NAP Global Network at the 31st UN Climate Change Conference
From November 9 to 20, the 2026 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 31) will be held in Antalya, Türkiye, with Australia serving as President of Negotiations under a Türkiye–Australia partnership, bringing together world leaders, policy-makers, and decision-makers, civil society representatives, and other key actors to turn consensus and plans into climate action.
New studies warn that global warming is set to exceed the 1.5 goal; to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the pace and scale of adaptation needs to accelerate. Against this backdrop, the COP 31 presidency has highlighted the importance of strengthening climate resilience and adaptation through national adaptation plans (NAPs), with negotiations underway on the global goal on adaptation, climate finance, and the refinement of Belém Adaptation Indicators (BAI), following up on the NAP assessment from COP 30.
During this climate summit, parties will seek common ground on key adaptation mandates, setting the stage for the second global stocktake of progress under the Paris Agreement.
With the global focus on translating climate plans into action, the latest UN Climate Change’s 2026 progress report on NAPs underscored that while 146 countries have a NAP process underway, significant barriers and gaps remain for the shift from adaptation planning to implementation, particularly accessing finance, developing investment-ready projects, and channelling funding to countries that need it most.
Against this backdrop, the NAP Global Network Secretariat team will be in Antalya, co-hosting side events with partner countries and organizations from the adaptation community to exchange insights and lessons on accelerating the transition from planning to implementation and showcase countries’ milestones and experiences in advancing effective and inclusive NAP processes.
These sessions will focus on a range of key topics, including monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), the education sector in NAP processes, private sector engagement, and gender equality and social inclusion.
See below for more details of the NAP Global Network’s participation at COP 31.
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Host: Government of Australia and NAP Global Network
This session focuses on accelerating adaptation action through countries' NAP processes. It aims to identify key factors that help drive the shift from planning to implementation.
During the session, panellists are exploring lessons learned, systems, and approaches that can help accelerate and scale adaptation action, delivering tangible economic and social benefits.
Host: COP 30 Presidency (COP 30), NAP Implementation Alliance (NIA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Inter-American Development Bank, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, NAP Global Network
Though nearly all countries have a NAP process underway, shifting from planning to implementation remains a significant challenge. Accelerating this transition requires strengthening institutions, mobilizing resources, and engaging partners to deliver country-owned adaptation priorities.
Drawing on successful experiences from Latin American and Caribbean countries, this event will aim to share technical lessons on effective, efficient, coordinated approaches to the transition from planning to implementation in NAP processes. It will also identify opportunities for strengthening regional and international cooperation and support to advance these processes.
Host: Government of Viet Nam and NAP Global Network
The event is bringing together representatives from Viet Nam, peer countries, and international experts to highlight how governments are engaging the private sector in adaptation. It will also explore the role of the private sector as financiers and investors in adaptation, supporting the implementation of Viet Nam’s national adaptation priorities articulated in its NAP and nationally determined contributions (NDC).
Host: Government of Viet Nam and NAP Global Network
The event is convening representatives from Viet Nam and peer countries from across regions, along with international experts, to present recent advances in their national MEL systems for adaptation. It also aims to showcase how countries are using MEL evidence generated for global reporting and processes, including the second global stocktake, the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, and Belém Adaptation Indicators (BAIs).
Viet Nam will share results from the evaluation of its NAP process and updates to its national MEL system.
Host: Government of Somalia, Save the Children, NAP Global Network
This dialogue will showcase how Somalia is integrating the education sector into the NAP process, including the development of the Roadmap for Implementing Education Adaptation Activities Under Somalia’s NAP (2026–2030), and approaches to strengthening coordination between the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education to support this work.
Participants will share lessons learned and key challenges in their own contexts, and co-develop practical solutions. Building on the NAP Global Network and Save the Children's virtual community of practice on this topic, this dialogue will allow current members to connect in person and give other potential members an opportunity to learn about the community of practice.
Host: NIA, Brazil COP 30 Presidency, UNDP, NAP Global Network
This event will spotlight developing country experiences in accelerating the transition from planning to implementation of priorities set out in their NAP processes, as well as opportunities for technical partners and funders to better support this shift.
Events Featuring NAP Global Network Representatives as Panellists
Host: Regions4, NAP Implementation Alliance, European Climate Foundation
The roundtable aims to explore how to strengthen the vertical integration of NAPs to connect national adaptation priorities with subnational action and mobilize finance at the local level for effective NAP implementation.
During the session, panellists will identify institutional mechanisms that align NAPs with subnational adaptation action and plans. They will also showcase emerging financing mechanisms and governance models that support territorial and subnational NAP implementation.
The side event will explore how knowledge products of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) and its thematic expert groups can be put to work to advance action and support on loss and damage, while drawing on country and community experiences to strengthen future guidance and knowledge products of the WIM ExCom. It will highlight selected products of the Committee that can help countries identify, understand and communicate different dimensions of loss and damage, generate and structure relevant evidence, and support planning, implementation and access to support.
Through country examples, the event will explore how the products of the Committee can be applied in practice, including by countries and organizations supporting them, such as Santiago Network member organizations. Building on the experience of holding the 25th meeting of the WIM ExCom and the 4th annual meeting of its thematic expert groups in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the discussion will also consider how lived experience and country, community and regional expertise can inform the development and use of the Committee's knowledge products.
Host: AFD, AdaptAction, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
À l'occasion de la COP31, alors que se poursuivent les discussions sur l'affinement des indicateurs de Belém et la Vision de Belém-Addis sur l'adaptation, cet événement parallèle proposera de confronter les enseignements de l'étude aux expériences concrètes de trois pays africains : le Sénégal, la Gambie et le Bénin.
L'objectif général de cet événement est de favoriser un dialogue entre les pays et les acteurs du développement sur le rôle des systèmes nationaux de SSEA dans le suivi des progrès en matière d'adaptation et leur articulation avec les indicateurs de Belém.
This event provides examples of how countries are moving from planning to action by setting up coordination mechanisms, prioritizing investments, making informed choices, developing monitoring systems, and mobilizing actors and finance.
Drawing on practical experience and lessons learned, this event will showcase perspectives from developed and developing countries, knowledge institutes, and financiers, and highlight how to translate adaptation ambitions into action.
It also builds on a peer learning workshop series organized by NAP Global Network and the Government of the Netherlands, where countries shared their progress and challenges in adaptation implementation.
Host: Government of Nigeria and NAP Global Network
This event will present Nigeria’s NAP document to the global community at COP 31, laying out the country's planning journey across application, approval, and formulation. It will also explore collaborations and investment opportunities for implementing Nigeria's NAP.
During this event, panellists will also highlight the support received from the NAP Global Network and answer questions from participants.
