Global Center on Adaptation

#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 🔗 gca.org/what-is-climat…

Homa Bay County begins developing climate change adaption plan standardmedia.co.ke/nyanza/article…

Ready to kick-start your career in a global organisation tackling climate adaptation? GCA is hiring: 📱 Digital Communications Intern 💬 Internal Communications Intern 🧑‍💼 HR Intern Apply now: brnw.ch/21wUsmH

Adaptation Starts with Youth Solutions. 🌎💡 This is your chance to lead with bold ideas, inspire real change, and be recognized as a youth climate leader on the global stage. 👉 Submit your video: brnw.ch/21wUrtV #MyClimateAdaptationSolution #Youth4AdaptationActionDay

📢 Introducing the African Youth Adaptation Network In-Country Focal Points! After an incredible show of public support and youth-led momentum across Africa, we are proud to announce the organizations selected as In-Country Focal Points. YAN In-Country Focal Points will: 🌍…

The Global Center on Adaptation inspired the next generation of climate leaders at Summer School on “The Future of Climate Adaptation.”, organized by the Wubbo Ockels School for Energy & Climate, University of Groningen 💼 On a field visit, Dr. Gül Tuçaltan joined bold…

This week, GCA hosted the first of two Climate Risk Workshops and conducted site visits with SNIM employees in Nouadhibou and Zouérat, Mauritania. 🇲🇷 These sessions are a key component of the AfDB’s SNIM Logistics Capacity Expansion Program, representing a critical step toward…

Very productive meeting with H.E. President @WilliamsRuto and H.E. Arnaud Suquet @arnaud_suquet, Ambassador of @FranceinKenya. Together at @GCAdaptation and @uonbi, we’re accelerating climate adaptation through the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (#AAAP) and advancing…

Are you a young entrepreneur in Africa from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Ghana, or Tanzania with an innovative solution accelerating climate adaptation in food security or infrastructure? Looking for the opportunity to scale your business and create real impact? @GCAdaptation…

📣 Call for Proposals 📣 GCA is seeking a qualified firm/organization for research and analytical services to develop a report focused on climate adaptation and security in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. Submission deadline: 31st July 2025 Find out more:…

“The winds have become very strong, causing bigger waves that destroy lakefront houses. We are forced to place stones to keep our roofs in place,” says Steve, a fisherman on Ringiti Island in Lake Victoria. “Fishing has also become more difficult. With changing water levels and…

"We've been working with GCA and Akiba Mashinani group @AkibaMTrust to develop the first ever, globally, integrated People’s Adaptation Plan" said Homa Bay County Governor @gladyswanga. "We are happy that now we have ready a plan that is not top down, that has not been dropped…

🌍💪 Youth Climate Adaptation Action Day 2025 is coming! Last year: 365 events, 73 countries, 15K+ participants, millions reached online. This year’s theme: “NDCs, Youth, and Adaptation.” 🎥 Share your adaptation solution via the video competition: brnw.ch/21wUmwc

"GCA is different because they are coming to the ground to see exactly what people are going through. And when they speak on the global platforms, they speak from real experiences of real people," said Homa Bay Governor @gladyswanga during a two-day visit by GCA President and…

Ringiti Island, Lake Victoria: 1,500 people living on the edge of rising temperatures, floods and livelihood insecurity. I met them to see how their People’s Adaptation Plan is changing that—putting them in charge of health, water, jobs, homes, and their future.

Led by Governor @gladyswanga with @AkibaMTrust , and supported by @GCAdaptation under #AAAP, the People’s Adaptation Plan is now informing the Homa Bay Municipal Development Plan. @HomaBayCountyKE The plan draws from 21,317 households mapped by the community, identifying…

“Our biggest goal is sanitation,” said Wycklif Kisara of Kiringiti Island. “We have too few toilets and no dump sites—we’re sometimes forced to pollute the lake, our only water source.” Through the People’s Adaptation Plan, communities are addressing local challenges to secure…

On Lake Victoria’s Ringiti island, where 1504 people already live on the edge, rising temperatures, flash floods, reduced fish stocks, increased incidence of disease and higher wind speeds are compounding food, water, housing and livelihood insecurity. Today, @GCAdaptation…

🇰🇪 @GCAdaptation today hailed Homa Bay County’s bold leadership in transforming community-led climate action into official county planning, following a two-day visit by GCA President and CEO @Prof_PatrickV to the lakeside county. His visit celebrated the integration of the…

Homa Bay is leading the way forward as a champion of how transformation should take place, not only in Kenya, but globally. By pioneering the world’s first locally led, climate-resilient municipal development plan, the county is setting a bold new standard. GCA is proud to be…