Tag: NDCs

Enhanced NDCs Are Making Strong Links to National Adaptation Plans

Anika Terton and Christian Ledwell, IISD, in collaboration with IKI Support Project for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPA)/GIZ

Many countries have initiated and are advancing their NAP processes to identify and address their priorities for adapting to climate change.

NAP Global Network at COP 25: How NAP Processes Can Be Leveraged for Implementation of the Paris Agreement

Presented by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Government of Grenada

This event focused on ways in which the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process can be leveraged for meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, highlighting some developing country experiences. Anne Hammill, Senior Director Resilience Programme, IISD, moderated the event. She presented the NAP Global Network, aimed at enhancing national adaptation planning and action in developing […]

Adaptation Actions in NDC Partnership Plans: Opportunities for Alignment with NAP Processes

By Deborah Murphy, Senior Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development

This blog post was originally published on NDC Partnership website. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) set out countries’ ambitions for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions to achieve our commitment to the Paris Agreement. Though not mandatory, most countries have also chosen to include information on how they plan to adapt to the impacts of climate change. […]

How Can the NAP Process Enhance Adaptation in the NDCs by 2020? We’ve got three ideas.

By Janet Strachan and Anika Terton

When it comes to adapting to climate change and achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement, nations around the world have access to a few useful processes to help them reach their goals—namely, their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. In countries where adaptation information is included in NDCs, the two […]

Scaling Up Adaptation: Strengthening alignment of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process and the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in Grenada

St. George’s, February 2, 2019 – On January 31 and February 1, the NAP Global Network and the Grenadian Ministry of Climate Resilience, the Environment, Forestry, Fisheries, Disaster Management and Information in collaboration with the Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Strategies (ICCAS) program co-hosted the workshop “Scaling Up Adaptation: Strengthening alignment of the NAP process and […]

Gender in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: A pilot review of climate change adaptation planning documents from 15 countries

by Angie Dazé and Julie Dekens, IISD

The linkages between gender and climate change adaptation have been recognized as a key issue under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since the early 2000s. The 2015 Paris Agreement increased the ambition on gender, referring to gender equality and women’s empowerment and calling for action on climate change to be gender-responsive. […]

Financing Adaptation and Resilience through Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and Fuel Duty

by Christian Ledwell

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 […]