Relevant political mandates and developments on consideration of water resources in the adaptation landscape under UNFCCC process Rojina Manandhar
Seventh meeting of the UNECE Water Convention's Task Force on Water and Climate, Geneva October 13, 2014
• Adaptation landscape • Adaptation Committee
• National Adaptation Planning (NAP) and NAP central
• The implementation of the “scaled-up” Nairobi work
programme
Outline
Evolving adaptation discourse under the Convention
Institutional structure to support work on adaptation under the Convention
What is the Adaptation Committee?
Adaptation Committee
Advice Engagement
Recommendations Technical Support
Ensuring coherence & collaboration
Promoting synergy &
strengthening engagement
Providing guidance on
means to incentivize
implementation
Considering information by
Parties on monitoring and
review
Sharing of information, knowledge & experience
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Activities of the Adaptation Committee
• Collaborate with Convention bodies, UN agencies & regional centres e.g. Technical advice to ADP, GCE, LEG, L&D ExCom, TEC
• Promote national adaptation planning e.g. NAP Task force
• Support Monitoring & Evaluation
Adaptation Action Technical support and
guidance to Parties
• Collaborate with Convention bodies, UN agencies & regional centres e.g. Technical advice to AFB, GCF, GEF, LEG, NWP, SCF, TEC
• Strengthen engagement to improve support for adaptation e.g. Ad-hoc group on technical support
Means of Implementation (finance, technology & capacity building)
Technical support and guidance to Parties
• Thematic reports Adaptation under the Convention (2013), National Adaptation Planning (Nov 2014)
• Adaptation Forum
Awareness-raising, outreach and sharing of
information
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C o h e r e n c e Mapping – Reducing duplication – Addressing gaps – Promoting synergies
Recommendations and guidance to COP
The National Adaptation Plan Process
As a process to enable LDCs to formulate and implement NAPs, building upon their experience in preparing and implementing NAPAs, as a means of identifying medium- and long-term adaptation needs and developing and implementing strategies and programmes to address those needs. Other developing country Parties are invited to employ the modalities formulated to support the NAPs.
The guidelines provide the basis for the formulation and implementation of NAPs
Flow of information along a sample NAP process – Technical meeting on NAPs 02/’14
Launch NAP work with interim institutional
arrangements
Synthesize available information, resources,
programmes, development goals, etc
Identify development-adaptation themes and
goals/objectives to focus on
Stocktaking; gap analysis
and needs report
Define a NAP road map including details on
timelines by workstream
Road map for the NAP process
Analyze past climate and climate change scenarios &
define climate risks (also socio-econ scenarios)
Assess vulnerabilities and identify adaptation
options
Risk analysisreport &
scenarios
Appraise options (economic,
environmental, etc)
V&AReport
Prioritize and rank options
Appraisalreport
Assemble/compile
adaptation plans
Adaptation prioritymeasures
Define M&E SystemNational
adaptation plan (NAP)
Define implementation
strategies including synergy
Implement adaptation programmes, projects
and policies
NAP + implementation
strategy: Strategicframework
Monitor & periodically review
the NAP process
Policies,Projects and Programmes
Report on progress,
effectiveness and gaps
Monitoringand review
reports
Non-climatic stressors
Element A
Element B
Element C Element D
NAP Mandate & Nationalclimate resilient
development strategyor framework
Progressreport
Risk Analysis Report
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Iterate over relevant steps to produce Updated
NAPs
Update NAPs?
No
Define mandate & strategy, and
national institutional arrangements
Decision to acceptlosses & damages
Development priorities
Integration opportunities
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The NAP Central
NAP guidelines
Resources by hazards, sectors, or adaptation elements
Country portals
Navigators for tools, data, case studies, etc.
Support: GSPs, funding, training, tracking
Databases
Marketplace: for projects/activities (NAP exchange)
Being developed through the Support Group
• LEG and AC members
• NAP GSP
• Partner organizations
Timeline:
i. 2013-2015: Continuous development
ii. December 2013: Launch of 1st prototype
iii. June 2014: Support Group meeting
iv. October 2014: Full prototype
Overview of knowledge needs
Assess impacts,
vulnerability and risks
Monitor and evaluate
adaptation
Implement adaptation measures
Plan for adaptation
Nairobi work programme: the work programme under the Convention to respond to knowledge needs
Deliverables upto 2015