International Adaptation and Resilience
EPA provides an array analytical and capacity building tools and technical and experiential expertise to broad-based international partners focused on local and regional scale efforts to adapt, build resilience, and develop more sustainably.
UNEP Global Adaptation Network (GAN)
The Global Adaptation Network (GAN) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) builds climate resilience in vulnerable communities, ecosystems and economies by translating complex data into simple, results oriented information that can be used by communities to help them lead their own climate adaptation actions.
EPA partnered with the UN GAN Secretariat and steering committee members to initiate and launch a series of pilot “Learning Exchanges” to help local communities build climate resilience and adapt to climate change. The program facilitates face-to-face exchanges of adaptation information and know-how between local communities that can often be geographically distant.
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EPIC (Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities)
The EPIC model pairs local governments and communities with university students and faculty, to enhance local capacity to enact effective solutions to address adaptation, resilience and local development. To date, the EPIC model has been implemented by more than 70 university-based programs in more than 350 diverse institutions/communities worldwide, resulting in more than 1800 projects being completed while mobilizing more than a million hours of expert-supervised student contributions to addressing issues of concern to local communities.
Learn more:
- Official Website: EPIC Network
EPA Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X)
ARC-X is an interactive resource or toolbox designed to capacitate local government officials to lead efforts within their communities to adapt and build resilience locally and regionally. It is an integrated package of information tailored specifically to address the needs of local leaders and their communities.
Contacts
For additional information on EPA's international climate adaptation and resilience initiatives, contact:
202-564-6600