These resources from the NAP Global Network and links to other relevant sources provide background information and tools relevant to the NAP process.
Progress and Challenges in Achieving Vertical Integration in Adaptation Processes
The quality and effectiveness of a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process largely depends on the extent to which it represents the realities of climate change at local levels and supports their adaptation efforts. The objective of this briefing note is to reflect on the experiences of several countries with vertical integration.
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.
Eswatini Outreach Programme: Strengthening Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge Systems to Enhance Resilience
This briefing note presents case studies, key findings, and recommendations based on the climate change outreach programme implemented by the Government of Eswatini to raise awareness of adaptation and collect information from local communities and at the grassroots level on Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge on adaptation.
Webinar: Climate Resilience through Collaboration Across Scales
Explore countryexperiences and case studies on vertical integration for locally-led action on climate adaptation.
Resilience in Action
Five years of supporting National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes
The NAP Global Network has been supporting developing countries with national adaptation planning and action for five years. This report presents highlights from our work and identifies the approaches that countries are using to navigate their NAP processes.
Tuvalu Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Report:
Funafuti Community, Funafuti
This report captures the results of the Integrated Vulnerability Assessment (IVA) as conducted in Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu.
Tuvalu Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Report:
Amatuku Islet, Funafuti
This report communicates key results from the Integrated Vulnerability Assessment (IVA) as conducted on the islet of Amatuku, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu.
Webinar | Linking National and Sub-national Adaptation: Vertical integration in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes
This webinar is aimed for NAP teams and other stakeholders interested in strengthening vertical integration in the process. It will look at different aspects of vertical integration in NAP processes.
Entry Points for Vertical Integration of Climate Action in Kazakhstan
This study aims to identify and analyze potential ways to use existing Kazakhstani institutional mechanisms to strengthen sub-national level adaptation planning capacities to ensure the successful implementation of identified adaptation measures.
How Integrated Vulnerability Assessments Support NAP Processes in the Pacific Region
This briefing note highlights the significance of the integrated vulnerability assessment (IVA) framework to the NAP processes underway in three Pacific island states: Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands.
Video | Collecting Vulnerability Data to Inform Resilience Building in Pacific Islands: Tuvalu’s experience
This video presents the experience in Tuvalu of developing its IVA and looks at how—by allowing users to easily compare vulnerability data—these databases support adaptation decision-making that can help advance the National Adaptation Plan process.
sNAPshot | Linking Sectoral Adaptation Planning Processes at National and Subnational levels: Lessons from Senegal
Building on an earlier overview brief, this sNAPshot takes a closer look at Senegal’s approach to vertical integration, the process of linking national and sub-national adaptation planning through the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process. Read more in this series Information Sharing for Adaptation Planning at Sub-national Levels: South Africa’s Let’s Respond Toolkit Developing Capacity for Sub-national Adaptation Action in […]
Nepal’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process: Reflecting on lessons learned and the way forward
Nepal is in the formulation phase of its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, which aims to reduce the country’s vulnerability to climate change and to facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation in policies, programs and activities across sectors and levels. This report reflects on Nepal’s NAP process so far, at a time when the […]
Webinar | Vertical Integration in NAP Processes: Linking national and sub-national adaptation
This webinar explored approaches to vertical integration—the process of creating intentional and strategic linkages between national and sub-national adaptation planning, implementation and monitoring & evaluation (M&E). You can watch a recording and review the webinar’s presentations below. Agenda Introduction to the NAP Global Network and Webinar Series (Hayley Price-Kelly, NAP Global Network Secretariat) Introduction to […]