FAQ – BTR – Leveraging the NAP Process

• How Could Countries Leverage Their NAP Processes for Developing an A-BTR?

  NAP documents are likely to contain information that is relevant to developing an A-BTR, especially for Sections A–D of the A-BTR.

  These include national circumstances, institutional arrangements, and legal frameworks for adaptation; impacts, risks, and vulnerabilities; adaptation priorities and barriers; and adaptation strategies, policies, plans, goals, and actions to integrate adaptation into national policies and strategies. Some countries have developed, or are in the process of developing, MEL systems for their NAPs, which may inform Section F of the A-BTR on information related to the monitoring and evaluation of adaptation actions and processes. Some NAPs may also include information relevant to averting, minimizing, and addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts, which could be useful when preparing Section G of the A-BTR.

  The information contained within a NAP can be cross-referenced in the A-BTR or distilled into shorter and more focused summaries. Reviewing the draft or the final version of a NAP could be a useful starting point when developing an A-BTR.

  For countries that are planning to report on their NAP’s implementation, or have already prepared a NAP progress report, they may use this information to inform their A-BTR’s Sections E and H on the progress of adaptation actions’ implementation and good practices, experiences, and lessons learned.

  Countries may also wish to submit their A-BTR as their AdCom, or conversely, use the AdCom they have already developed as a basis for their A-BTR, to avoid duplication of effort. The following table illustrates the synergies in information requirements between the different adaptation-related reporting vehicles under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement.

  

• What Can Be Done For a Country That Has Not Completed a NAP Document but Has a NAP Process Underway?

  Many countries are currently working on their NAP documents or may not have formally submitted their NAP documents to the UNFCCC. The UNFCCC reported in 2022 that 139 developing countries have NAP processes underway.

  Countries in this situation may nonetheless have advanced some NAP processes that can help inform BTRs. Drawing on what they have done so far in their NAP process—whether it is a NAP Framework, roadmap, climate risk assessments, design of a MEL framework, or other milestones along the way—countries can use and synthesize whatever information they have available from the NAP process in their BTR.