Credit: NAP CentralHow can governments and civil society ensure that the most vulnerable and marginalised groups are heard and involved when National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) are being prepared? This i...

Southern Voices for Adaptation have provided their input on progress in transparency and participation at a UNFCCC expert meeting in São Tomé on national adaptation plans. From 7-9 February, adapta...

This week, Southern Voices for Adaptation (SVA) will share its perspective at a UNFCCC expert meeting on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). The meeting, based in São Tomé, is hosted by the Least Deve...

COP23, hosted by Fiji at the UNFCCC Secretariat in Bonn, saw the involvement of Southern Voices partners from across the Global South. With arrivals from Nepal; Malawi; Vietnam; Nicaragua; Sri Lanka a...

Southern Voices on Adaptation are proud to share in the run-up to COP23 our new leaflet Milestones towards pro-poor Adaptation – Civil Society Achievements in promoting effective and equitable adap...

The Adaptation Communications is a central requirement to keep track of the progress by Governments in implementing the Paris Agreement, since there is close interlinkage between the temperature goal...

Civil Society climate advocates from nine countries in the Southern Voices programme attended the COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco to share lessons and engage with colleagues and policy-makers to promote ...

Civil Society climate advocates from nine countries in the Southern Voices programme will attend the COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco to promote effective and equitable adaptation approaches.From Nepal, ...

“Advancing National Adaptation Plans post-Paris” was the headline for the NAP Expo organised in Bonn by the UNFCCC. The NAP Expo is an important learning event for governments and other stakeholde...

How can the Joint Principles for Adaptation best be used by partner-networks to improve adaptation policies? How can we strengthen ties and learning among partner networks? And how can SV-Adapt best i...

SV-Adapt welcome two new regional facilitators to our team: In Africa, Mr. Obed Koringo and in Latin America Mr. Alejandro Alemán. The new facilitators will carry on the work of strengthening the cap...

A new phase begins for Southern Voices with the start of 2016. During the first two years from 2014-15 the main focus was on developing and testing the Joint Principles for Adaptation (JPA) – as a ...

Almost all of Southern Voices partner networks engaged in the COP21 in Paris as observers – and a considerable number as advisors to their Government delegations. This enabled us to host a Southern...

At COP21 in Paris, partner networks attended from most countries where SV-Adapt is working. They were there engaging with their governments and other actors to promote an ambitious outcome of Paris...

The role and importance of NAPs in the negotiating text on the table for Paris is a cause for concern to Vositha Wijenayake – the Southern Voices regional facilitator for Asia.So she has prepared ...