World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP)

The call for participation in Adaptation Futures 2025 has just opened!! Find out how you can join online or in person to this premiere adaptation science gathering - cohosted by @UCNZ with @WaspClimate & wonderful consortium partners - find out more here! adaptationfutures2025.com

DEADLINE EXTENDED: The deadline for calls for proposals to host the 9th Adaptation Futures Conference in 2026 has been extended to the 1st of September. For the Terms of Reference, please contact the Secretariat at secretariat@wasp-adaptation.org.

A reminder that the call for proposals to host the ninth international Adaptation Futures conference in 2026 is closing on the 1st of May. #AdaptationFutures

The WASP Secretariat is delighted to open the call for proposals to host the ninth Adaptation Futures international conference, to take place during a week in September-November 2026. Find out more at: wasp-adaptation.org/all-events/cal… The deadline for submissions is 1 May 2024.

We are delighted to announce that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has joined the World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP) as of February 2024. The WASP looks forward to working with UNESCO to make science work for climate adaptation.

#COP28 @andersen_inger UNEP Executive Director, and @simonstiell, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, speaking at the UNFCCC Event on insights from the Adaptation Gap Report 2023. #AdaptationGap

Please join us tomorrow for the UNFCCC COP28 Event on the Adaptation Gap Report 2023. The event will feature high-level remarks from Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, and Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC. #COP28 #AdaptationGap

#COP28 This morning @BritishIntInv, @ZEPRE_PTAReins, @StanChart, @UNEP and @TUeindhoven discussed some of the solutions to build resilience in finance and vulnerable societies at the UNEP Pavilion. #AdaptationGap

Many adaptation side events are happening at the UNEP Pavilion (Zone B7, Building 87), at COP28 in Dubai! For those watching online, the livestream links can be found at: lnkd.in/dNjzWGCT #COP28 #ClimateAction

Join us for three collaborative WASP Side Events at the IPCC-WMO-MERI-NCM Pavillion (Zone B7, Building 88) at COP28 in Dubai! Our website: wasp-adaptation.org #COP28 #ClimateAction

The eighth edition of the UNEP-led WASP-supported Adaptation Gap Report was launched today in a virtual press conference. The event involved a technical presentation on key messages, a high-level panel discussion and a Q&A. Download the full report here: lnkd.in/dhsBMUXZ

#ClimateAction should be rapidly accelerating, but it is not. Progress on adaptation is slowing on all fronts. UNEP's 2023 #AdaptationGap Report outlines what’s urgently needed in three key areas: finance, planning, and implementation. unep.org/resources/adap…

UNEP is launching its 2023 edition of the Adaptation Gap Report, co-produced by UNEP-CCC and the WASP, today at 13:00 (EAT) in a virtual press conference. Watch the live press conference at: unep.org/events/publica…

The WASP mourns the loss of one of the World's greatest climate adaptation science champions, Prof. Saleemul Huq, co-founder of the WASP. He passed away in Dhaka on 29 October, 2023. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and the ICCCAD Community. He will be dearly missed.

On October 2 and 6, the WASP held its hybrid Fourth Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada. We discussed the work of the Committees, the Working Groups, the Secretariat and the Core Projects, as well as the outcomes of Adaptation Futures 2023, and future directions of the WASP.

In the closing plenary of @AdaptFutures 2023, the WASP was honored to announce that the 2025 Adaptation Futures conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand. #AdaptFutures2023

Last week at @AdaptFutures, the WASP led sessions on the Global Goal on Adaptation, research questions on loss and damage, and advancing adaptation effectiveness. All three sessions included important and engaging discussions on advancing climate adaptation science and research.

The World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP) launched the seventh science for adaptation policy brief on advancing effectiveness of climate adaptation last week at Adaptation Futures 2023 in Montreal, Canada. Available at: lnkd.in/dYpygUw3

Great discussion w/ ⁦@IPCC_CH⁩ Secretary & ⁦@WaspClimate⁩ Chair Abdalah Mokssit & ⁦@KappelleMaarten⁩ ⁦@UNEP in Montreal⁩ ⁦@AdaptFutures⁩. Very useful conversation with WASP WG members ⁦@MarkNewACDI⁩ ⁦@Totin001⁩ on loss and damage.