Peer Learning Event on Accelerating the Transition from Planning to Implementation in National Adaptation Plan Processes

Accra, Ghana | August 17-19, 2026

As climate change impacts worsen, it is urgent to build climate resilience and reduce vulnerability to protect communities, ecosystems, and economies.  

Though nearly all countries have a national adaptation plan (NAP) process underway, shifting from planning to implementation remains a significant challenge. Accelerating this transition requires strengthening institutions, mobilizing resources, and engaging partners to deliver country-owned adaptation priorities. 

This 3-day peer learning event convened government representatives from Ghana, Kenya, the Netherlands, and South Africa in the Ghanaian capital to discuss how to accelerate the transition from planning to implementation in the NAP process. It is the second in-person event in a peer learning series focused on this theme. 

Co-organized by the Government of Ghana, the four-country peer learning event allowed participants to  

  • deepen their understanding of how to strengthen the enabling factors for the transition from planning to implementation of national adaptation priorities;  
  • share good practices and lessons on developing projects and programs in a timely, coordinated, and efficient manner to address national adaptation priorities; and    
  • highlight gaps and needs for ongoing support for the transition from planning to implementation in the NAP process. 

El evento de aprendizaje entre pares fue financiado por el Gobierno de los Países Bajos.  

The presentations and photos from this event are available below. For news and media coverage of this peer learning event, read our comunicado de prensa and stories from Ghana Times, Business & Financial Times, y Daily Guide Network, highlighting the importance of translating adaptation plans into actions that build climate resilience of communities, systems, and economies.

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Peer Learning Event on Accelerating the Transition from Planning to Implementation in NAP Processes

Día 1 | Agosto 17

Overview of the NAP Global Network and Evento de aprendizaje entre pares  Mauricio Luna Rodriguez, NAP Global Network

 

La transición de la planificación a la implementación en el proceso NAP – Systems, Levers, Actors Christian Ledwell, NAP Global Network

 

Climate Resilient Livelihoods and Ecosystem Restoration for Bekwai Municipality (RESTORE+) Samuel Armah Andoh, Bekwai Municipal Assembly

 

Project ATLAS: Affordable Turn-key Low-tech Solar-powered Aquaponics Systems for Smallholder Youth- and Women-led Farmer Groups Denis Banuoku, VerdeFresco Acuaponia 

 

Día 2 | Agosto 18

Engaging finance and planning ministries in planning to implementation Christian Ledwell, NAP Global Network 

 

Financing Locally Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) in Kenya  | Thomas Lerenten Lelekoitien, Climate Change Directorate, Kenya 

 

Blue Deal Programme: Advancing Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) for coastal protection Dr. Joachim Ayiiwe Abungba, Water Resources Commission, Ghana 

South Africa’s Approach to Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) of Adaptation Implementation | Delani Mathevula, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, South Africa 

 

Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways (DAPP) | Sadie McEvoy (PhD), Deltares, with interactive exercise organized by Karen Meijer, Government of the Netherlands

Introduction to applying the adaptation pathways approach | Karen Meijer, PhD, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water, Netherlands

Participants engaged with panelists from the finance ministry and Treasury representatives from South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya on their approaches to supporting NAP implementation. 

Día 3 | Agosto 19

Participants visited Ga Mashie district along Accra's coast to see firsthand adaptation measures undertaken to reduce coastal erosion, as well as learning more about Ghana's history at the Kwame Nkrumah Museum.

Peer Learning Event on Accelerating the Transition from Planning to Implementation in NAP Processes
In the background, the breakwater at Jamestown Fishing Harbour is visible.

Peer Learning Event on Accelerating the Transition from Planning to Implementation in NAP Processes
A detailed view of concrete tetrapods deployed as breakwaters along Ghana's coastline in Ga Mashie district (Photo: Ian Thandie).

Peer Learning Event on Accelerating the Transition from Planning to Implementation in NAP Processes
In the background stands the historic Jamestown Lighthouse.

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