Transcript The National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)

IFAD 1st CLIMTRAIN Workshop, July 2008
Adaptation under the UNFCCC:
The National Adaptation
Programme of Action (NAPA) and
the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP)
Paul V. Desanker
Head, LDC and CB & Outreach Units,
UNFCCC Secretariat
Bonn, Germany
Adaptation in the UNFCCC
• Adaptation appears in different
contexts within the Convention
text:
– Addressing the needs of developing
countries through funding, insurance
and technology transfer
– Formulation of regional and national
programmes
– Reporting
– International cooperation
The National Adaptation
Programme of Action (NAPA)
for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Support for the LDCs under the UNFCCC
– The COP 7 (2001) Package
• A work programme for the LDCs
• Guidelines for preparing National Adaptation
Programmes of Action (NAPAs)
• The Least Developed Countries Expert group (LEG)
and its terms of reference
• The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) for
funding preparation and implementation of
NAPAs as well as other activities.
What is a NAPA?
“NAPA will communicate priority activities
addressing the urgent and immediate needs
and concerns of the LDCs, relating to
adaptation to the adverse effects of
climate change”
Activities to include inter alia, projects,
integration into other activities, capacitybuilding and policy reform
Reference: Annex to decision 28/CP.7
Objective and rationale of NAPA
• NAPA will serve as simplified and direct channel of
communication for information relating to urgent and
immediate adaptation needs of LDCs
• Rationale for NAPA rests on low adaptive capacity of
LDCs, which renders them in need of immediate and
urgent support to start adapting to current and
projected adverse effects of climate change.
• Activities proposed would be those whose further delay
would increase vulnerability, or lead to increased costs
at a later stage.
Ref: Annex to decision 28/CP.7
A vision for scaling up adaptation
By Paul V. Desanker, UNFCCC
Indicated costs of priority activities identified
in NAPAs by country as of 31 July 2007
Indicated costs of priority activities identified
in NAPAs by sector as of 31 July 2007
NAPAs: A successful enabling mechanism
• A mechanism for assessment and communication
of urgent and immediate adaptation needs.
• 32 NAPAs submitted thus far (out of 48 LDC
Parties)
• Rough estimate of total cost of NAPA
implementation in all 48 Parties - around 1 billion
dollars
• USD 163 million pledged into the LDCF Fund as of
COP 13 (Dec 2007)
• Since 2001, one LDC (Bhutan) expects its first NAPA
project to start full implementation in 2008 (GEF Full
Scale Project)
Future of NAPA
• Most countries expected to complete
preparation this year, rest over next 2 years
• Implementation expected to speed up
• Current negotiations considering expanding
NAPA to non-LDC developing countries
(several non-LDC countries have already
started to design their own NAPA)
SBSTA: Nairobi Work
Programme (NWP)
Nairobi Work Programme
Upscaling stakeholder engagement
Views
of
Parties
on
gaps
&
needs
‘Demand’ for
adaptation
activities
Workshops
& expert meetings
with
recommendations
Calls for
Action
Action
Pledges
‘Supply’ of
adaptation
activities
100
organizations
active in the
NWP with
focal points
Parties,
organizations,
experts,
civil society,
private
sector
active in
adaptation
NWP — until 2010
Consideration by SBI
of information
relevant to adaptation
implementation
Enhanced
capacity of
Parties to
undertake
practical
adaptation
action
June 2008: SBSTA
reviewed outcomes and
identified further
activities
Findings of
IPCC AR4
Organizations
undertaking
their own activities
NWP — future activities
• Promoting cooperation on adaptation:
– Enhanced engagement of organizations, institutions, experts,
communities and members of the private sector. Enhanced focus on
community-, national- and regional-level action; and on education,
training and awareness-raising.
– Promotion of existing networks for impacts, vulnerability and adaptation
and the establishment of new networks
• Activities relevant to IFAD
– Technical workshop on how regional centres and networks undertaking
adaptation work could collaborate (first half 2010)
– Institutions to further research on vulnerability mapping for analysis of
the impacts associated with climate change in key areas, including
terrestrial and marine ecosystems, in the light of economic,
environmental and social indicators.
– Provision of links to existing efforts to identify, describe, apply and make
accessible terrestrial, atmospheric and oceanic data and available
climatic and relevant non-climatic data and information
Channels for engagement
• Enrollment as NWP Partners: Over 110
organizations are already partners. NWP
focal point forum provides face to face
interaction and networking.
– IFAD is already a member of the NWP.
• Calls for action: incorporating
recommendations to respond to
gaps/needs arising from workshops. Six calls
for action developed so far
• Action pledges: Responses by organizations
to these needs and gaps. Close to thirty
pledges received so far.
SBI: Implementing adaptation
through decision 1/CP.10
• Regional adaptation workshops and expert meeting
identified specific adaptation needs and concerns
• In June 2008, invitation to relevant organizations to
engage in:
– Enhancing access to existing funds for adaptation,
including through improving information on access,
integrating adaptation into development cooperation
programmes and building capacity for the preparation of
project proposals and for project implementation
– Enhancing national planning for adaptation, including
through integrating adaptation into the planning process
– Promoting risk management approaches, building upon
the practical experience of international, regional and
national organizations and the private sector
AWG-LCA: Bali Action Plan
• In June 2008, workshop on adaptation clarified elements of the Bali
Action Plan related to adaptation. Focus on four areas:
– National planning for adaptation
– Streamlining and scaling up financial and technological support
– Enhancing knowledge sharing
– Institutional frameworks
• Requested further input by December 2008:
– A technical paper on financial risk management mechanisms,
including innovative insurance tools, bringing together inputs
from technical experts in the fields of insurance, reinsurance, and
hazard assessment
– An information note on adaptation related activities within the
United Nations system
Thank you
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