Accelerating the Transition from Planning to Implementation in NAP Processes

As climate change impacts worsen, it is urgent to build climate resilience and reduce vulnerability to protect communities, ecosystems, and economies. Though nearly all countries have a national adaptation plan (NAP) process underway, shifting from planning to implementation remains a significant challenge. Accelerating this transition requires strengthening institutions, mobilizing resources, and engaging partners to deliver country-owned adaptation priorities. This 3-day peer learning event convened government representatives from Ghana, Kenya, the Netherlands, and South Africa in the Ghanaian capital to discuss how to accelerate the transition from planning to implementation in the NAP process. It is the second in-person event in a peer learning series focused on this theme. Co-organized by the Government of Ghana, the four-country peer learning event allowed participants to

deepen their understanding of how to strengthen the enabling factors for the transition from planning to implementation of national adaptation priorities;
share good practices and lessons on developing projects and programs in a timely, coordinated, and efficient manner to address national adaptation priorities; and
highlight gaps and needs for ongoing support for the transition from planning to implementation in the NAP process.

The peer learning event was funded by the Government of the Netherlands. The presentations and photos from this event are available below. For news and media coverage of this peer learning event, read our press release and stories from Ghana Times, Business & Financial Times, and Daily Guide Network, highlighting the importance of translating adaptation plans into actions that build climate resilience of communities, systems, and economies.

Photo Gallery

Day 1 | August 17

Overview of the NAP Global Network and Peer Learning Event | Mauricio Luna Rodriguez, NAP Global Network

The Transition from Planning to Implementation in the NAP Process – Systems, Levers, Actors | Christian Ledwell, NAP Global Network

Climate Resilient Livelihoods and Ecosystem Restoration for Bekwai Municipality (RESTORE+) | Samuel Armah Andoh, Bekwai Municipal Assembly

Project ATLAS: Affordable Turn-key Low-tech Solar-powered Aquaponics Systems for Smallholder Youth- and Women-led Farmer Groups | Denis Banuoku, GreenFresh Aquaponics

Day 2 | August 18

Engaging finance and planning ministries in planning to implementation | Christian Ledwell, NAP Global Network

Financing Locally Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) in Kenya | Thomas Lerenten Lelekoitien, Climate Change Directorate, Kenya

Blue Deal Programme: Advancing Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) for coastal protection | Dr. Joachim Ayiiwe Abungba, Water Resources Commission, Ghana

South Africa’s Approach to Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) of Adaptation Implementation | Delani Mathevula, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, South Africa

Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways (DAPP) | Sadie McEvoy (PhD), Deltares, with interactive exercise organized by Karen Meijer, Government of the Netherlands

Participants engaged with panelists from the finance ministry and Treasury representatives from South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya on their approaches to supporting NAP implementation.

Day 3 | August 19

Participants visited Ga Mashie district along Accra’s coast to see firsthand adaptation measures undertaken to reduce coastal erosion, as well as learning more about Ghana’s history at the Kwame Nkrumah Museum.