UN 4 NAPs Member Organizations

Ready to help countries in:

• Analyzing past and future climate change scenarios;
• Developing social-economic pathway scenarios for the future;
• Assessing best available science to assess, plan & implement adaptation measures;
• Integrating adaptation into national development plans;
• Developing projects and proposals to the GCF and other funding sources;
• Managing coherence between adaptation & relevant frameworks incl. the 2030 Agenda and Sendai Framework;
• Using frontier technologies for adaptation assessments, planning & implementation;
• Engaging multiple stakeholders incl. indigenous peoples, women, youth and the private sector.

Ready to help countries in:

• Accessing information/experience of other countries in applying adaptation technologies;
• Using frontier technologies for adaptation assessments, planning & implementation;
• Managing coherence between adaptation & relevant frameworks incl. 2030 Agenda and the Sendai Framework;
• Developing national knowledge & information systems to support adaptation
• planning, implementation and reporting;
• Research and systematic observations for adaptation assessments, planning
• & implementation;
• Assessing climate risk and vulnerability;
• Integrating adaptation into subnational and local development plans;
• Advocacy & education on climate change and adaptation;
• Engaging stakeholders incl. indigenous peoples, women, youth and the
• private sector.

Specific expertise includes:

• ICTs for disaster risk reduction & management, through the design of national emergency telecommunication plans, setting up early warning & monitoring systems, and providing emergency telecommunications equipment when disasters strike;
• Protecting the environment from e-waste and shifting to a circular economy for ICT equipment;
• Radiocommunications systems and applications in support of monitoring, mitigating & adapting to the effects of climate change;
• Standards that help to adapt different sectors of the economy to the impacts of climate change;
• Facilitating digital solutions for energy efficiency by reducing emissions &
• carbon footprints.

Ready to help countries in:

• Research & systematic observations for adaptation assessments, planning &
• implementation;
• Enabling activities for initiating and/or launching the NAP formulation;
• Capacity building and readiness support in submitting a proposal to the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme;
• Technical assistance and advice in the process of drafting the NAP;
• Development of social-economic pathway scenarios for the future;
• Assessing climate risk and vulnerability at different levels and in different sectors
• Applying best available science in practice of assessment, planning and implementation of adaptation;
• Integration of adaptation into national, subnational & local development plans;
• Advocacy & education on climate change & adaptation;
• Design of implementation strategies for adaptation using a mix of climate & risk financing
• Developing projects & proposals to access climate finance from the GCF and other multilateral or bilateral funding sources;
• Development of national knowledge & information systems to support adaptation planning, implementation and reporting;
• Monitoring & evaluation of adaptation outcomes and impacts;
• Managing coherence between adaptation & relevant frameworks incl. 2030 Agenda and the Sendai Framework;
• Using frontier technologies for adaptation assessments, planning & implementation;
• Engaging multiple stakeholders incl. indigenous peoples, women, youth and the private sector.

Specific expertise includes:

• Integrating Gender, SRHR, and Health Systems into climate adaptation plans

Ready to help countries in:

• Assessing climate risk and vulnerability to support adaptation planning and implementation;
• Sharing knowledge and best practices of other countries in applying adaptation technologies;
• Developing strategies for adaptation through a mix of climate and disaster risk financing and insurance;
• Developing projects and proposals to access climate finance from the GCF and other multilateral or bilateral funding sources;
• Strengthening national forecast and climate information systems to develop early-warning systems that trigger anticipatory humanitarian action;
• Integrating a variety of technologies, services and tools to better equip communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change;
• Engaging multiple stakeholders incl. indigenous peoples, women, youth and the private sector.

Specific expertise includes:

• Adaptation at the humanitarian/development nexus;
• Integrated Climate Risk Management
• Mobilizing food-insecure populations for adaptation action and land rehabilitation;
• Community-based adaptation.

Ready to help countries in:

• The best available science for adaptation by the provision of evidence based climate information for the past, present and future climate
• Provision of tools, toolkits and methodology for climate data analysis
• Provision of quantitative climate indicators and context specific indices for climate sensitive sectors (agriculture, water, health, energy and disaster risk reduction)
• Capacity development and training the use of climate toolkits
• Provision of a global platform to facilitate the ease of access and standardize climate information for adaptation purposes

Specific expertise includes:

• Analysis of historical data and time series (e.g. Climpact)
• Global platform for climate projection and information
• Regional downscaling models (CORDEX) for climate projection
• Interpretation of the analysed data and indices for adaptation purposes and proposing science-based solutions
• Provision of support through international expert community