Albania’s National Adaptation Plan

The first progress report on Albania's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) reveals a low overall completion rate, with only 15% of the 118 planned adaptation measures completed between 2019 and 2023. Implementation was significantly delayed by the 2019 earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic. While 69% of measures saw some advancement, 22% had not yet started, particularly in areas concerning monitoring systems, irrigation, and agriculture. The NAP is estimated to cost approximately ALL 11 billion (EUR 80 million), with a high proportion of measures rated as medium or high complexity. The report identifies critical gaps in institutional knowledge, human resources, and sustainable national financing, noting a heavy reliance on international donors. Despite these challenges, the report highlights successes in revitalizing the Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Climate Change and mainstreaming climate considerations into the National Strategy for Development and Integration (NSDI) and the revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

• Albania's NAP implementation showed low overall completion rates between 2019 and 2023, with only 15% of the 118 planned adaptation measures completed and 22% not yet initiated.
• Implementation delays were primarily caused by the 2019 earthquake, which diverted funds to reconstruction, and the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
• The total estimated cost for the NAP is approximately ALL 11 billion (roughly EUR 80 million), with 23.48% of measures requiring high financial resources (above ALL 1 billion).
• A significant portion of NAP measures have limited direct impact on climate risk reduction; 40% were rated as low impact, while only 27% were identified as having the potential to directly contribute to risk reduction.
• Only one of the 15 Priority Actions (PA 15), which focuses on the Kune-Vaini lagoon system through ecosystem-based adaptation, was reported as fully completed.
• Stakeholder awareness of the NAP is fragmented; while 83% reported awareness of the document and their specific responsibilities, only 37% knew all 15 Priority Actions, and 16% had never heard of the NAP.
• The report identifies several systemic challenges to implementation, including institutional knowledge gaps, a lack of sustainable national financing mechanisms, and a shortage of human resources.
• Climate change adaptation has been integrated with varying degrees of success into national policies: the revised NDC 2021–2030 and the NSDI 2022–2030 were rated as 'rather strong' and 'strong' respectively, while the agriculture and forestry strategies were rated as 'weak'.

APA

NAP Global Network (2023). Albania’s National Adaptation Plan. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/napgn-en-2023-albania-nap-progress-report.pdf

Chicago

NAP Global Network. Albania’s National Adaptation Plan. 2023. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/napgn-en-2023-albania-nap-progress-report.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{napglobalnetwork2023albanias, author = {{NAP Global Network}}, title = {{Albania’s National Adaptation Plan}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/napgn-en-2023-albania-nap-progress-report.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }