The Intra-ACP GCCA+ Programme conducted its first Regional Coordination Meeting on 26-28 March 2018 at the ACP House in Brussels. The meeting brought together Intra-ACP GCCA+ regional partners to discuss programme implementation and foster inter and intra ACP coordination and cooperation. It...
The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) of the UN Capital Development Fund provides a country-based mechanism to increase awareness and response to climate change at the local level, integrate climate change adaptation into local governments’ planning and budgeting systems in a...
Dear Members of the GCCA Community Forum Yes, we’ve changed the name of this group to better reflect its purpose – to provide you with a FORUM space. This is where you can seek advice from experts and peers, post information about your events including training, tell us about what has worked and...
At the GCCA Global Policy Event, Mr Than Aye , from the Myanmar Government Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, and UNEP's Regional Climate Change Coordinator for Asia, Mozaharul Alam spoke to capacity4dev.eu, explaining the steps that are being taken to respond the effects of...
This week, a national campaign was launched in Kiribati to roll out solar water disinfection (SODIS) to improve health and curb diarrheal diseases throughout the country. SODIS is a simple, low cost method to disinfect contaminated drinking water. While endorsed by the World Health Organisation in...
When the mountain farmers of Timor Leste were faced with a series of devastating droughts and catastrophic floods, they looked to their own cultural traditions to help them survive. For centuries, when faced with big decisions, villagers in remote farming communities used “tara bandu” - a...
Hello! I'm looking for experiences and tips on the use of the Community Based Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRISTAL), can anyone help me? Best wishes, Laura
Uganda’s rural communities working to tackle climate change often struggle to access finance. Around 80% of the population work in agriculture, and can lack the necessary collateral and paperwork for conventional bank loans, or the technology to embrace mobile banking and microfinance. “Banking is...