Climate Justice for People and Nature through Urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA)  – A focus on the Global South The Urban EbA Working Group of the Friends of EbA (FEBA), coordinated by PlanAdapt and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), recently published a technical paper ‘Climate Justice for People and Nature through Urban Ecosystem-based Read More

Resilient Governance Regimes That Support Urban Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Cities: Learning From Local Challenges In Sub-Saharan Africa, urban agriculture is a common practice and a valuable strategy for achieving greater self-sufficiency, improving food security, diversifying livelihoods, and increasing cities’ overall resilience against systemic shocks such as climate change and the current Covid-19 pandemic. In order Read More

PlanAdapt is Proud to Have Joined the Adaptation Without Borders (AWB) Family The AWB initiative is all about understanding and managing climate risks better, with a particular focus on climate risks that ‘travel’ across borders. That can be political or geographical borders, or between sectors, as well as between ecosystems (e.g. river basins). Unfortunately, these Read More

PlanAdapt hosts Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow from Botswana The team of PlanAdapt is delighted to welcome Chandapiwa Molefe! Chandapiwa is the first Research Fellow, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and its International Climate Protection Fellowship, to be hosted by PlanAdapt. In the coming twelve months, Chandapiwa will conduct a pilot study focused on Read More

PlanAdapt Advances to Next Round of Global Goals Lab Prize Award! Thank you, everyone! We are pleased to announce that PlanAdapt made it through to the next round of the Global Goals Lab contest, thanks to all your support and your votes! Courageous and innovative actors and collaborative partnerships are needed to move one step Read More