In Cancun, the COP (decision 6/CP.16), renewed and extended the mandate of the LEG and requested the expert group to provide, inter alia, technical advice and guidance for the revision and update of NAPAs to further improve their quality, to facilitate the integration of adaptation actions of LDCs into development planning and to reflect increased adaptation knowledge and changed priorities in the countries, upon request by LDC Parties. By the same decision, the COP also requested the LEG to provide technical advice and guidance to LDCs for the strengthening of gender-related considerations and considerations regarding vulnerable communities within LDC Parties.
The Cancun Adaptation Framework (decision 1/CP.16), one of the outcomes of the AWG-LCA, established a process to enable LDC Parties, building upon their experience with the NAPAs, to formulate and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) and sent an invitation to other developing countries to employ the modalities formulated to support those plans.
In parallel, the COP reiterated its request to the GEF (decision 5/CP.16) to work with its agencies to improve communication with LDC Parties and to speed up the process by, for instance, establishing a time frame within which LDC Parties can access funding and other support for the preparation and implementation of projects identified in their NAPAs. By the same decision, the COP also requested the GEF to provide funding from the LDCF to LDC Parties, upon request to enable the update on their NAPAs with a view to improving their quality, in order to facilitate the integration of LDC adaptation actions into development planning and to reflect increased adaptation knowledge and changed priorities in the countries.