NEGOTIATIONS
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Adaptation Committee
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As part of the Cancun Adaptation
Framework, Parties established the Adaptation Committee to promote the implementation of
enhanced action on adaptation in a coherent manner under the Convention, inter alia, through the
following functions:
- Providing technical support and guidance to the Parties;
- Sharing of relevant information, knowledge, experience and good practices;
- Promoting synergy and strengthening engagement with national, regional and international
organizations, centres and networks;
- Providing information and recommendations, drawing on adaptation good practices, for
consideration by the COP when providing guidance on means to incentivize the implementation of
adaptation actions, including finance, technology and capacity-building;
- Considering information communicated by Parties on their monitoring and review of adaptation
actions, support provided and received.
New:
 Work plan of the Task Force on National Adaptation Plans (NAP Task Force)
is now available online (232 kB)
Special
event organized by the Adaptation Committee during the Bonn Climate Change Conference
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The Adaptation Committee comprises 16 members including representatives from the five UN
regional groups, SIDS, LDC, Non-Annex I and Annex I Parties, who shall serve in their personal
capacity
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A full set of rules of procedure, drawing upon the provisions decided by COP 17, was approved
at COP 18. The AC further elaborated on these, also taking into account a decision by COP
19 to replace the positions of Chair and Vice-Chair by the positions of Co-Chairs. At its 5th
meeting the AC agreed on a set of revised rules of procedure.
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As part of its three-year workplan, the Adaptation Committee agreed to produce thematic reports
in 2013 and 2014 and a comprehensive overview report in 2015.
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The Adaptation Committee agreed to compile a list of regional centres and networks working on
adaptation, with a view to strengthening their role in supporting country-driven adaptation
actions.
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Linkages to adaptation related workstreams, bodies and institutions under the Convention, as
well as relevant external institutions, organizations, frameworks, networks and centres
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Please address any questions and suggestions for support to the work of the Adaptation
Committee to AC@unfccc.int
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Recent activities
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The first thematic report by the Adaptation Committee on the State of Adaptation under the
Convention has been published
All countries face the challenge of adapting to
the inevitable effects of climate change. Wider and faster action and international cooperation on
adaptation is urgently required to enable and support the implementation of adaptation actions
aimed at reducing vulnerability and building resilience around the world. The UNFCCC Adaptation
Committee has launched a new report, which is designed to increase awareness of the
Convention’s evolving adaptation agenda and to encourage enhanced contributions to the global
effort of responding to the adaptation challenge. The Adaptation Committee seeks to promote
enhanced adaptation action both within and outside of the UNFCCC.
Download the report The
State of Adaptation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change
- The first Adaptation
Forum took place in Warsaw on 19 November 2013. It brought together a panel of leaders
and visionaries who laid out their visions for a resilient future.
Information on the election
and membership of the bodies of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol
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The Adaptation Exchange
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