Background

COP 22 invited Parties to submit by 9 March 2017 their views on possible topics for the 6th meeting of the Durban Forum (decision 16/CP.22, paragraph 10).  The topic of the 6th Durban Forum was “Enhancing capacities for adaptation in the context of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)”.

Based on the submissions received, the topic was developed with a view to enhancing the complementarity between the Durban Forum and the work of the PCCB, which had its first meeting from 11 - 13 May 2017. Further, the programme was designed to create synergies with the 2017 - 2018 in-session workshops on long-term finance, which will, inter alia, focus on enhanced access to climate finance, climate finance needs and enabling environments.

• To provide important takeaways for developing countries on how to better design and develop adaptation interventions and to increase access to finance
• To share with support providers, the capacity-building needs and gaps identified by developing countries in designing and implementing adaptation projects and programmes in the context of NAPs and NDCs
• To facilitate in-depth dialogue on what different Parties and non-Party stakeholders can do to enhance the capacities of developing countries to implement adaptation measures
• To inform other relevant processes and meetings of the constituted bodies of the Convention, such as the 2017-2018 long-term climate finance (LTF) in-session workshops and the PCCB meetings, of the outcomes and lessons learned of the Forum

Overarching topic: Enhancing capacities for adaptation in the context of NAPs and NDCs

Sub-topics:

1. Enhancing human, institutional and systemic capacities to design adaptation interventions in the context of NAPs and NDCs
2. Enhancing capacity to access finance for adaptation
3. Strengthening the engagement of non-Party stakeholders to support capacity-building needed in the context of NAPs and NDCs