Explore key themes in the NAP process that the NAP Global Network focuses on. Click on the photo for more information, as well as related blogs, news and resources.
Gender
Climate change adaptation efforts will not be effective or sustainable if they do not consider the differences between women and men. The NAP process presents an opportunity to address gender inequalities.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
National M&E of adaptation looks at progress towards adaptation in a country, including progress in implementing adaptation policies, plans, or interventions, as well as impacts that these may have (also known as adaptation outcomes).
Private Sector Engagement
Governments can strengthen or incentivize private sector engagement in national adaptation planning processes by pursuing tailored activities in information sharing, financing, capacity building, and institutional arrangements (including laws and policies).
Nature-based Solutions
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA)—a type of nature-based solution (NbS)—can generate social and economic returns and provide multiple benefits including improved health, biodiversity protection, food security, and alternative livelihood opportunities, all of which can build resilience to climate change. Healthy and resilient ecosystems are recognized in various international bodies and agendas, including the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable […]
Vertical integration
Vertical integration is the process of creating intentional and strategic linkages between national and sub-national adaptation planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation.
Peacebuilding
Adapting to the impacts of climate change in peacebuilding contexts requires strategies to design and implement country-led NAP processes that understand the peace and conflict dynamics. For conflict-affected countries dealing with national defence issues, the deaths and suffering of their people, and a fragile peace environment, climate change adaptation is rarely, if ever, an immediate […]
Strategic Communications
A strategic approach to communications—in which key messages are tailored for priority audiences and delivered through the most appropriate communications channels to reach those audiences—can improve how governments engage citizens throughout their NAP process.
NDC-NAP Alignment
Alignment of country-level processes to meet the commitments under the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework can increase coherence, efficiency and effectiveness towards development outcomes that are resilient and sustainable.
Sector integration
Integrating climate change adaptation into sectoral planning is one of the main objectives of the NAP process. Impetus for sector integration can be found in different ministries and at different levels depending on the country context.
Financing NAP processes
Significant financing is needed throughout the entire NAP process, but especially within its implementation phase. Countries will need to combine a range of potential sources of finance—private and public, international and domestic—to meet this need.