• News 4 November 2021 Step up climate change adaptation efforts, or face huge disruption: UN report As nations gather for the latest round of climate talks in Glasgow, a new UN report called for urgent efforts to increase the financing and implementation of actions designed to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change. The Adaptation Gap Report 2021: The Gathering Storm, from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), found that while policies and planning are growing for climate change adaptation, financing and implementation are still far behind where they need to be. In addition…
• Publication 9 September 2021 Climate technologies in an urban context This guidebook is produced as part of the GEF-Funded Global Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Project, which is implemented by UNEP and UNEP DTU Partnership. Since 2009, close to one hundred countries have joined the Global TNA Project. Urban areas are home to an increasingly large share of the world’s population. As a result, a growing proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions are stemming from activities located in cities and towns, where many of the adverse impacts of global warming are…
• News 14 January 2021 Step up climate change adaptation or face serious human and economic damage As temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step up action to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs, damages and losses, the 2020 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report finds. The report shows that while nations have advanced in planning, huge gaps remain in finance for developing countries and bringing adaptation projects to the stage where they bring real protection against climate impacts such as droughts, floods and sea…
• News 8 September 2020 Trinidad and Tobago - an integrated approach to NDCs and TNA UNEP DTU Partnership recently asked the National Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Coordinator for Trinidad and Tobago, Kishan Kumarsingh, about his country's approach to TNA. Mr Kumarsingh is Head of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit at the Ministry of Planning and Development. "Given that climate change is mainly a development issue, the TNA process is not a standalone process. It should be viewed as an opportunity to identify, assess, adapt, adopt, synergise, and implement…
• Tools 26 August 2020 MCA (adaptation) A hands-on guidance to multi criteria analysis (MCA) and the identification and assessment of related criteria. Download the report:
• News 5 November 2019 UNEP DTU Partnership expert joins adaptation board Promoting climate adaptation action and help local communities adapt to the devastating impacts of climate change, the African Development Bank has appointed a group of renowned experts, among them UNEP DTU Partnership senior advisor Fatima-Zahra Taibi, to the executive board of the Adaptation Benefits Mechanism (ABM). The ABM board is being assisted by an interim secretariat, which is placed in the Bank’s Climate Change and Green Growth department, headed by the director Dr. Anthony Nyong. “We…
• News 24 September 2019 Adaptation metrics - current landscape and evolving practices Adaptation metrics are essential for tracking and assessing adaptation needs, actions, and progress. If used properly, they can enhance our understanding of what works and what does not work, why, and under what circumstances. Although frameworks and metrics to track adaptation are still at the early stages of development and application, there is already sufficient knowledge to help guide future efforts. This new background paper on adaptation metrics published by UNEP DTU Partnership and the…
• News 18 July 2019 Partnerships for climate action: Adaptation on your phone Increased uncertainty in rainfall patterns are distorting farming cycles, lowering yields and  can create a vicious cycle of hunger and poverty in the Ghanan agricultural sector. In a sector with more than 90 % smallholder farmers, access to information on adaptation to the changing climate is not only of crucial importance to production, but also to the survival of the families living of the land. High level of mobile phone ownership created an opportunity for Viamo (previously VOTO…

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