Our Projects and Initiatives
PlanAdapt is involved in a multitude of projects and initiatives around the globe that help to foster effective, economically just and socially inclusive climate change adaptation and climate risk management. Find more information about some of them here:
Use of Earth Observations in Decision-Making for Land Degradation Neutrality
PlanAdapt supports the ‘Geospatial Data for Development – Supporting the Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO-LDN Initiative)’ by ... Learn more
Enhancing the Potential of Small and Medium Entreprises to Innovate for Adaptation
In 2023, PlanAdapt works with EIT Climate-KIC to create case studies on adaptation-focused businesses participating in the Pan-African Adaptation and Resilience ClimAccelerator ... Learn more
Boosting Impact of Climate Research Through Effective Knowledge Brokering
In 2023 and 2024, PlanAdapt collaborates with ACU and British Council to provide knowledge broker intelligence and practical guidance as part of the Commonwealth Futures Climate ... Learn more
Helping to Shape the Mindsets of the Next Generation of Women Climate Leaders
PlanAdapt supports Women4Climate by designing and delivering a regional training session to participants in South Asia (more specifically Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru) ... Learn more
Harnessing the Power of Data for Climate Resilience Through Peer Learning
A team of PlanAdapt Fellows has been selected to participate in a peer learning network composed of organisations that are working to collect, share and use data for climate resilience ... Learn more
Supporting the Development of Lebanon’s National Adaptation Plan Process
In 2023, PlanAdapt supports the consultative process that will pave the way for the design of Lebanon’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and NAP implementation roadmap ... Learn more
Training Course – Theory and Practice of Climate Adaptation in High Mountain Areas
In June 2022, PlanAdapt delivered together with EURAC, UNU and GLOMOS a training focused on climate change adaptation strategies for soil and water management in high mountains ... Learn more
Making The Case for Flood Resilience – Just Anticipating or Insuring Is Not Enough
Flooding is one of the most disastrous natural disasters, having huge impacts on lives and assets. This is only going to get worse with increases in population, urbanisation, ... Learn more
Scaling Impact: Evaluating Scalability in the Adaptation Fund’s Portfolio
The scaling up of adaptation projects, programmes, and ambitions has been widely recognised as an essential part of tackling climate change and the devastating impacts it is causing or exacerbating ... Learn more
Socially Just and Adaptive Community Spaces in Poor Urban Settlements
How are the livelihoods and health of the urban poor in the Global South affected when climate-induced risks intersect with unprecedented urbanisation? In short, the implications are immense ... Learn more
Integrating Climate Risks in Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' Work
Climate change impacts are exacerbating existing vulnerabilities, such as poverty, inequality and food security. Climate-related hazards, like more intense rainfall, heatwaves or droughts ... Learn more
Evaluating and Enhancing Innovation in the Adaptation Fund’s Portfolio
Variously defined (or undefined), innovation, in the climate adaptation space at least, has been widely accepted as a process vital for scaling up and accelerating global adaptation ... Learn more
Supporting Communities Forcibly Displaced by Climate-Induced Floods
Communities around Lake Baringo in the Rift Valley of Kenya are increasingly exposed to flooding, contributing to their displacement and loss of livelihoods. PlanAdapt collaborates ... Learn more
Integrating Climate Risks in Water Infrastructure Planning in the Nile Basin
In the past years, the Nile Basin Initiative has invested resources to build capacity of project managers, planners and designers in integrating climate risk considerations into the different ... Learn more
Private Finance and Investment for Climate-Smart Technologies in Agriculture
PlanAdapt, in collaboration with CABI, explores the role of private finance and investment in the promotion of climate-smart technologies in agricultural sectors of Africa and Asia ... Learn more
Making the Case for Action-Oriented Research on Climate Adaptation
Launched in January 2021, as part of the UK COP26 Presidency Adaptation & Resilience campaign, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), along with its partners ... Learn more
Making Sense of the Vast Global Landscape of Climate Finance
Climate finance is central to developing climate resilience and pursuing a just transition to low-carbon economies in the face of climate change. The vast range of climate finance initiatives ... Learn more
Integrating Climate Justice in Advocacy for Gender and Youth
When climate change is understood as an issue that both reflects and perpetuates injustices, it can illuminate the power asymmetries between those who suffer most from climate impacts ... Learn more
Ecosystem-Based Flood Risk Management - A Lasting Solution to Perennial Flooding
Urban floods are becoming more common as a result of increasing urbanisation, climate change, and poor urban planning. Supported by CDKN, five municipalities in Accra, Ghana, are working ... Learn more
Stormwater Management through Green Infrastructure for Climate Smart Cities
In early 2021, PlanAdapt supported the Climate Smart Cities project commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU), the Indian Ministry of Housing and Urban ... Learn more
Improving the Transboundary Management of Water, Energy and Food in the Niger Basin
PlanAdapt supports GIZ, IWMI, Wetlands International, IUCN and multiple local partners in designing a large-scale programme promoting the climate-water-nexus and integrated water ... Learn more
Managing the Potential of Soil Carbon to Achieve Impact at Scale
Healthy soils are vital for our environment. They hold benefits for food security and biodiversity, as well as mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and help to adapt to the adverse impacts ... Learn more
People, Nature and Climate Change - Protect, Restore and Fund Nature in Cities
Ecosystem services (supporting, provisioning, regulating and cultural) are central to human existence, yet they are increasingly threatened by human actions in the water, on the ground ... Learn more
Near-Term Climate Impacts with Significant Economic Risks for the EU Economy
Would the Next Major Crisis Hold Also ‘Opportunities’ for Transformational Change in Europe’s Economy? And What Role Do Climate Impacts Play in This? PlanAdapt explores ... Learn more
Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Nature-based Solutions for Vietnamese Coastal Cities
In collaboration with GIZ, PlanAdapt, working through NIRAS-IP, supports the Government of Vietnam at national, provincial and municipal levels to analyse and assess potential ... Learn more
Enhancing Capacity Development Services to Countries at Risk of Disasters
In 2019 and 2020, PlanAdapt collaborates with the Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative (CADRI), a global partnership composed of 17 UN and non-UN ... Learn more
Learning From Climate Action and Valuing Practitioners' Views in Cambodia
The Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA) operates a grant facility funding climate change adaptation and mitigation projects in the field. One of the ... Learn more
A Critical Learning Journey from Theory to Real-World Solutions in Climate Adaptation
In August 2019, PlanAdapt, in collaboration with Humboldt University Berlin, offers a two-week training course focusing on the latest knowledge in adaptation science, practice ... Learn more
Central Asia - Shaping the Mindsets of Future Leaders in Climate Change Adaptation
Until the end of 2019, PlanAdapt, in collaboration with Adelphi and GIZ, supports the integration of sustainable land use and climate change aspects into the Central Asian ... Learn more
Morocco's National Adaptation Plan - Moving from Planning to Action
The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process in Morocco started in 2016 and is approaching an essential milestone. While the institutional set-up has been in place ... Learn more
Financing Climate Change Action in a Country That is at the Doorstep of the EU
From 2016 to 2018, PlanAdapt worked with Albania’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the Ministry of Infrastructure, in collaboration with GIZ, to support the ... Learn more
Innovative Financing For Ecosystem Management in Africa
The nature of goods or capital normally addressed under the umbrella of ecosystem management and services poses a critical problem regarding their capability ... Learn more
Adapting to Climate Change in the Agricultural Sector in Thailand
In 2017, PlanAdapt supported the Thai Government in building capacities for the application of appraisal and prioritisation techniques for climate change adaptation ... Learn more
The Political Economy of Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh
It is a fairly uncontested view that Bangladesh is at the frontline of the impacts of climate change. Consequently, the Bangladeshi Government and international climate funds allocate ... Learn more
Integrating Climate Risk Management Across the Public Sector in Cambodia
In 2016, PlanAdapt supported the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the General Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development, in collaboration with GIZ ... Learn more
Brokering Knowledge in a Way That Scientific Findings Are Considered in Policy-Making
In 2016, PlanAdapt supported the Secretariat of the UNCCD in its efforts to reach out to relevant scientific knowledge providers and brokers. PlanAdapt helped to develop ... Learn more
Knowledge to Shape the Future – Investing in the Next Generation
In 2015, PlanAdapt was invited to join an accreditation panel that inspected and verified the design of the two-year dual degree study programme that has ... Learn more