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Addressing adaptation under the Convention in a coherent manner Presentation by Juan Hoffmaister Co-Chair, Adaptation Committee Presentaiton overview 1. Backdrop: What does the UNFCCC do on adaptation? • Functions • Work streams 2. Focus: Ensuring coherence • Adaptation committee • National Adaptation Plans • Stakeholder engagement 3. Outlook: Where are we going? What does the UNFCCC do on adaptation? Facilitating provision of financial and technical support Strengthening technical and institutional capacities Fostering cooperation and engaging stakeholders What does the UNFCCC do on adaptation? Setting overall goals and strategic objectives Establishing sciencepolicy dialogue Adaptation areas and work streams Knowledge and assessment Nairobi work programme Planning and Implementation National adaptation plans (NAPs) Addressing residual risks Ensuring coherence Mechanism for Loss and Damage Adaptation Committee Least Developed Countries work programme, NAPAs Stakeholder engagement and regional cooperation Finance, Technology and Capacity Building Ensuring coherence: What is the Adaptation Committee? Ensuring coherence & collaboration Sharing of information, knowledge & experience Adaptation Committee Advice Engagement Recommendations Considering information by Parties on monitoring and review Promoting synergy & strengthening engagement Providing COP information & recommendations on means to incentivize implementation 8 Activities of the Adaptation Committee Workstreams Adaptation Action Technical support and guidance to Parties Means of Implementation Technical support and guidance to Parties Awareness-raising, outreach and sharing of information • Collaborating with Convention Bodies LEG, TEC, SCF, GCE, L&D ExCom, NWP, Capacity Building • Promoting national planning NAP Task force • Supporting Monitoring & Evaluation • Identifying best practices and needs • Incentivizing adaptation action through support on finance, technology and capacity building • Collaborating with UN agencies & Regional centres Ad-hoc group on technical support • Providing technical advice including to TEC, SCF, AFB, GCF, NWP • Thematic reports • Adaptation Forum • Communication strategy Coherence Mapping – Reducing duplication – Addressing gaps – Promoting synergies 9 National level coherence: NAPs Objectives • To reduce vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, by building adaptive capacity and resilience; • To facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation into new and existing policies, programmes and activities, development planning processes and strategies, within all sectors and levels Ref: Decision 5/CP.17, paragraph 1 NAPs is a coherent, participatory and transparent national adaptation process informed and catalyzed by the international climate regime National adaptation plans: process Process described in the UNFCCC NAPs Guidelines Coherence with stakeholders work and knowledge sharing • Vital in supporting all adaptation activities, at each step in the process. • Catalysed through NWP, NAPs, LDCs NAPAs, Adaptation Committee work, etc. through joint technical work, participation in workshops, publications, action pledges, supporting development => over 270 NWP partner organisations • Many adaptation knowledge platforms and networks involved: Eldis, the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, the Adaptation Learning Mechanism, ENDA, etc. • Engaging through social media The Adaptation Exchange Regional aspect of coherence: Regional centers and networks • Conference of the Parties recognizes and endorses regional cooperation in all work streams on adaptation • The Adaptation Committee works towards ensuring coherence and enhancing awareness of the work of the regional centers and networks • Means : – – – – Regional organizations contributing into UNFCCC work, e.g. through adaptation workshops; Publications; NWP partnership and action pledges; Creating communities of practice in thematic areas; Analyzing needs, gaps and opportunities of cooperation Regional Climate Networks Africa: 21 RCN - Most active in knowledge exchange (11 RCN) Asia: 30 RCN - Regional adaptation concentrated in Southeastern and Southern Asia - Most active in technical backstopping Latin America and the Caribbean: 11 RCN - Most active in disaster risk reduction source: the Adaptation Committee Towards coherence on the means of implementation Providers of suppor Exchange of information (Finance, technology, capacity building) Outlook Evolution Building coordinated and coherent means to adaptation implementation Clear objectives. Enhanced arrangements. Full scale implementation Enhancing action Improving knowledge => informed decisions COP 22 (2015 ) New Climate Regime Addressing urgent and immediate needs Assessing impacts and vulnerability COP 11 (2005) • Nairobi work programme COP 7 (2001) LDCs, NAPAs COP 2 (1996) • National communications COP 13 (2007) • Bali Action Plan COP 16(2010 ) • Cancun Adaptation Framework