The expert meeting on national adaptation goals/indicators and their relationship with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Tokyo, Japan, on 24-25 July 2018, co-organized by the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) in collaboration with UNFCCC and with the support of the Governments of Japan, Australia, Germany and Ireland as well as UNISDR.

As part of its workplan, the Adaptation Committee conducts this expert meeting with a view to providing broad technical guidance to the Parties on the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of adaptation actions and mobilising knowledge and experience in the context of relevant international frameworks for adaptation planning and implementation. The expert meeting aims to achieve two objectives:

1. Exchange views on national adaptation goals/indicators and related data collection, M&E and reporting frameworks;
2. Inform the Parties on what is possible in terms of national adaptation goals/indicators and how such goals and indicators relate to the global goal on adaptation.

The expert meeting is followed by a Regional technical expert meeting on adaptation (27th Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change) and a Field Trip in Tokyo, Japan, on 26-27 July 2018.

Presentations

Day 1

Session 2: National goals and indicators under the UNFCCC, SDGs and Sendai

Session 3: Creating Synergy among adaptation, SDGs and Sendai Framework and improving the assessment of progress at national level

a. Understanding and assessing adaptation progress at national level

b. Integrating adaptation, SDG and Sendai Framework indicators-practices and opportunities at national level

Day 2

Report back on break-out groups from session 3

• Overview of national adaptation goals/indicators and M&E frameworks
• Integrating adaptation, SDGs and the Sendai Framework indicators

Session 4: Addressing capacity‐constraints and overcoming barriers at national level