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Liberia's NAP Communication Strategy provides a roadmap for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to disseminate climate adaptation priorities. It identifies priority audiences—including political leadership, local communities, and the private sector—and proposes tailored messaging for six key sectors: agriculture, coastal zones, energy, fisheries, forestry, and waste management. The strategy emphasizes a multi-channel approach, prioritizing radio as the primary information source for both rural and urban populations, and includes a detailed implementation plan for 2024–2025 with a budget for activities such as community radio contracts and media training.

The Biocultural Community Protocol for Niafrang serves as a guide for the sustainable use of natural resources and the protection of traditional knowledge. It details the village's ecosystem, including its critical dune system, and outlines the socio-economic reliance on palm oil, rice, and forest products. The document highlights severe threats from a proposed zircon mining project, which the community argues would destroy a vital hydraulic barrier and disrupt local agriculture. It establishes a framework for access and benefit-sharing of genetic resources and reaffirms the community's commitment to protecting its environment and customary laws.

The proposal addresses the rapid growth of GHG emissions in Togo's transport sector, which increased 278% between 1995 and 2018. It identifies critical gaps including weak legal frameworks, poor institutional coordination, and a lack of technical expertise at national and local levels. The proposed 24-month intervention focuses on establishing a coordination mechanism, developing a stakeholder engagement plan, enhancing the capacity of ministries to evaluate emissions and design low-emission mobility plans, and creating a sustainable financial strategy to attract private investment. Key activities include urban planning evaluations for five major cities, the development of a low-emission roadmap for the Ministry of Energy, and an awareness campaign to improve public perception of low-carbon transport.

The document examines the integration of locally-led adaptation (LLA) into Senegal's climate strategy, specifically focusing on the alignment between community-driven initiatives and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Through case studies in agriculture, coastal zones, and health, the research demonstrates that while local actions are often consistent with national priorities, they are hindered by a lack of government recognition, limited technical capacity, and poor access to climate finance. The paper argues for a shift from top-down approaches to a model that empowers local communities to ensure sustainable and effective climate resilience.

The document examines the gap between Ghana's national climate policies and the implementation of adaptation actions at the community level. It argues that transitioning from top-down dynamics to locally-led adaptation (LLA)—which empowers local actors to define and lead their own resilience strategies—can improve the effectiveness and sustainability of climate actions. Through three case studies in the Savannah, Upper East, and coastal regions, the brief demonstrates how LLA initiatives, such as organic shea processing, climate-smart agriculture, and nature-based coastal defenses, align with Ghana's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) while addressing local vulnerabilities. It highlights significant funding gaps, noting that Ghana's NDCs estimate adaptation costs between US $9.3 billion and US $15.5 billion by 2030, with the government able to provide only a quarter of this amount. The brief recommends that the Ghanaian government and international partners prioritize LLA to unlock climate finance and leverage local knowledge for more sustainable development.

The report details how Hawaii is experiencing accelerating climate crises, specifically through extreme drought, intense tropical storms, sea level rise, and increasing temperatures. It provides comprehensive lists of potential costs for mitigation and adaptation, ranging from water management and wildfire suppression to floodproofing infrastructure and public health interventions.

The report details how climate change threatens the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) through sea level rise, intense storms, and extreme heat. It provides specific projections for sea level rise in New Jersey and New York City, notes the increasing frequency of 'nuisance flooding' at The Battery, and highlights the vulnerability of critical assets like LaGuardia Airport's Runway 13/31. The document quantifies historical damages, such as the billions lost during Superstorm Sandy, and lists a comprehensive set of potential adaptation costs, including flood-proofing buildings, elevating infrastructure, and mitigating heat-induced rail and road degradation.

The document outlines the advantages of kelp cultivation, highlighting its role in carbon sequestration, coastal protection, and the creation of local jobs. It asserts that seaweed farming is compatible with existing commercial fishing and recreational activities while supporting marine biodiversity and fish stocks.

The document outlines the low-impact lifecycle of seaweed farming—from spore release in nurseries to ocean growth and spring harvest—and highlights its role in carbon absorption and coastal protection. It details how seaweed serves as a sustainable raw material for diverse industries, including biopackaging, biofuels, textiles, and livestock feed, while providing alternative income for fishers.

The Climate-Smart Mangrove Tool is a methodology developed by WWF and the University of Queensland to help conservationists integrate climate change considerations into mangrove management. It employs a six-step process to evaluate biophysical vulnerability (exposure and sensitivity), assess socio-economic adaptive capacity, and prioritize management actions. The tool emphasizes the importance of site-specific characteristics—such as geomorphic setting, tidal range, and sediment supply—and climate threats like sea level rise and extreme weather. It provides a framework for selecting interventions, such as facilitating landward migration and restoring hydrological connectivity, to enhance the long-term resilience of mangroves.

The document analyzes how climate change impacts public health in Senegal through heatwaves, floods, and droughts, while highlighting a community-led resilience project in Widou Thiéngoly.

The report examines two nature-based solutions (NbS) projects: mangrove restoration in Grenada and interurban biological corridors in Costa Rica. It highlights the importance of establishing ecological baselines, using participatory monitoring and citizen science, and integrating biodiversity targets into urban planning to ensure that climate adaptation efforts also provide net gains for ecosystem health.

The document presents two case studies to illustrate the practical application of nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate adaptation. The first case focuses on mangrove restoration in Grenada, emphasizing the use of a specific restoration protocol and diverse biodiversity monitoring tools to improve seedling survival and ecosystem health. The second case examines the Biodiver_City project in Costa Rica, which implements interurban biological corridors in the San José metropolitan area to combat urban heat islands and flooding while enhancing ecological connectivity. Both cases highlight the importance of baseline data, citizen science, and multi-stakeholder coordination in achieving biodiversity co-benefits.

The proposal aims to address critical gaps in Benin's climate action, including the lack of a centralized climate information system and poor integration of national climate commitments into communal development plans. Key planned activities include the creation of a digital climate data repository, a baseline study on the integration of climate change into local planning, an evaluation of the 2016-2025 Low-Emission Climate-Resilient Development Strategy (LECRDS), and the development of a concept note for scaling up nature-based solutions. The project will be implemented by the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) over 24 months, targeting the National Designated Authority, sectoral ministries, and local communes.

The report examines Ghana's climate adaptation landscape, highlighting the gap between national policy and community-level implementation. It identifies specific locally led adaptation (LLA) practices—such as climate-smart agriculture and nature-based coastal solutions—and argues for the devolution of finance, integration of traditional knowledge, and clearer definitions of 'local' to enhance resilience in vulnerable communities.

The report examines climate adaptation in Senegal, finding that while locally led adaptation (LLA) is active and aligns with national goals, it is hindered by significant financing gaps and a lack of integration into central government policy and governance.

The village of Laborie, Saint Lucia, faces significant economic and social threats due to climate change, specifically through depleted fish catches, sea-level rise, and intense hurricanes. Fisherfolk have adapted by using fish aggregating devices (FADs) and traveling further offshore, though extreme weather continues to destroy equipment and infrastructure. While the Laborie Fishers’ & Consumers Co-operative provides critical distress funding, a lack of long-term insurance for small vessels remains a vulnerability. National efforts, such as the Fisheries Sectoral Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan (2018-2028), aim to enhance sustainability and support the transition toward a resilient blue economy.

The Great Blue Wall (GBW) is a proposed regional programme for the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) designed to create a network of regenerative seascapes. Led by the IUCN and targeting nine countries, the initiative seeks to combine nature-based solutions with innovative financing to protect critical blue ecosystems—such as mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reefs—while fostering a regenerative blue economy. The programme requests USD 200 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), with an additional USD 100 million in co-financing, to implement a four-component strategy focusing on policy frameworks, market development, capital flow acceleration, and regional coordination. Key goals by 2031 include the protection of 2 million km² of the ocean in the WIO and the creation of 2 million jobs.

The Kune-Vaini Lagoon System (KVLS) in northern Albania, a biodiversity hotspot for approximately 200 bird species, faced severe threats from climate-induced flooding and sea-level rise. Between 1997 and 2017, floods caused USD 218 million in damage across Albania, with a third of coastal areas expected to face regular flooding by 2030. In response, the Albanian government, through its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) launched in 2015, implemented a pilot EbA project from 2016 to 2020 funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by UNEP. The project employed three primary strategies: rehabilitating 2,000 metres of coastal dunes using over 65,000 seedlings of marram grass and marina; planting over 14,500 climate-resilient tree seedlings to create a "green belt" buffer; and using a sand dredger to reopen the tidal channel inlet to restore seawater circulation. These interventions have led to increased populations of sea bass, eels, pelicans, and flamingos, while improving flood resilience and water quality. The project also addressed capacity gaps in national and local government regarding EbA concepts. Based on these results, the Ministry of Tourism and Environment intends to replicate these approaches in the Narta and Karavasta lagoons in southern Albania.

Fiji employs a multi-sectoral approach to climate adaptation, utilizing a National Adaptation Plan with 160 measures and a hybrid seawall strategy combining mangroves, boulders, and vetiver grass. The government coordinates these efforts through the Climate Change Division, utilizing GIS and the Adaptation Impact Analysis Tool to monitor village-level projects. For communities facing immediate risk of inundation, Fiji has established a Standard Operating Procedure for Planned Relocations and the Climate Relocation of Communities (CROC) Trust Fund to ensure voluntary, culturally-sensitive movement to higher ground, as seen in the relocation of the village of Cogea.