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Resilience in Action: What we learned from our first 5 years supporting adaptation governance

Progress takes many forms. How can we transform adaptation planning and decision-making systems to reduce harm and loss in the face of climate change?
Blog January 26, 2021

Resilient Recovery: Using climate adaptation plans to build back better

Though focused on climate change, National Adaptation Plans offer important assessments of the risks a country faces and can be valuable in devising comprehensive pandemic response strategies.
Blog May 5, 2020

COVID-19 Shows How Canada Needs to Prepare for the Next Crisis

As communities across Canada grapple with the deadly and damaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have a rare window right now into how important it is to prepare for a crisis.
Blog April 20, 2020

A Long and Winding Road: COP 25 end notes

If there is one word to sum up what turned out to be the longest Conference of Parties (COP) in UNFCCC history, it’s arguably “frustration.” Now that COP 25 has wrapped, it’s worth looking back at what was—and wasn’t—achieved.
Blog December 17, 2019

Gender-Responsive Climate Action

What does gender-responsive climate action look like? Expert commentary on achieving gender-responsive climate action through women’s empowerment, inclusive policy-making and other innovative practices.
Commentary June 8, 2018

Is it Adaptation or Development?

In 2007, Anne Hammill and Heather McGray developed "the adaptation continuum" to tackle the question: "Is it Adaptation or Development?" Their intention was to provide a framework that proposed a range of what adaptation could look like. Read about what they found 10 years later.
Commentary March 8, 2018

Conserving Biological Hotspots in Conflict-Affected Democratic Republic of Congo

Maiko National Park, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is so remote that the park’s northern edge can only be reached by a seven-day walk through thick, inhospitable forest.
Blog September 26, 2017

Adaptation at COP 22: Five themes we’ll be watching for

For many years, adaptation was a secondary concern in international climate negotiations.
Blog November 8, 2016

Financing Adaptation and Resilience Through Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and Fuel Duty

On Tuesday, 24 May 2016, the event “Financing Adaptation and Resilience Through Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and Fuel Duty” took place in Bonn, Germany.
Blog May 24, 2016

Staying Afloat in a Sea of Information: Are online platforms throwing users a lifeline?

Commentary November 19, 2013

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