Government of the Kingdom of Morocco hosts international climate change adaptation workshop
Twenty-five Francophone developing countries join the UNFCCC regional training workshop on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), being held in Rabat from 25 to 28 September 2017.
The three-day training workshop is hosted by the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco through the Secretariat of State in charge of Sustainable Development and organized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Least Developed Countries Experts Group (LEG) and the NAP technical working group.
The workshop is the fifth in a series of workshops being conducted by the LDC Expert Group and the NAP Technical Working Group. It is designed to assist developing countries in the region to advance the formulation and implementation of NAPs through latest tools and guidance from the LEG taking into account latest developments under the UNFCCC and other relevant processes.
The workshop will be attended by the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environment Facility and agencies as well as partner organizations such as Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization and regional centres.
Participants are being trained on how to formulate their country’s National Adaptation Plan through the identification and application of relevant approaches, methods and tools for risk, vulnerability, and adaptation assessments. A special feature of the workshop is on the LEG’s latest guidance to countries called NAP-SDG iFrame. An integrative approach to assessment which shows how NAPs can serve as a vehicle for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as targets under other international frameworks such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction.
“This workshop is part of the efforts under the UNFCCC process to support developing countries to accelerate work on national adaptation plans, in close alignment with the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction and other key international, regional and national development frameworks and agendas”, says Mr. Idrissa Semde, a member of the LEG.
“The Paris Agreement has affirmed the critical importance of adaptation and has established clear financial support for the formulation and implementation of NAPs through the Green Climate Fund, as well as other relevant sources. Building capacity to access funding for NAPs is a particular priority for African countries” says Mr. Paul Desanker of the UNFCCC, leading the UN team supporting the LEG and the international workshop.
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More details:
More information about NAPs available at: http://unfccc.int/nap
More information about the workshop is available at: http://napexpo.org/workshops/franco/
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