Adaptation Actions in NDC Partnership Plans: Opportunities for Alignment with NAP Processes

The report examines adaptation activities across 18 developing countries' NDC Partnership Plans, identifying critical gaps in climate risk assessments, project design, and M&E systems. It argues that these short-term plans can be leveraged to align NDC pledges with the more detailed NAP processes to improve climate resilience planning and implementation.

• Adaptation activities are prominent in most NDC Partnership Plans, which typically serve as three-year short-term results-based plans focusing on enabling actions rather than large-scale project implementation.
• Significant gaps in support exist across several critical adaptation areas, with the highest needs being for climate risk and vulnerability assessments and project design and proposal development, both noted by 11 countries.
• Other widespread support gaps include training and capacity building (10 countries), adaptation monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems (9 countries), and resource mobilization strategies (8 countries).
• The most frequently identified adaptation priorities across the 18 countries are adaptation M&E systems, climate risk and vulnerability assessments, and training and capacity building, each cited by 14 countries.
• Agriculture and water are the sectors receiving the most support from donors and implementing partners, with 10 countries each receiving support in these areas.
• Budget information in the plans is generally limited, but estimates for specific activities show that updating NDCs typically costs between USD 360,000 and USD 500,000, while GCF proposal development ranges from USD 150,000 to USD 300,000.
• The report identifies a strategic opportunity to increase alignment between NDCs and NAPs by ensuring updated NDC Partnership Plans are informed by the detailed planning, implementation, and monitoring frameworks of the NAP process.
• South-South learning events are recommended as an effective method for sharing information on common needs such as NAP development, updating adaptation NDCs, and establishing M&E systems.

APA

Murphy, D. (2019). Adaptation Actions in NDC Partnership Plans: Opportunities for Alignment with NAP Processes. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Adaptation_Actions_in_NDC_Partnership_Plans.pdf

Chicago

Murphy, Deborah. Adaptation Actions in NDC Partnership Plans: Opportunities for Alignment with NAP Processes. NAP Global Network, 2019. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Adaptation_Actions_in_NDC_Partnership_Plans.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{murphy2019adaptation, author = {Murphy, Deborah}, title = {{Adaptation Actions in NDC Partnership Plans: Opportunities for Alignment with NAP Processes}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2019}, month = apr, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Adaptation_Actions_in_NDC_Partnership_Plans.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }