Submissions on NAPs

COP 21 (December 2015) invited Parties and relevant organizations to submit to the secretariat, by 1 February 2018, information on their progress made towards the achievement of the objectives of the process to formulate and implement NAPs, experiences, best practices, lessons learned, gaps and needs, and support provided and received in the process to formulate and implement NAPs. All submissions are available on the submissions and statements portal http://www4.unfccc.int/sites/submissionportal/Pages/Home.aspx.

Submitted NAPs

Parties have been invited to forward outputs, including national adaptation plan documents, and outcomes related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, to the NAP Central (decision 3/CP.20, paragraph 9). The submitted NAPs are available at http://www4.unfccc.int/nap/Pages/national-adaptation-plans.aspx.

Responses to online questionnaire

By its decision 4/CP.21, the COP requested the SBI to assess progress made in the process to formulate and implement NAPs at its forty-eighth session (April–May 2018), with a view to making recommendations thereon to the Conference of the Parties, as appropriate. By the same decision, the COP invited Parties to provide information to inform the assessment by the SBI, guided by an online questionnaire. Below is a compilation of responses provided by countries based on the questionnaire. The questionnaire is accessible at http://www4.unfccc.int/nap/Pages/assessingprogress.aspx.

Country presentations at NAP events

The Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) mobilizes and provides a platform for countries to present on their work on NAPs at its NAP related events – e.g. workshops, NAP Expos and side events. Below is a compilation of NAP related presentations made by countries at the respective events. All NAP related events can also be accessed on this link https://unfccc.int/topics/adaptation-and-resilience/workstreams/national-adaptation-plans-naps/workshops-meetings-naps.

Annual progress reports on NAPs

A report progress in the process to formulate and implement NAPs is produced annually, to cover updated information on the progress of Parties in the process to formulate and implement NAPs, including on support provided and received, as communicated by Parties, United Nations organizations and other agencies, in accordance with decision 5/CP.17, paragraph 36, and the work programme of the LEG. Below is a list of the reports produced so far:

Other reports to the SBI on NAPs

National communications and other national reports

Through decision 5/CP.17, Parties are invited to provide information, through their national communications, on what measures they have undertaken and on support provided or received relevant to the process to formulate and implement NAPs. The national communications are available HERE for developing country Parties and HERE for developed country Parties.

List of relevant publications by the LEG

The COP requested the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) to assess progress made in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) at its forty-eighth session (April–May 2018), with a view to making recommendations thereon to the Conference of the Parties, as appropriate. The data and information below to underpin the assessment has been compiled to facilitate sharing with all relevant actors and players and to ensure that the analysis and the subsequent assessment are based on a common pool of evidence.