📣Call for applications: GCA's 2025 Local Adaptation Champions Awards reward innovative and scalable locally led efforts that strengthen the resilience of communities at the frontlines of #ClimateChange. 📅 Apply by: 6 July 2025 👉 gca.org/llachampions #LLAChampions

🌍 GCA and the University of Oxford, with support from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, have developed a new tool to drive investments in #NbS for climate-resilient infrastructure. Read the press release: gca.org/news/gca-lau... Explore the tool: gca.org/scaling-inve...

💬 How can private investors unlock Adaptation & Resilience (A&R) financing in Africa? At a recent GCA roundtable, financial sector leaders explored how to integrate A&R into capital allocation and transactions. Read more: gca.org/unlocking-ad...

🌍GCA at #CGIARScienceWeek Great meeting with @ilri.org to advance our collaboration on integrating climate adaptation innovations into scalable investment projects and we explored future opportunities to bridge the gap between @cgiar.org technologies and the smallholder farmers who need them most

🌳🇬🇭 As part of the GCA-CGIAR partnership, GCA is working with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT to support the World Bank’s Ghana Tree Crop Diversification Project, which aims to improve economic, climate, and social resilience in selected tree crop value chains.

📩 Exciting news! GCA is launching the hashtag#AAAP newsletter bringing you the latest on Africa’s largest adaptation program. 🔗 Subscribe now & stay ahead: eepurl.com/hFNoST

The Global Center on Adaptation is strengthening climate adaptation in the World Bank’s Tanzania Food Systems Resilience Program #TFSRP to build a more resilient agricultural sector. #ClimateAdaptation #FoodSystems #TanzaniaAgriculture #ResilientFarming #AdaptOurWorld

This morning, GCA along with our local implementing partners Akiba Mashinani Trust and technical consultant Suez met with Homa Bay county officials to discuss the Peoples Adaptation Planning process before kicking off the first day of Community Validation Workshops.

🇿🇲 In Zambia, roads are more than just routes—they're lifelines. The #TRACER project is paving the way for climate-resilient infra. By rehabilitating 200km along key trade corridors&integrating #NbS, we're future-proofing transport links vital to communities and the economy. gca.org/paving-zambi...

🌱 Empowering Young Innovators through #YouthADAPT GCA recently visited YouthADAPT 2023 winners in Nairobi: OnionDoctor and MAJIK WATER! These inspiring young entrepreneurs are leading groundbreaking solutions to strengthen climate resilience in Kenya.

📢 GCA announced its first collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on an ambitious climate resilience project aimed at strengthening food security and agricultural value chains in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Read the full press release: gca.org/news/gca-ann...

🌍🌾 GCA organized a kick-off meeting for Technical Assistance on the World Bank-funded Niger Livestock and Agriculture Modernization Project (LAMP), aimed at enhancing productivity, commercialization, and climate resilience in Niger's agri-food sector.

🌍🇰🇪 Last week, GCA and World Economic Forum convened a workshop to understand the opportunities and required enablers for mobilizing private capital for adaptation and resilience (A&R) through practical applications of both listed and unlisted debt mechanisms.

🌍💧 Proud to see our joint initiative with BRAC and FCDO aimed at developing Climate Resilient, Migrant-Friendly Towns in Bangladesh, featured in Dhaka Tribune on #WorldWaterDay! www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/3769...

From crisis to resilience

Mongla, a secondary city in Bangladesh's southwest, is highly vulnerable to climate change. Its location, surrounded by tidal rivers and near the Sundarbans, exposes it to rising salinity, coastal ero...

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🌍🌿 Excited to see UNDRR highlight the Global Tool for Nature-based Solutions #NbS! Developed by the University of Oxford and GCA, the tool provides data-driven insights to integrate NbS into infrastructure planning, reducing risks from floods & landslides. www.preventionweb.net/news/scaling...

Scaling investment in Nature-based Solutions for climate resilient infrastructure

A newly launched Global Tool and Finance Report, developed by the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute and the Global Center on Adaptation, aim to help scale investment in nature-base...

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📚Guest Lecture on Social Impact Assessment 📚 GCA Research Analyst Folake Kareem delivered a guest lecture for MSc students at Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen

Kenyan national institutions, policymakers, and infrastructure experts gathered for a dissemination workshop on the National Roadmap for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure. Developed under #AAAP with UON and GCA the Roadmap outlines a structured framework to build systemic resilience for Kenya's infra

GCA President and CEO, Prof. Patrick Verkooijen, announced the signing of the hosting agreement for the GCA Africa office, marking the establishment of GCA’s dual headquarters in partnership with Kenya 🇰🇪 and the Netherlands 🇳🇱

GCA and African Development Bank Group, under the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program #AAAP, in collaboration with Africa50 Group, convened a workshop to strengthen the Senegambia Bridge, a key trade link between The Gambia and Senegal. gca.org/building-cli...

Building Climate Resilience: GCA and AfDB Lead Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on the Senegambia Bridge - Global Center on Adaptation

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🇧🇩GCA successfully delivered the Training on Adaptation Finance in Gazipur. The training focused on the Economic and Financial Analysis of adaptation projects, equipping participants with the knowledge to prepare and interpret #EFA results in line with GCF guidelines.

Scaling investment in #NaturebasedSolutions for Climate Resilient Infrastructure 🌆 The Global Tool and Finance Report by @ecioxford.bsky.social & @gcadaptation.bsky.social identify opportunities to scale NbS for climate adaptation Read more ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/scaling...

Investing in climate action isn’t just necessary—it’s smart economics. The cost of inaction could shrink the global economy by up to 34%, while adaptation and mitigation investments yield high returns and protect the most vulnerable. bcg.com/publications...

Why Investing in Climate Action Makes Good Economic Sense

The investments necessary to mitigate and adapt to climate change are far less than the cost of inaction—11% to 27% of global GDP by 2100.

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The Global Center on Adaptation today announced that H.E. Dr. Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, has joined its Advisory Board. Read the full press release gca.org/news/preside...

The #LoCAL Facility is equipping communities with the tools and resources to combat climate challenges. This initiative has created transformative opportunities in 30 countries by devolving decision-making, investing in local capabilities, and ensuring transparency. llahub.gca.org/stories/ff9f...

At the 2025 GCA Bangladesh Annual Consultation, we reflected on the progress made in climate resilience and adaptation in 2024. With $2.6B in approved IFI investments benefiting 7 million people, our work continues to scale!

📚 GCA’s Senior Program Officer Aikaterina Myserli delivered a guest lecture on"Climate Adaptation and Finance" to students at the University of Groningen, Campus Fryslân. The session explored how investing in #NbS and climate finance can strengthen infra resilience and protect vulnerable communities

🇿🇦Meet Us at Cape Town GCA will be presenting alongside The World Bank at the 14th IWA Water Reclamation and Reuse Conference. Our session will highlight how Nature-Based Solutions #NbS can shape a circular and resilient future, drawing from impactful case studies across the region.

Climate adaptation is a powerful ally in the race to protect and support wildlife against climate change. On hashtag#worldwildlifeday, we would like to highlight four adaptation actions that could help save threatened species and ecosystems around the world. gca.org/protecting-w...

Today, Global Center on Adaptation and the @ox.ac.uk, with support from FCDO are kicking off a consultation to unveil advanced tools for mapping #NbS opportunities and kick off a series of Financers Roundtables for #NbS. Learn more: gca.org/events/mobil...

📣Submission Open until 19th March📣 Join us for the Youth Climate Adaptation Action Day Logo Competition! Young people passionate about climate adaptation are invited to submit their designs and play a role in shaping the future of #climateresilience! Find out more: gca.org/ycaad-logo-c...