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News and Updates on National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes.
NAP GLOBAL NETWORK AT COP 25
From December 2 to 13, the NAP Global Network participated in more than 15 events at the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 25) in Madrid, Spain. Our experts were there taking part in discussions, sharing research and convening events at the conference, with a focus on gender, private sector engagement, alignment of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and NAPs, and vertical integration in NAP processes.
On Gender Day, the NAP Global Network hosted a lively debate around whether increasing women’s participation in decision-making was key to unlocking gender-responsive adaptation, while also launching a new toolkit for gender-responsive NAP processes in collaboration with the UNFCCC’s Least Developed Countries Expert Group and Adaptation Committee. Other highlights include events on leveraging NAP processes to help meet Paris Agreement targets, enhancing private sector engagement in adaptation planning and implementation and sharing national visions on adaptation action among three African countries.
FORMULATING AND IMPLEMENTING NAPS: TOOLKIT FOR A GENDER-RESPONSIVE PROCESS
The impacts of climate change are not gender-neutral. Consequently, responses to these impacts, whether at the policy level or on the ground in vulnerable communities, must be gender-responsive. This toolkit, developed by the NAP Global Network in collaboration with the UNFCCC’s Least Developed Countries Expert Group and Adaptation Committee, is designed to support country efforts to pursue a gender-responsive NAP process—read it here.
WHAT IS THE NAP PROCESS? FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
At the NAP Global Network Secretariat, we are often asked—by a range of actors—to explain what the NAP process is and why it’s important. In our latest FAQ, we answer some of the common questions that we hear. Find out more.
STORIES OF PROGRESS IN NAP PROCESSES IN 2019
Around the world, countries are achieving steady progress in advancing national adaptation planning and implementation. This article collects stories from 12 countries that—led by national governments—reached milestones in their NAP processes in 2019 as part of the global effort to build resilience in a changing climate.
INTEGRATING GENDER CONSIDERATIONS IN BENIN’S NAP: REPORT
This study explores ways to integrate gender issues, such as differentiated impacts of climate change on men and women, into the process of developing the NAP in Benin. Learn more (French only).
NETWORK SECRETARIAT IN ACTION
- CEOs, directors and senior executives from some of Vietnam’s major companies met in Hanoi to discuss how the private sector can take part in Vietnam’s NAP process.
- Peru’s Ministry of Environment launched a consultative process for the development of its NAP strategic document during an event in Lima that brought together more than 70 representatives across the five priority sectors of government and some key institutions working on adaptation.
- Key national stakeholders from Sierra Leone validated their country’s NAP communication strategy during a one-day validation workshop in Freetown.
NAPS IN THE NEWS
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines submitted its NAP to the UNFCCC.
- The World Health Organization is calling on countries to mainstream health in their NDCs, NAPs and national communications to the UNFCCC.
- At COP 25, Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama emphasized the island’s commitment to the Paris Agreement’s target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, citing their NAP process as a strategic component to meeting this goal.
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