…
Project👉 gca.org/projects/kusp2/

In this blog, we explore 3️⃣ of the most common misconceptions about climate adaptation, and shed light on
🌍 The need to mainstream #climateadaptation
💰 The opportunity to mobilize more finance for adaptation
💪 The necessity to empower young people
gca.org/three-common-m…

We invite organizations working in Small Island Developing States to submit case studies highlighting innovative #climateadaptation action with demonstrated results

Selected case studies will be featured in the 2024 State and Trends in Adaptation Report: gca.org/reports/sta24/

In Rotterdam, stormwater buffers & storage double up as community sports & recreational spaces. Rotterdam experts shared how they turn water challenges into opportunities in a knowledge exchange to inform the Beijing Water Eco-Restoration Strategy: gca.org/about-us/regio…

#YouthADAPT Solutions Challenge winner Agritech Analytics uses Internet of Things sensors and #AI to help farmers in Kenya adapt to #climatechange .

The YouthADAPT Challenge is jointly organized by the Global Center on Adaptation African Development Bank Group Climate Investment Funds

Learn more: gca.org/empowering-far…

Very productive meeting in #Bridgetown with H.E. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of #Barbados . We discussed plans for a Climate Adaptation Accelerated Program for Small Island Developing States, building on the impactful Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program #AAAP . So important

A new inventory of #climateadaptation planning tools has been developed by Global Center on Adaptation in partnership with ILRI.org & supported by GIZ to enhance the resilience of #foodsystems to #climatechange

Read more in the blog by Kelvin shikuku Oluyede (Olu) Ajayi:gca.org/thriving-throu…

As part of #AAAP , Global Center on Adaptation is supporting the $129.02 million African Development Bank Group  and European Investment Bank project to #climate -proof investments to expand and modernize the port of Banjul in The Gambia.

Find out more: gca.org/projects/banju…

🌍The Global Center on Adaptation, #TAAT , IITA & the CGIAR partnership have commenced a 4-day workshop to advance adaptation in International Financial Institutions (IFIs) projects.

🏢 Location: IITA Campus Headquarters, Ibadan, #Nigeria .

#EngageTAAT #FeedAfrica