Les communications relatives à l’adaptation : Questions fréquentes

The document explains that Adaptation Communications (ADCOMs) are optional reports under the Paris Agreement used by countries to share climate adaptation priorities, needs, and lessons. It outlines four main objectives: increasing attention to adaptation, strengthening support for developing countries, contributing to the Global Stocktake, and improving knowledge of adaptation measures. Countries can submit ADCOMs as standalone documents, jointly with other reports, or as components of existing documents like NDCs or NAPs to minimize administrative burdens. The text emphasizes that ADCOMs are country-driven, flexible, and not intended for direct comparison between parties.

• Adaptation Communications (ADCOMs) were established under Article 7, paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 of the 2015 Paris Agreement to allow parties to periodically present and update their adaptation priorities, implementation needs, and measures.
• The primary goals of an ADCOM are to balance global attention between adaptation and mitigation, mobilize support for developing nations, provide data for the Global Stocktake, and enhance the understanding of adaptation needs and results.
• Submission of an ADCOM is entirely voluntary and designed to be flexible to avoid imposing additional burdens on developing countries.
• To be included in the synthesis reports for the first Global Stocktake in 2023, countries were encouraged to submit their first ADCOM by late December 2021, with a final deadline of January 2022.
• Countries have three options for submission: as a standalone document, jointly with another document (linked via cross-references), or as a component of another document such as a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), National Communication (NC), or National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
• As of August 2021, 11 countries used the adaptation chapter of their NDC as their ADCOM, including Angola, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Kenya, Lebanon, Panama, Paraguay, the Russian Federation, and Uruguay.
• ADCOM content is optional but encouraged to cover national circumstances, institutional frameworks, risks, vulnerabilities, priorities, and implementation needs; it can be a synthesis of existing information to reduce duplication of effort.
• For countries with ongoing but unfinished NAP processes, creating an ADCOM can serve as a way to increase visibility and accelerate the NAP process by synthesizing existing risk assessments or roadmaps.

APA

Hammill, A., & Ledwell, C. (2021). Les communications relatives à l’adaptation : Questions fréquentes. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/napgn-2021-fr-adcom-faqs.pdf

Chicago

Hammill, Anne, and Christian Ledwell. Les communications relatives à l’adaptation : Questions fréquentes. NAP Global Network, 2021. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/napgn-2021-fr-adcom-faqs.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{hammill2021les, author = {Hammill, Anne and Ledwell, Christian}, title = {{Les communications relatives à l’adaptation : Questions fréquentes}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/napgn-2021-fr-adcom-faqs.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }