Global Adaptation Network

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Global Adaptation Network in 2010 to share and exchange climate change adaptation knowledge across the world. GAN's secretariat is based at UNEP's Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.

GAN was formed as an umbrella organization to bring together regional networks across the world that are working on issues related to climate change adaptation. These regional networks include Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), the Regional Gateway for Technology Transfer and Climate Change Action for Latin America and the Caribbean (REGATTA), and Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Food Security in Africa (EBAFOSA).

The Global Adaptation Network has four main areas of work:

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