Adaptation Knowledge Portal
Welcome to the GCA Knowledge Portal
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) acts as a solutions broker and innovation hub. Working with partners and collaborating institutions, GCA highlights climate risks, delivers projects and initiatives, and provides resources for capacity building and avenues for community building.
The GCA Knowledge Portal makes information and knowledge on adaptation accessible and actionable – as a comprehensive online source connecting adaptation science, policy and practice.
The GCA Knowledge Portal, first launched in January 2021, supports GCA’s role as a solutions broker. The website provides four main services:
- providing open access and interactive visualization of data and knowledge
- facilitating knowledge-sharing and learning
- guiding and enabling the implementation of adaptation solutions
- providing a coherent global perspective on adaptation
The GCA Knowledge Portal is organized into three pillars:
Climate Change and Impacts
Explore which locations face the most severe climate challenges and learn why.
- Risks and Resilience
- Assessing Needs
Planning and Action
Browse our global catalogue of actions and projects demonstrating how people are already adapting.
- Governance and Planning
- Finance
- Projects and Practices Database
Engage and Learn
Build your own capacities and get involved through e-learning, digital resources, and online communities.
- GCA initiatives
- Resources
- State and Trends in Adaptation Series
Latest updates
State and Trends in Adaptation Report 2022
State and Trends in Adaptation 2022 Report: Africa (Volume 2) expands on the in-depth analyses provided in State and Trends in Adaptation 2021 by widening its scope of sector and thematic areas, regional coverage, and undertaking deep dives at the country level for specific topics.
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Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation
A platform to inform, connect and inspire local communities and LLA practitioners around the world with the latest knowledge and solutions for LLA
Water Adaptation Community
Community platform for sharing, developing, and exchanging insights, knowledge, and resources on the crucial role water plays in adaptation.
Accelerating adaptation action
The Global Center on Adaptation is an international organization working as a solutions broker to accelerate action and support for adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector.
Founded in 2018, our global office is hosted by the Netherlands in Rotterdam, with regional offices in Africa, South Asia and Asia Pacific and a research and innovation hub based in Groningen. We engage in innovative solutions to drive adaptation at scale, high-level policy development, new research contributions, advocacy, communications, and work with our partners to deliver action on the ground.
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Acknowledgements
The GCA Knowledge Portal brings together data, analysis, and information on adaptation from across the globe. Individual parts of the GCA Knowledge Portal feature data from a variety of sources. We would, therefore, like to acknowledge the work done by these institutions and organizations who have helped to strengthen the evidence base on climate change and given impetus to adaptation action. The list below details these sources per feature.
- Identifying Risks and Adaptation Needs
- Planning and Action
- Our Donors