Plenary session 9: National Adaptation Plans

The process to formulate and implement NAPs (established in 2010) serves as a vehicle for adaptation planning and implementation at the national levels. The objectives of the NAPs are to reduce vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, by building adaptive capacity and resilience, and to facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation into development. It is driven by key principles that ensure a comprehensive, continuous and inclusive process. This session will give a quick overview and then focus on considerations of vulnerable communities, groups and ecosystems, followed by selected experiences and emerging best practices.

Moderators: Adrian Fitzgerald, LDC Expert Group, and Motsomi Maletjane, UNFCCC secretariat

Discussion topics:

• Overview of the process to formulate and implement NAPs, NAP-SDG iFrame – Benon Yassin, LDC Expert Group
• Considerations regarding vulnerable communities, groups and ecosystems in adaptation planning and implementation – Douglas Nakashima, UNESCO
• Country and expert experiences and emerging best practices on NAPs – Muhammad Semambo, Uganda; Prosper Bonja, Burundi; Patrick Mugabo, Rwanda
• NAP planning in Nepal – Sunil Acharya, Practical Action, Nepal
• Experiences from Uganda in the Sahel – Esther Getrude Lungahi, ENDA
• Civil society engagement in adaptation planning and implementation using Joint Principles for Adaptation – Obed Koringo, PACJA / Southern Voices on Adaptation
• Community-based Approaches in adaptation planning – Shaban Mawanda, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
• Plenary discussion