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Adaptation planning and practices
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Collecting, analysing and disseminating information on past and current practical adaptation actions
and measures, including adaptation projects, short- and long-term adaptation strategies, and local
and indigenous knowledge
Facilitating communication and cooperation among and between Parties and relevant organizations,
business, civil society, and decision makers, and other stakeholders.
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A government, regional authority or community must plan and decide on how best to reduce its
vulnerability to those impacts, and on how adaptation practices can be implemented in the most effective
manner. The range of practices that can be used to adapt to climate change is diverse and includes
changes in behaviour in water use or farming practices, structural changes in design specification of
bridges and roads and alterations to laws and regulations. The effectiveness of a practice tends
to depend on location and socio-economic situation, but that does not prevent practices from being
shared, replicated and improved.
Activities and deliverables under the second phase (2008-2010) include:
- A Technical workshop on
advancing the integration of approaches to adaptation planning, Bangkok, Thailand, 12-14 October 2009
(workshop report).
- A Technical workshop on
integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and disaster risk
reduction strategies into national policies and programmes, Havana, Cuba, 10-12 March 2009 (workshop report).
- A
 Technical paper on
integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and disaster risk
reduction strategies into national policies and programmes (requested by the SBSTA by its twenty-ninth
session, December 2008)
A Spanish version (620 kB) is made
available as a part of the Action Pledge of the United
Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.
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Submissions (available in document FCCC/SBSTA/2009/MISC.4)
by Parties and relevant organizations (by 20th March 2009) on:
- Views and information on approaches to and experiences in integrating and expanding adaptation
planning and action at national, subnational, community and local levels, including scaling up of local
and community-based adaptation
- Views on lessons learned, good practices, gaps, needs, barriers and constraints to adaptation,
including implementation of adaptation projects
- A synthesis report (available in document FCCC/SBSTA/2009/6) based
on the submissions above as well as other relevant sources, including experiences gained during the NAPA
process.
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Submissions (available in document FCCC/SBSTA/2009/MISC.10)
by Parties and relevant organizations information on efforts undertaken to monitor and evaluate the
implementation of adaptation projects, policies and programmes and the costs of effectiveness of completed
projects, policies and programmes as well as views on lessons learned, good practices, gaps and needs (by
18 September 2009)
- A synthesis report (available in document FCCC/SBSTA/2010/5) on
efforts undertaken to monitor and evaluate the implementation of adaptation projects, policies and programmes
and the costs and effectiveness of completed projects, policies and programmes, and views on lessons learned,
good practices, gaps and needs.
- The SBSTA requested the secretariat to enhance the adaptation practices
interface by its thirtieth session (June 2009)
Activities and deliverables under the first phase (up to June 2008) included:
- Submissions by Parties and relevant organizations
- Synthesis report based on the information contained in the submissions
- Synthesis report on the outputs of the work of the LEG, the CGE and the EGTT, relevant to adaptation
planning and practices
- A workshop held in Rome, Italy, September 2007
- A web-based interface providing information on existing adaptation practices and local coping strategies
for adaptation
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Work in the area of adaptation planning and practices can contribute to efforts by Parties and
organizations to:
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- Exchange information on experiences, lessons learned, constraints and barriers of past and current
adaptation measures and actions, and the implications for sustainable development
- Promote different ways and means for information sharing and for the enhancement of cooperation among
Parties and relevant sectors, institutions and communities, including in the areas of disaster risk reduction
and management
- Promote understanding of response strategies, including early warning systems and local coping
strategies, and of lessons learned that can be applied elsewhere
- Assess ways and means to support adaptation, and address barriers and constraints to its implementation
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Details of activities and deliverables under the first phase
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Submissions
The SBSTA invited Parties and relevant organizations to provide structured submissions, by 15 May
2007, on adaptation approaches, strategies, practices and technologies for adaptation at the
regional, national and local levels in different sectors, as well as on experiences, needs and
concerns.
The submissions can be accessed and downloaded below in various formats, including a user-friendly
UNFCCC database on adaptation planning
and practices
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The secretariat has received submissions from thirteen Parties (Argentina,
Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, Germany on behalf of the European Community
and its member States, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, Tajikistan and the United
States of America).
FCCC/SBSTA/2007/MISC.10 and
Add.1
Information on adaptation approaches, strategies, practices and technologies at the regional,
national and local levels in different sectors, as well as on experiences, needs and
concerns. Submissions from Parties
Compilation of submissions and
Addendum
Submissions by
individual Parties
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The secretariat has received submissions from seven intergovernmental
organizations (Secretariat of the CBD, FAO, Secretariat of the ISDR, UNDP Bureau for
Crisis Prevention and Recovery, WFP, WMO and OECD).
FCCC/SBSTA/2007/MISC.11
Information on adaptation approaches, strategies, practices and technologies at the
reigonal, national and local levels in different sectors, as well as on experiences, needs
and concerns. Submissions from relevant organizations
Compilation of all submissions (2247 kB)
Submissions by
individual organizations
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The secretariat has received submissions from three non-governmental
organizations (the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Practical
Action and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research)
Submissions
from admitted non-governmental organizations
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Synthesis reports
The SBSTA requested the secretariat to prepare, by its twenty-seventh session, a synthesis report of
the information and views contained in the submissions, and a synthesis report based on outputs
relevant to adaptation planning and practices from the work of the LEG, the CGE and the EGTT, as
appropriate.
FCCC/SBSTA/2007/9
Synthesis of information and views on adaptation planning and practices submitted by Parties and
relevant organizations. Note by the secretariat
FCCC/SBSTA/2007/10
Synthesis of outputs of the work of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group, the Consultative
Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention
and the Expert Group on Technology Transfer, relevant to adaptation planning and practices. Note by
the secretariat
Workshop
The SBSTA requested the secretariat, under the guidance of the Chair of the SBSTA, to organize,
before its twenty-seventh session, a workshop with the participation of Parties, relevant
organizations, business, civil society, decision makers and other stakeholders, to exchange
information and views on existing adaptation practices, experiences, needs, gaps, opportunities,
barriers and constraints, and on the contribution of traditional knowledge to the work on adaptation
planning and practices taking into account the submissions from Parties and relevant organizations
and the synthesis reports.
The workshop on adaptation planning
and practices took place in Rome, Italy from 10 to 12 September 2007.
The workshop report is contained in document FCCC/SBSTA/2007/15.
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Progress on implementation
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Technical workshop
on advancing the integration of approaches to adaptation planning
Bangkok, Thailand, 12-14 October 2009
Technical workshop
on integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and disaster risk
reduction strategies into national policies and programmes
Havana, Cuba, 10–12 March 2009
Workshop on
adaptation planning and practices
Rome, Italy, 10-12 September 2007
3 Calls
for Action
on adaptation planning and practices
Leaflet
on adaptation planning and practices
English (800 kB)
Spanish (1070 kB)
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