The COP requested the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) to assess progress made in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) at its forty-eighth session (April–May 2018), with a view to making recommendations thereon to the Conference of the Parties, as appropriate. The data and information below to underpin the assessment has been compiled to facilitate sharing with all relevant actors and players and to ensure that the analysis and the subsequent assessment are based on a common pool of evidence.
COP 21 (December 2015) invited Parties and relevant organizations to submit to the secretariat, by 1 February 2018, information on their progress made towards the achievement of the objectives of the process to formulate and implement NAPs, experiences, best practices, lessons learned, gaps and needs, and support provided and received in the process to formulate and implement NAPs. All submissions are available on the submissions and statements portal http://www4.unfccc.int/sites/submissionportal/Pages/Home.aspx.
Party/Organization |
Submission |
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Ethiopia on behalf of the Least Developed Countries Group |
LDC Group submission on NAP |
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European Union - The Republic of Estonia and the European Commission on behalf of the European Union and its Member States |
EE-12-10-SBI 9_EU submission on NAP |
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit(GIZ) |
GIZ submission on NAP |
Parties have been invited to forward outputs, including national adaptation plan documents, and outcomes related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, to the NAP Central (decision 3/CP.20, paragraph 9). The submitted NAPs are available at http://www4.unfccc.int/nap/Pages/national-adaptation-plans.aspx.
By its decision 4/CP.21, the COP requested the SBI to assess progress made in the process to formulate and implement NAPs at its forty-eighth session (April–May 2018), with a view to making recommendations thereon to the Conference of the Parties, as appropriate. By the same decision, the COP invited Parties to provide information to inform the assessment by the SBI, guided by an online questionnaire. Below is a compilation of responses provided by countries based on the questionnaire. The questionnaire is accessible at http://www4.unfccc.int/nap/Pages/assessingprogress.aspx.
The Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) mobilizes and provides a platform for countries to present on their work on NAPs at its NAP related events – e.g. workshops, NAP Expos and side events. Below is a compilation of NAP related presentations made by countries at the respective events. All NAP related events can also be accessed on this link https://unfccc.int/topics/adaptation-and-resilience/workstreams/national-adaptation-plans-naps/workshops-meetings-naps.
A report progress in the process to formulate and implement NAPs is produced annually, to cover updated information on the progress of Parties in the process to formulate and implement NAPs, including on support provided and received, as communicated by Parties, United Nations organizations and other agencies, in accordance with decision 5/CP.17, paragraph 36, and the work programme of the LEG. Below is a list of the reports produced so far:
| 2017 | Progress in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans | FCCC/SBI/2017/INF.12 |
| 2016 | Progress in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans | FCCC/SBI/2016/INF.11 |
| 2015 | Progress in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans | FCCC/SBI/2015/INF.11 |
| 2014 | Information paper on the national adaptation plan process | FCCC/SBI/2014/INF.25 |
Year |
Title |
Document |
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| 2015 | Information paper on the NAP Expo and the regional training workshops on national adaptation plans: experiences, good practices and lessons learned in addressing adaptation in the least developed countries. Note by the secretariat. |
Information paper |
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Report on the workshop on experiences, good practices, lessons learned, gaps and needs in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans. Note by the secretariat |
Report |
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| 2014 |
Information paper on experiences, good practices, lessons learned, gaps and needs in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans |
Information paper |
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Experience with the application of the initial guidelines for the formulation of the national adaptation plans. Submissions from Parties and relevant organizations |
Miscellaneous document |
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| 2013 |
Synthesis report on experiences with the application of the guidelines for the national adaptation plan process in the least developed country Parties. Note by the secretariat |
Report |
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Experience of Parties and relevant organizations with the application of the guidelines for the national adaptation plan process for the least developed country Parties. Submissions from Parties and relevant organizations |
Miscellaneous document |
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| 2012 |
Synthesis report on the support for the national adaptation plan process for the least developed countries. Note by the secretariat |
Report |
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Information from the Global Environment Facility, as an operating entity of the financial mechanism for the operation of the Least Developed Countries Fund, on how it could enable activities undertaken as part of the national adaptation plan process in the least developed countries. Submission from the Global Environment Facility |
Miscellaneous document |
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Information on support to the national adaptation plan process in the least developed countries. Submissions from Parties and relevant organizations as well as bilateral and multilateral agencies |
Miscellaneous document |
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Information on how organizations and agencies have responded to the invitation to support the national adaptation plan process in the least developed countries and consider establishing support programmes. Submissions from United Nations organizations, specialized agencies and other relevant organizations, as well as bilateral and multilateral agencies |
Miscellaneous document |
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Compilation of case studies on national adaptation planning processes. Note by the secretariat |
Report |
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| 2011 |
Synthesis report on the process and the modalities and guidelines for national adaptation plans. Note by the secretariat |
Report |
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Views on the process and the modalities and guidelines for national adaptation plans. Submissions from Parties and intergovernmental organizations |
Miscellaneous document |
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Identification and implementation of medium- and long-term adaptation activities in least developed countries. Technical paper |
Technical paper |
Through decision 5/CP.17, Parties are invited to provide information, through their national communications, on what measures they have undertaken and on support provided or received relevant to the process to formulate and implement NAPs. The national communications are available HERE for developing country Parties and HERE for developed country Parties.
| Title | Link |
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| Monitoring and assessing progress, effectiveness and gaps under the process to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans: The PEG M&E Tool | English >> |
| Best practices and lessons learned in addressing adaptation in least developed countries, volume 3 | English >> |
| Information paper on how the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans can be supported in least developed countries | English >> |
| Regional synergy in addressing adaptation through the national adaptation programmes of action and the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans in the least developed countries | English >> |
| Strengthening gender considerations in adaptation planning and implementation in the least developed countries | English >> |
| National adaptation plans - Technical guidelines for the NAP process | Various languages >> |
| The national adaptation plan process - A brief overview |
Relevant papers by the Adaptation Committee
- AC/2017/16 - Information paper on experiences of countries in accessing the readiness programme for adaptation of the Green Climate Fund
- AC/2017/14 - Draft overview of the landscape of existing platforms providing technical support to developing country Parties on adaptation
- Annex 2. Information on the mapping of platforms available - Overview of the landscape of existing platforms providing technical support to developing country Parties on adaptation (Excel format).
Reports of the Financial Mechanism
Analyses by organizations
- GERICS: Climate Simulations for NAPs
- UNDP: Coherence between adaptation and development
- NAP Global Network: Gender considerations
- Southern Voices: Participation and Transparency
- GIZ: Support for M&E and the NAPs
- AC Workshop report
- SCF input