GCCA+ Global Learning Event
Exploring effective ‘post-COP21’ approaches to climate change adaptation at the Global Learning Event by GCCA+. Climate change is a global issue and calls for an international response built around sustainable, long-term climate change adaptation strategies. Almost exactly one year after the launch of GCCA+, the European Commission will welcome more than 150 delegates to its Global Learning Event (GLE) in Brussels, 12-14 September 2016, to explore effective ‘post-COP21’ approaches to climate change adaptation.
EU launches GCCA+
On 29 October 2015 in Brussels, the European Union launched the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+), a seven-year flagship programme to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable places tackle climate change. “It is a high priority for the European Union to help the most vulnerable countries win this fight while making the transition to a greener and more sustainable economy,” said International Cooperation and Development Commissioner Neven Mimica at the launch.
First GCCA+ Global Learning Event, Brussels
By the end of 2013, the GCCA will be funding over 45 climate programmes (national, regional and global) in more than 35 countries and across 4 regions. As the experience accumulates across the globe from these and other programmes, it is important that the GCCA ensures that lesson learning is an integral part of the process, and that the knowledge generated from its implementation is shared across countries and regions and with development partners.
GCCA+ Global Policy Event
The GCCA’s second global event took place from 18 to 20 September 2013 and brought together over 150 international development and climate change practitioners with those responsible for negotiating international agreements in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).