This document synthesizes the information contained in 68 submissions contributed by 13 regional centres and networks and 8 international organizations with regional presence, including 19 partner organizations of the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, on activities undertaken to inform adaptation planning. The submissions provided specific information on: (1) available and implemented tools and methods for adaptation planning addressing the four issues of ecosystems, human settlements, water resources and health; (2) good practices and lessons learned in relation to adaptation planning, including monitoring and evaluation, addressing
the aforementioned four issues; and (3) good practices and lessons learned related to processes and structures for linking national and local adaptation planning. In addition, this document contains an overview of the knowledge-sharing and training activities carried out by those organizations as well as a synthesis of the outcomes of those activities in different
regions of the world. Finally, the document identifies possible next steps to be taken in the light of the challenges and gaps identified in the submissions.