#ClimateAdaptation
means taking action to prepare for the effects of
#climatechange
. This includes:
🚨 Early warning systems
#EWS
🛣️ Climate-resilient infrastructure
🌾 Dryland crop production
🌳 Mangrove protection
💧 Water resource resilience
🔗
On
#WorldWetlandsDay
, we are highlighting 5️⃣ ways wetlands are crucial to
#climateadaptation
. Wetlands are:
💧 freshwater stores🔰 natural shields
🦆 biodiversity hotspots
🌍 carbon stores
🎣 sources of livelihood
Find out more:
“We are going to face some extremely difficult times in the coming years. That’s where protecting nature now & understanding the need for mitigation & adaptation is extraordinarily important," said
@CanadianPM
@JustinTrudeau
during his visit to
@GCAdaptation
ahead of
#G20
#COP26
We welcome
@drSaimaWazed
as
@GCAdaptation
's Special Representative for Climate & Health. With over 2 decades of professional work and advocacy in public health regionally and globally, Dr. Wazed is a strong ally in helping the most vulnerable adapt to climate health risks
Today
@GCAdaptation
begins our next chapter of transformation. We are proud to co-host, with
@WorldResources
, the Global Commission on Adaptation led by Ban Ki-moon, Bill Gates and Kristalina Georgieva. “Together we can achieve more than we ever could alone”
#AccelerateAdaptation
"The time for action is now," says
@AfDB_Group
President
@akin_adesina
. Together with
@AfDB_Group
,
@GCAdaptation
will be working to raise ambition on adaptation action at
#COP26
, in particular for Africa through the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program:
On the heels of the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta as
#AAAP
Global Champion, we look forward to welcoming
@afdb_group
President
@akin_adesina
to the Africa Adaptation Summit
#GCA2022
on 5th Sept to lay the foundation for an adaptation breakthrough for Africa at
#COP27
President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
@Presidence_RDC
will join global leaders at the Africa Adaptation Summit
#GCA2022
on 5 September to lay the foundation for an adaptation breakthrough for Africa at
#COP27
.
Find out more:
Adapting to climate change could add over $7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, according to the flagship report from the Global Commission on Adaptation, which is published today.
📕Read the report and join the call to
#AdaptOurWorld
:
“Adaptation is an urgent issue that needs support from governments and businesses to ensure those most at risk have the opportunity to thrive."
@BillGates
wants all of us to
#AdaptOurWorld
:
📕Read our new report:
On
#COP26
#Gender
Day, we look back at the message of inclusivity delivered by Emily Bohobo N'Dombaxe Dola of
@IYCM
at the Ministerial Dialogue on
#AdaptationAction
, "Adaptation plans must be responsive to differences around social marginalization and discrimination."
H.E.
@WilliamsRuto
, President of Kenya, visited GCA's floating headquarters for a Strategic Dialogue on the Africa Climate Action Summit. The Summit is being co-hosted by the Government of Kenya and the
@_AfricanUnion
Commission on 4-6 Sept 2023 and is co-convened by the
"For Somalia, climate action means adaptation and building resilience, with mitigation as a core benefit arising from adaptation,"
@AmbGamal
Minister of Planning & International Cooperation, Somalia at the
@COP26
Ministerial Dialogue on
#AdaptationAction
.
We are delighted to announced that the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 will take place on 25 January 2021. It will be a virtual event. If you want to
#AdaptOurWorld
, find out more:
Welcome to the High-Level Dialogue to accelerate climate adaptation! Global leaders are now gathering in Rotterdam at the
@gcadaptation
floating office – an embodiment of the solutions already within our reach that we must put into action. Learn more:
"Adaptation is an opportunity," stressed
@JoseAMeadeK
at the Africa Adaptation Summit
#GCA2022
. The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program
#AAAP
is the template for accelerating
#adaptationaction
across the globe at the scale & speed needed to address the
#climatecrisis
.
Here are 5️⃣ messages from young people to decision-makers at
#BonnClimateConference
📣 Promote youth participation
🤝 Engage young people in
#NAPs
💰 Scale up adaptation finance
📚 Provide adaption education materials
💻 Promote youth entrepreneurship & jobs
#Youth4Adaptation
Thank you to
@akin_adesina
for supporting our new Policy Brief, published today. You can read our recommendations for a green COVID-19 recovery in Africa here:
"Adaptation is the priority focus of our country's socioeconomic development agenda," said
@AmbGamal
@MoPIED_Somalia
at the
@COP26
Ministerial Dialogue on
#AdaptationAction
. "We need scaled up and predictable adaptation funding."
We are delighted to announced that the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 will take place on 25 January 2021. It will be a virtual event. If you want to
#AdaptOurWorld
, find out more:
At the
#COP28
Adaptation Finance Summit for Africa,
@AfDB_Group
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina spotlighted the
#AAAP
Country Compacts, which will ensure that new financial commitments will flow into the most strategic and catalytic country-led investments
👀:
Prof.
@NyongAnthony
has been appointed as Regional Director of GCA Africa on secondment from the
@AfDB_Group
. The joint African Adaptation Acceleration Program, as announced by
@akin_adesina
will galvanize $25 billion to scale up climate adaptation.
We are delighted to announce that His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands will inaugurate the
@GCAdaptation
floating office in
@rotterdam
on 6 September following a High Level Dialogue to call for accelerated adaptation action ahead of
@COP26
On the heels of the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta as
#AAAP
Global Champion, we look forward to welcoming
@afdb_group
President
@akin_adesina
to the Africa Adaptation Summit
#GCA2022
on 5th Sept to lay the foundation for an adaptation breakthrough for Africa at
#COP27
.
Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina graciously accepted the Global Center on Adaptation’s Local Adaptation Champions Award from GCA CEO Professor Patrick V. Verkooijen today, on the occasion of his official visit to Bangladesh.
🔗
Global leaders gathered today for the
@GCAdaptation
High-Level Dialogue: An Adaptation Acceleration Imperative for COP26, establishing that the success of
#COP26
will be determined by whether adaptation is elevated to an equal priority with mitigation.
We are delighted to announced that the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 will take place on 25 January 2021. It will be a virtual event. If you want to
#AdaptOurWorld
, find out more:
“African leaders want to use the
#COVID19
crisis as a reset moment for the current crisis and to prepare for the next one.” Read our CEO
@PVV_GCA
about the Leaders' Dialogue on the
#AfricaCovidClimateEmergency
and our bold new initiative, AAAP by
@climate
:
HAPPENING NOW - Livestream featuring Ban Ki-moon, Bill Gates, Kristalina Georgieva and global leaders from around the world
#AccelerateAdaptation
with game-changing announcement:
"President Kenyatta's dynamism, voice and leadership will help as we drive for greater financing for climate adaptation for Africa," said
@afdb_group
President
@akin_adesina
at the Inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta as Global Champion for the
#AAAP
. Watch the statement ⬇️
“Africa remains a continent with immense opportunities if we act now to contain the pandemic, deal with the serious debt burdens and work on plans and tools to tackle climate change.” Thank you,
@NOIweala
for your strong message on the
#AfricaCovidClimateEmergency
.
"Tired of waiting, African countries have come together to design an African-led and African-owned plan to respond to the Covid-19 and climate emergencies," writes President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chair of the
@_AfricanUnion
.
📢 LAUNCHING TODAY! The Global Hub on
#LocallyLedAdaptation
– a platform to inform, connect and inspire local communities and LLA practitioners around the world with the latest knowledge and solutions for LLA.
"Climate impact is synonymous to poverty and vulnerability," said Minister
@Ilyasdawaleh
of Djibouti at the Africa Adaptation Summit
#GCA2022
, highlighting the links between climate impacts, security and migration.
Find out more about the Summit:
It was great to have
@TheCVF
Ambassador for Vulnerability, Saima Wazed, addressing our South Asia Partnership Forum today and launch the new youth adaptation network and platform to
#AdaptOurWorld
Success at COP27 will depend on whether the needs of Africa, the world’s most climate-vulnerable continent, are met.
The Africa Adaptation Summit
#GCA2022
outlined a 5-point Adaptation Delivery Breakthrough for
#COP27
. Read the communique:
Africa Adaptation Summit outlines 5-point “Adaptation Delivery Breakthrough” for the key UN climate conference in Egypt
#COP27
this November and $55 million of new funding to mobilize over $5 billion in climate adaptation action projects for Africa
"Adaptation is really the agenda that will allow us to address inequality," said
@AndreaMeza76
at the
@COP26
Ministerial Dialogue on
#AdaptationAction
, also highlighting that investing in nature is one of the wisest investments to generate resilience.
#TogetherForOurPlanet
Day 2 of the Youth Dialogue on Adaptation Action kicked off with energy!
Our
#Youth4Adaptation
participants started the day with a field visit to
@GCAdaptation
's floating office, met GCA CEO
@PVV_GCA
& visited adaptation solutions around Rotterdam!
🎦
It’s the mission of
@UN
special advisor
@SorengArchana
to connect local indigenous communities and their environmental knowledge to global leaders. She says it’s time to “give the tribal communities their due credit."
We are delighted to announced that the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 will take place on 25 January 2021. It will be a virtual event. If you want to
#AdaptOurWorld
, find out more:
"At a dialogue in Rotterdam convened by the Global Center on Adaptation
@GCAdaptation
on Monday, more than 50 ministers and heads of climate organisations and development banks called for November’s COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as 'urgent'."
"With
#AAAP
’s support, the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund will access the Green Climate Fund to finance adaptation interventions to mitigate these risks for a safer, more prosperous future," said President
@NAkufoAddo
of Ghana,
@TheCVF
Chair at the Africa Adaptation Summit.
"The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program is the largest, boldest and most transformative climate adaptation ever put forward for Africa," said
@AfDB_Group
President
@akin_adesina
at the
@COP26
Ministerial Dialogue on
#AdaptationAction
.
More on
#AAAP
:
Green rooftops like this one absorb flood water and cool our cities - but we must do more says
@PVV_GCA
. On 10 September the Global Commission on Adaptation will launch its action agenda on how to accelerate climate adaptation across the globe. Join us to
#AdaptOurWorld
Today our office in Bangladesh opens its doors. The new team aims to scale up the innovative solutions we’re already seeing in South Asia to accelerate climate resilience across the region
@PVV_GCA
Today we call on leaders around the globe to
#AdaptOurWorld
. Climate impacts are here now, and adaptation is critical to creating stronger, safer, thriving communities. Will you join us?
@PVV_GCA
📕Read our new report:
8th
@UN
Secretary-General, GCA Chair Ban Ki-moon, GCA CEO
@PVV_GCA
and
@UNFCCC
Executive Secretary
@PEspinosaC
meet with
@TheCVF
, whose member countries have been battered by the dual shocks of the
#COVID19
pandemic alongside unusually severe climate impacts. We must
#AdaptNow
.
On
#WorldWetlandsDay
, we are highlighting 5️⃣ ways wetlands are crucial to
#climateadaptation
. Wetlands are:
💧 freshwater stores🔰 natural shields
🦆 biodiversity hotspots
🌍 carbon stores
🎣 sources of livelihood
Find out more:
"The commission will produce a major report on adapting to climate change for the UN climate summit in September 2019, followed by a year of action to implement its recommendations." via
@Guardian
#AccelerateAdaptation
"The
@GCAdaptation
and the
@AfDB_Group
are already showing very good results on the AAAP," said African Development Bank President
@akin_adesina
at the Africa Adaptation Summit
#GCA2022
.
Find out more about AAAP:
We will soon be the proud inhabitants of the world's largest floating office 🙌 The foundations have been towed to their permanent home the Rotterdam Rijnhaven harbor.
@meaningtospace
Our work, including our support of the Global Commission, advances bold actions to help societies across the world become more resilient to climate-related threats.
We will soon be the proud inhabitants of the world's largest floating office 🙌 The foundations have been towed to their permanent home the Rotterdam Rijnhaven harbor.
@meaningtospace
📣 Join us for a webinar on "Integrated Coastal Zone Management for Climate Resilience "on 29th June. The webinar will share the need and complexity of integrated coastal zone management plans.
👉Register now
Our Chair
@bankimooncentre
on the launch of our new report "State and Trends in Adaptation"today: "Building resilience to climate impacts is not a nice-to-have... it is a must if we are to live in a sustainable and secure world"
@TRF_Stories
.
"Partnering and investing in adaptation now can prevent extensive loss and damage in the future," said
@SabraNoordeen
, Special Envoy for Climate Change
@presidencymv
, welcoming partnerships that can help the Maldives expand local capacity to increase resilience.
On 5 September, 8th
@UN
Secretary-General & GCA Chair Ban Ki-moon will welcome global leaders to the Africa Adaptation Summit
#GCA2022
at GCA's floating headquarters in Rotterdam to lay the foundation for an adaptation breakthrough for Africa at COP27:
Kenyan farmers are adapting to
#climatechange
by planting drought-resistant beans through the
@_PABRA
@gatesfoundation
@CGIAR
Better Beans for Africa program.
Learn more about adaptation solutions in Africa:
We will soon be the proud inhabitants of the world's largest floating office 🙌 On Monday the foundations were towed to their permanent home the Rotterdam Rijnhaven harbor.
@meaningtospace