These resources from the NAP Global Network and links to other relevant sources provide background information and tools relevant to the NAP process.
Adaptation Communications: Frequently Asked Questions
by Anne Hammill and Christian Ledwell, NAP Global Network Secretariat
The NAP Global Network Secretariat is currently supporting 19 country partners prepare adaptation communications under the UNFCCC and these are the most common questions that have emerged from this work.
Video | Why Gender Matters for Effective Adaptation to Climate Change
Differing backgrounds, genders, and socio-economic realities play a key role in how people experience climate impacts. National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes are only effective when these aspects are included in the decision-making process. Watch this video to learn more!
Building Resilience With Nature: Maximizing Ecosystem-based Adaptation through National Adaptation Plan Processes
Guidance Note
This document provides guidance on maximizing ecosystem-based adaptation through National Adaptation Plan processes.
Ethiopia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Implementation Roadmap
Climate Resilient Green Economy
This document builds on NAP-ETH, elaborating implementation strategies for the adaptation options and strategic priorities identified in the plan.
Toolkit for Engaging the Private Sector in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
Supplement to the UNFCCC Technical Guidelines for the NAP Process
This toolkit aims to help governments develop strategies for the effective engagement of private sector actors in the NAP process. This includes engaging them in all phases of the NAP process, as outlined in the Technical Guidelines for the NAP Process, developed in 2012 by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Toolkit for a Gender-Responsive Process to Formulate and Implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
Supplement to the UNFCCC Technical Guidelines for the NAP Process
This toolkit is designed to support country efforts to pursue a gender-responsive NAP process. It offers a flexible approach, recognizing that there are opportunities to integrate gender considerations regardless of where you are in the NAP process.
The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process: Frequently Asked Questions
At the NAP Global Network Secretariat, we are often asked—by a range of actors—to explain what the NAP process is and why it’s important. In this session, we answer a few of the common questions that we hear.
Facilitating Peer Learning with Adaptation Policy-Makers
Approaches and insights from the NAP Global Network’s Targeted Topics Forums
This guide is for people that want to hold inclusive, participatory events in which different stakeholders come together to collectively generate ideas and identify actions they will take to make progress toward adaptation. It will help move away from presentation-heavy meetings and invite people to think and plan differently for their next event.
Engaging the Private Sector in National Adaptation Planning Processes
This study aims to offer guidance to governments and their partners on how to engage the private sector in the NAP process.
Financing National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Contributing to the achievement of nationally determined contribution (NDC) adaptation goals
This guidance note aims to assist countries with determining how to secure the financing for their National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. Financing is needed throughout the entire NAP process to enable its potential to be reached—from its initiation to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of prioritized adaptation actions. This guidance presents the range of potential […]
A Framework for Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes
This sNAPshot policy brief discusses gender equality in the context of the formulation and implementation of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process.
Vertical Integration in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: A guidance note for linking national and sub-national adaptation
This guidance note aims to strengthen vertical integration in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, presenting a flexible approach to link national and sub-national adaptation planning, implementation and monitoring & evaluation.