by Anne Hammill and Hayley Price-Kelly, IISD
At its 13th meeting in Songdo, Republic of Korea, at the end of June, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board announced plans to provide financial support to developing countries for the formulation of national adaptation plans (NAPs) and/or other national adaptation planning processes. Specifically, countries can now request up to USD 3 million in support […]
by Angie Dazé, IISD
With the Paris Agreement set to enter into force just before COP 22, attention is turning to how to implement the historic agreement: how do we achieve its commitments and how do we ramp up ambition over time? For the first time, we have a global goal for climate change adaptation that is explicitly linked […]
International representatives from the Philippines and Grenada, also members of the NAP Global Network, attended the event to share their experiences.
TIRANA, JUNE 29, 2016 — The Albanian government has launched its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to prepare for the impacts of climate change. “We are very pleased to launch Albania’s National Adaptation Plan, which represents a collaborative vision for protecting Albanian communities from the threats posed by a changing climate,” said Laureta Dibra, Head of […]
There is a troubling gap between the existing amount available in finance for climate change adaptation and its actual costs. Though methodologies for estimating adaptation costs are widely debated, the World Bank estimates that adaptation will cost countries tens of billions USD this century, and UNEP’s 2016 Adaptation Finance Gap Update predicts that these costs could escalate to be hundreds […]
by Hayley Price-Kelly & Angie Dazé
The Paris Agreement’s inclusion of an adaptation goal has raised adaptation’s profile in the international arena. Recognizing this, parties to COP 21 established a Technical Examination Process on Adaptation (TEP-A)—complementing a pre-existing process for mitigation—as a contribution to enhanced action prior to 2020. The first meetings under this process—known as the Technical Expert Meeting on […]
by Anne Hammill, Jo-Ellen Parry and Hayley Price-Kelly
Here are some key ways that the Paris Agreement will reinforce and build on the UNFCCC’s prior commitments related to NAPs and potentially affect developing countries’ adaptation efforts.
at COP21
Based on concrete experiences of countries participating in the Network, this series examines how countries are currently approaching different aspects of the NAP process. This launch issue draws on concrete examples to show how the impetus for sector integration can be found in different ministries and at different levels depending on the country context.
Strengthening the means of implementation
Beyond taking urgent action to fight climate change, the NAP process and engagement around it provide an example of how we can strengthen the means of implementation (and financing) of the SDGs.
A spectrum of approaches
A range of approaches to integrating adaptation considerations across sectors and levels demonstrates how the NAP process can lead to a common outcome (integration) via varying country-specific pathways.