This article originally appeared as a two-part policy update from IISD Reporting Services (Part I and Part II), providing a technical analysis of the role of the National Adaptation Plan process.
United States President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced their joint support for the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network during a bilateral summit in Washington on Thursday, March 10, 2016. The joint statement read: “Canada and the US will work with developing country partners to assist in implementation of their INDCs […]
Here are some key ways that the Paris Agreement will reinforce and build on the UNFCCC’s prior commitments related to NAPs and potentially affect developing countries’ adaptation efforts.
On the margins of COP21, on December 3rd the NAP Global Network and OECD Task Team on Climate Change and Development held an interactive event on integrating adaptation into development planning across sectors and levels.
On July 3rd, 2015 following the first Targeted Topics Forum, the NAP Global Network brought together representatives of bilateral agencies from Germany and the United States, as well as representatives from the OECD and the joint UNDP-UNEP NAP Global Support Program (NAP-GSP), to discuss potential to coordinate support for adaptation in developing countries. Participants learned […]
With 28 participants from 14 countries and six organizations working on related issues, the NAP Global Network’s inaugural Targeted Topics Forum (TTF) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil addressed the related topics of securing political support and sectoral integration in the NAP process.
The principles of these two agendas present opportunities to ensure that investment in sustainable development and adaptation planning are mutually reinforcing.
On Friday, June 5, the NAP Global Network convened a side event on “Enhancing bilateral support for national adaptation plan processes” on the margins of the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB42). The session addressed how to enhance bilateral support for designing and implementing national adaptation plans (NAPs) with inputs from developing countries’ representatives and […]
USAID and GIZ, on behalf of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, are collaborating to support the Cambodian government to mobilize and manage funding for a climate-resilient future.