Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development

The document outlines how countries can coordinate policy processes across different global agendas to improve coherence and efficiency in climate-resilient development. It identifies the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process as a key connecting point and details the enabling factors, objective-setting steps, and practical entry points necessary for successful alignment.

• Alignment of policy processes can occur either within a single global agenda—by linking operational vehicles to national commitments—or across different agendas by ensuring related processes are mutually supportive.
• The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process is a critical tool for alignment because it is iterative and specifically designed to integrate climate change adaptation into development policies, plans, and initiatives across various sectors and levels.
• Successful alignment requires three primary enabling factors: effective institutional arrangements to facilitate coordination between different ministries, robust information sharing mechanisms across government levels and stakeholders, and targeted capacity development in both analytical and technical areas.
• Practical entry points for initiating alignment include the updating of policy documents, conducting shared context analyses (like gender or vulnerability assessments), utilizing interministerial coordination meetings, and leveraging funding from sources such as the Green Climate Fund for NAP readiness programs.
• There are significant synergies between the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction; specifically, National Adaptation Plans and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies can be aligned by integrating climate-related hazards into DRR strategies and using climate services to inform DRR implementation.

APA

Dazé, A., Terton, A., & Maass, M. (2019). Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/napgn-en-2019-alignment-to-advance-climate-resilient-development.pdf

Chicago

Dazé, Angie, Anika Terton, and Malte Maass. Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development. NAP Global Network, 2019. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/napgn-en-2019-alignment-to-advance-climate-resilient-development.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{daz2019coordinating, author = {Dazé, Angie and Terton, Anika and Maass, Malte}, title = {{Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2019}, month = mar, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/napgn-en-2019-alignment-to-advance-climate-resilient-development.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }