Global Center on Adaptation explained

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was founded on 18 September 2018.[1] Hosted by the Netherlands, GCA engages in policy activities, research, communications, and technical assistance to government and the private sector, policy development, research, advocacy, communications, and partnerships.[2] GCA's floating headquarters is hosted by the Netherlands in Rotterdam,[3] with regional offices in Africa, South Asia,[4] and Asia Pacific.[5]

GCA is led by CEO Patrick V. Verkooijen, and Co-Chairs Ban Ki-moon and Feike Sijbesma.GCA's flagship program, co-designed in partnership with the African Development Bank Group and endorsed by the African Union, is the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP).[6] President Uhuru Kenyatta was inaugurated as Global Champion for the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program on 7 July 2022.[7] On 5 September 2022, GCA hosted the Africa Adaptation Summit to ramp up solutions and funding for climate adaptation in the African continent.[8] The summit was attended by global leaders including Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo, among others.[9]

GCA Floating Office Rotterdam

GCA's headquarters is in the largest floating office in the world, moored in the Rijnhaven in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[10] [11] [12] The office is off-grid, carbon neutral, self-sufficient, and an example of existing adaptation to climate change impacts such as rising sea levels.[13] [14] The floating office was inaugurated on 6 September 2021 by His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.[15]

Global Commission on Adaptation

The Global Commission on Adaptation was launched in The Hague on 16 October 2018.[16] [17] Established by Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands and the leaders of 22 other convening countries, the Commission launched. The Commission was co-managed by GCA and the World Resources Institute.[18] In 2019, at the UN Climate Action Summit, the Commission launched a Year of Action to implement the recommendations from Adapt Now and accelerate the necessary transitions for change. The Commissioners oversaw the development of the flagship report and guided the Year of Action. In January 2021, the Global Commission on Adaptation formally concluded at the Climate Adaptation Summit, hosted by the Dutch government. GCA is taking forward the work of the Commission through its Programs.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, with co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, led the group of global leaders from political, business, multilateral, and scientific worlds.

Commissioners[19] !Name!Title
Akinwumi AdesinaPresident, African Development Bank
Inger AndersenExecutive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
Michelle BacheletUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Winnie ByanyimaExecutive Director, UNAIDS
Jagan ChapagainSecretary General, IFRC
Peter Damgaard JensenCEO, PKA Ltd
Patricia EspinosaExecutive Secretary, UNFCCC
Christiana FigueresFormer Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Li GanjieFormer Minister of Ecology and Environment, China
Hilda HeineFormer President of the Marshall Islands
Anne HidalgoMayor, Paris
Emma Howard BoydChair of the Environment Agency, UK
Agnes KalibataPresident, AGRA
Loren LegardaDeputy Speaker and Representative of the Lone District of Antique, Philippines
Strive MasiyiwaFounder and Chairman, Econet Wireless
José Antonio MeadeFormer Finance Minister, Mexico
Shri C.K MishraSecretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, India
Keith MitchellPrime Minister, Grenada
Gerd MüllerFederal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Muhammad MusaExecutive Director of BRAC International
Cora van NieuwenhuizenMinister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Netherlands
Sheela PatelChair, Slum Dwellers International
Carlos Manuel RodriguezCEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
Aiyaz Sayed-KhaiyumAttorney General and Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communications, Fiji
Feike SijbesmaChairman of Royal DSM
Andrew SteerPresident and CEO, World Resources Institute
Achim SteinerAdministrator, UNDP
Francis SuarezMayor, Miami
Petteri TaalasSecretary-General, World Meteorological Organization
Axel van TrotsenburgManaging Director of Operations, World Bank
Shemara WikramanayakeCEO, Macquarie Group Ltd.
Jonathan WilkinsonMinister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada
The leaders of the convening countries committed to catalyzing a global adaptation movement and work together to support the work of the Global Commission.
Convening Countries!!Name
1 Argentina
2 Bangladesh
3 Canada
4 Chile
5 China
6 Costa Rica
7 Denmark
8 Ethiopia
9 Germany
10 Grenada
11 India
12 Indonesia
13 Marshall Islands
14 Mexico
15 Netherlands
16 Peru
17 Republic of Korea
18 Senegal
19 South Africa
20 United Arab Emirates
21 United Kingdom
22 Uzbekistan
23 Vietnam

History

The Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation (GCECA) was founded by the Government of the Netherlands with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), NIES Japan[20] [21] [22] and the Philippines.[23] GCECA, hosted in Groningen and Rotterdam,[24] was launched at UN Climate Summit COP 23 on 14 November 2017.[25] [26] [27] During COP 23, the Centre organised a side event, "What is Excellence in Climate Adaptation?"[28] and supported the launch of the UN Environment Adaptation Gap Report 2017: Towards Global Assessment[29] [30] [31]

The Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation became the Global Center on Adaptation on 18 September 2018.

Notes and References

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