COP30 – What Has It Delivered for Climate Adaptation and Loss and Damage? With monikers such as the ‘Forest COP’ (after the previous two ‘Oil COs’), the ‘Peoples’ COP’, the ‘Implementation COP’ and the ‘Adaptation COP’, expectations that COP 30 in Belem would further the implementation of global climate action were high. However, in reality, Read More

How Do We Know Whether Our Capacity Strengthening Efforts Are Working? A practical framework for matching your monitoring, evaluation and learning approach to your modality for capacity strengthening Consider a common scenario: You have just completed a three-day training workshop on climate vulnerability assessments. Participant feedback is overwhelmingly positive – the facilitators were excellent, and Read More

What Does it Take to Catalyze Transformational Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific? Reflections from the 9th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum How to catalyze transformational adaptation was the central, urgent question echoing through the 9th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation (APAN) Forum in Bangkok. The theme, ‘Resilience for All: Catalyzing Transformational Adaptation’, made it clear: Read More

COOL4ALL: An Online Platform for Indoor Heat Adaptation Urban Heat as a Growing Challenge Extreme heat is becoming one of the most urgent urban challenges, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations with significant social, economic and health implications. Today, over 200 million people live in cities experiencing extreme heat, and by 2050, this number is projected to Read More

Shaping Rwanda’s Next Generation of Climate Adaptation Professionals : Climate Adaptation Research & Consulting (CARC), a PlanAdapt affiliate, partners with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)  We are proud to announce a new collaboration between Climate Adaptation Research & Consulting (CARC) (a PlanAdapt affiliate in Rwanda) and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). Both Read More