How National Adaptation Plan processes can be leveraged for implementation of the Paris Agreement

Co-hosts:International Institute for Sustainable Development Government of Grenada

Agenda

ModeratorAnne Hammill, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Panelists• Dr. Spencer Thomas, Government of Grenada

• Julie Teng, Climate Change Technical Specialist, UNDP

• Navina Sanchez, Climate Change Policy Adviser, GIZ

• Lovakanto Ravelomanana, Director of the National Office on Climate Change, Carbon and REDD+, Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD), Madagascar

About the NAP Global Network

Participating countries

Countries receiving direct technical support

Bilateral donors

Knowledge products

Goal is to enhance national adaptation planning and action in developing countries

How? In-country supportSouth-South Peer learning & exchangeEnhance bilateral support

What is the NAP process?

A strategic process that enables countries to identify and address their medium- and long-term priorities for adapting to climate change.

It puts in place the systems and capacities needed to make adaptation an integral part of a country’s development planning, decision-making, and budgeting.

The NAP process?

• Strategic, articulate priorities, timelines, $

• Coordinated, across sectors and scales

• Continuous, not a one-time, ad-hoc affair

• Iterative, learn, adjust, do better

How can the NAP process be used to implement the Paris Agreement?

• NAPs are part of the Paris Agreement (Article 7.9): Each party shall, as appropriate, engage in adaptation planning processes and the implementation of actions, including the development or enhancement of relevant plans, policies and/or contributions…

• NAPs / parts of NAPs can be submitted as an Adaptation Communication

• NAP processes can inform NDC updates, or vice versa

• Parts of NAPs can be used to prepare the adaptation section of Biennial Transparency Reports

NDCAdaptation Component

Adaptation Communication

BTRAdaptation

Section

•Development context & priorities•Link to other international agendas•Observed and anticipated impacts Risks and vulnerabilities

• Institutional framework and arrangements – laws, policies, strategies, agencies, bodies

•Barriers to adaptation•Experiences, good practice

•Vision, goals, principles of adaptation – gender, indigenous peoples and knowledge

•Adaptation priorities, strategies and actions

•Mitigation co-benefits •Costs•Partners and potential donors•Capacity and technical needs •Monitoring & evaluation

(Part of) NAPserves as theA-Comms

Info from NAPs can be used for AD section of BTRs

Draw from NAPs todefine targets, policies & actions in NDCs

Alignment between reporting vehicles

AD component of NDC serve as A-Comms

Network Support on NDC-NAP Links

National Self-Assessment WorkshopsJan & Feb, 2019 (Grenada, Peru)

Knowledge ProductsOngoingwww.napglobalnetwork.org alignment

Country Support Hub RequestsOngoing

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