Experience of Thailand: Developing NAP Process

Kollawat Sakhakara, Ph.D. Climate Change Coordination and Management Division

Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and PlanningMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment

NAP EXPO 2016 Sub-session 1Capturing baselines:

Understanding the current status of climate change adaptation and resilience

UNDP-UNEP NAP-GSP

11 July 2016, 09.50 a.m. UN Campus, Bonn

•Overview of Thailand

•Institutional Arrangement & Responsibilities

•NAP Process and Experience

Contents of Presentation

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Overview of Thailand

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• Ranked 11th most affected by climate-related impacts

• 1 of the 16 countries in the "extreme risk" category

National projection expects• Unpredictable

Rainfall pattern• Severe flood and drought

Map from www.thailand-maps.comRef: Climate Risk Index, GERMANWATCH 2715

Institutional Arrangement & Responsibilities

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Sub Nt’l Board on Technical Support

(Chair: ONEP Sec-Gen)Amended

2015

Sub Nt’l Board on

Negotiation(Chair: MoNRE

Perm-Sec)Amended 2015

Sub Nt’l Board on

Policy Integration

(Chair: MoNRE

Perm-Sec)Amended

2015

Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP)

Climate Change Management Coordination Division (CCMC)Thai Green House Gas

Organization (TGO)

(Policy formulation and National Focal Point)

Secretary

National Board of Climate Change Policy(Chair: Prime Minister) M of MoNRE, M of MoFA Found 2007

Climate Change Coordinators (CCC) (30 Agencies :: 19

Ministries + 11 Agencies under PM Office)

Appointed 2010

MoNRE

(Permanent

Secretariat)

Adaptation to CC

Consequences

GHG Mitigation and Low-Carbon

Development

Capacity Building

NAP Process and Experience

“Thailand as Climate Change

Resilience Society with Low-Carbon Emitting Growth

toward the Sustainable

Development Pathway”

3-Key ApproachesVision 2050

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Climate Change Master Plan 2015-2050

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NAP Process and Experience1. Vulnerability

database

• Gaps and Needs• Priority List• Methodologies

2. Vulnerability Maps

3. Suggestions of drafting NAP

Review of

1st NAP Gaps & Needs

Sector-Based / Area-Based V Maps

(DRAFTED)

NAP

National Database of Adaptation Measures

Grouping

Prioritizing1st, 2nd, 3rd,…

1st Phase: 2015 2nd Phase: 2016

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NAP Process and ExperienceConstraints and Opportunities

National/Local research and studiesData Accessibility/Availability

Standardization of Databaseslocal Knowledge Database

Knowledge and Awareness GapsSocio-Economic Co-benefits Linkages

Inadequate Financial Supports

Project-based Adaptation

CCMP

Drafted

NAP

• UNDP-FAO:Climate FinanceNAP-Ag

Adaptation Roadmap

#1

#2

• GIZ-BMUB: • CCMP Implementation• Risk-Based NAP

• JICA: ADAP-T

project• Line MinistriesClimate Change Strategic

plans: MOH, MOAC

• Local Communities: Adaptation Options

Resilient &Sustainabl

e• Research Institutes:TRF, NRCT

NAP Process and Experience

Mainstreaming & Implementation

2014 2015 2016 2017-2018M & E

Thank you

Climate Change Coordination and Management DivisionOffice of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning

Ministry of Natural Resources and EnvironmentRama VI Rd., Prayathai District, Bangkok 10400 Thailand

T/F: +66 2265 6692, +66 2265 6500 ext. 6842 ; www.onep.go.th

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