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The report evaluates Bhutan's MEL system for its 2023 National Adaptation Plan, finding significant institutional fragmentation, capacity gaps, and a lack of quantifiable metrics for resilience. It recommends establishing a formal coordination mechanism between the Department of Environment and Climate Change, the Office of the Cabinet Affairs and Strategic Coordination, and the Ministry of Finance, alongside a unified national M&E system to replace outdated web-based tools and fragmented Excel reporting.

The document examines the nexus between climate change and local conflict in the Central African Republic, highlighting how environmental stressors like drought and flooding exacerbate tensions over land and water. Based on consultations in Damara and Landja-Mboko, it argues that current adaptation plans lack systematic integration of the climate-conflict link. It provides detailed recommendations for government ministries, local authorities, and the private sector to promote peace-sensitive adaptation, including securing transhumance corridors, improving land tenure, and diversifying livelihoods for vulnerable groups.

The document outlines a comprehensive approach to developing adaptation indicators, emphasizing that they must be grounded in a Theory of Change (ToC) and national context rather than solely in global frameworks. It details a 10-step process (grouped into design, implementation, and learning phases) to move from clarifying objectives to institutionalizing data collection and conducting regular reviews. The guide highlights the importance of using a mix of quantitative and qualitative indicators, ensuring gender and social inclusion (GESI) through data disaggregation, and piloting systems before full-scale rollout to ensure feasibility and data quality.

The roadmap operationalizes Somalia's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for the education sector from 2026 to 2030. It organizes adaptation efforts into five strategic pillars: curriculum integration, resilient infrastructure, education in emergencies, community awareness, and local actor training. The framework emphasizes gender equity, social inclusion (GESI), and conflict sensitivity to protect vulnerable groups such as IDPs and pastoralists. Implementation is led by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MoECHE) and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC), coordinated through a strengthened Climate Change and Education Taskforce. The estimated investment required for these activities is USD 80 million.

The document outlines how education ministries can engage across the four phases of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process: impact, vulnerability, and risk assessment (IVRA); planning; implementation; and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL). It emphasizes the heightened vulnerability of children to climate-related learning disruptions and argues that the NAP process is a critical mechanism to elevate education priorities, secure climate finance, and align sectoral plans with national commitments. The guide provides specific strategies for data collection via Education Management Information Systems (EMIS), the use of innovative financial instruments, and the mainstreaming of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI). A case study of Saint Lucia illustrates the successful development of a Sector Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan (SASAP) through participatory, multi-stakeholder engagement.

The report outlines a comprehensive approach to building climate-resilient education systems by integrating them into the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process. It emphasizes three core components: resilient infrastructure, school safety and educational continuity, and climate-responsive teaching and learning. The document provides a step-by-step guide for NAP teams, covering enabling factors, impact, vulnerability, and risk assessments (IVRA), adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems, while advocating for a child-centered and inclusive lens to protect the rights of the most vulnerable students.

The report details the Climate Adaptation Investment Planning (CAIP) framework, a five-step process designed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to bridge the gap between national adaptation planning and financial implementation. Piloted between 2022 and 2025 in Armenia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Nepal, the framework emphasizes aligning adaptation with national fiscal cycles, using systemic climate risk diagnostics, and grouping priorities into comprehensive investment packages. Key findings indicate that while most adaptation packages yield high economic returns, financial viability for private investment remains limited and sector-dependent. The report advocates for a country-led, iterative approach that integrates ministries of finance from the outset to ensure adaptation is embedded in public financial management systems.

Saint Lucia's second NAP progress report (2022–2024) documents the transition from planning to implementation across eight priority sectors. While five sectoral plans (water, agriculture, fisheries, resilient ecosystems, and health) are complete, three others (infrastructure, education, and tourism) are being finalized via GCF support. The report highlights achievements in water resource management, climate-resilient agriculture, and blue economy initiatives, while recommending a standardized, simplified monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to address data gaps and staffing constraints.

The document outlines seven working principles for civil society engagement in national adaptation plan (NAP) processes, co-produced by government and civil society representatives from 11 countries in Africa and the Caribbean. These principles—structured engagement, representation, formalized CSO collaboration, inclusion, enabling environment, open access to information, and transparency—aim to ensure that adaptation decision-making is inclusive, equitable, and informed by the lived experiences of marginalized groups. The principles are intended to apply across all NAP stages, including risk assessment, planning, implementation, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL).

The evaluation of Benin's National Adaptation Plan (NAP 2022–2030) for the period 2022 to mid-2025 reveals a global realization rate of 23.37% for the 415 tracked actions. Progress is highly uneven across sectors, with agriculture (45.23%), forestry (36.59%), and the coastline (30.76%) showing the most advancement, while tourism (4.25%) and urban infrastructure (9.09%) lag significantly. While 'hard' investments in drainage and reforestation and 'soft' capacity-building actions have yielded positive results, the report highlights critical gaps in intersectoral coordination, sustainable financing, and the operationalization of early warning systems. Key recommendations for 2026–2030 include harmonizing monitoring and evaluation, scaling up climate-resilient seeds and clean cooking solutions (LPG), and integrating gender-specific targets and indigenous knowledge into all adaptation activities.

The document assesses early adaptation signals in Rwanda's water resources and mining sectors, finding technical progress in catchment restoration and climate-compatible mining, but highlighting systemic gaps in leadership inclusion, procurement, and the integration of artisanal miners.

The report assesses the integration of GESI into Rwanda's mining adaptation strategies, identifying a gap between high-level policy commitments and the lack of disaggregated data in implementation. While Rwanda has set targets for climate-compatible practices and site rehabilitation, current monitoring fails to track the participation of women, youth, and persons with disabilities. The report recommends mandatory disaggregated reporting, participatory community mapping via GIS, and the creation of an Inclusive Adaptation Scorecard.

The report evaluates Rwanda's water sector adaptation targets under NDC 3.0, finding that while technical goals for water storage, flood protection, and catchment restoration are robust, they lack GESI-disaggregated data and inclusive metrics. It recommends reforming the 2018 Water Resources Law to mandate social inclusion plans, establishing a Joint GESI Coordination Unit, and implementing ring-fenced budgets for women's and youth cooperatives to ensure equitable adaptation outcomes.

The document details Rwanda's shift from framework-level climate commitments in NDC 2.0 to an outcome-driven strategy in NDC 3.0, specifically for the water and mining sectors. It introduces SMART indicators, disaggregated water storage targets, and specific adoption rates for climate-compatible mining, supported by detailed funding estimates and institutional mandates to enhance accountability and investor confidence.

Somalia’s National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2025–2030 provides a strategic roadmap to transition from climate planning to implementation. With a total estimated budget of USD 5.486 billion, the plan prioritizes adaptation across eight key sectors—including agriculture, water, and energy—while targeting a 34% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. The framework emphasizes climate justice, gender equality, and conflict sensitivity, recognizing climate change as a "threat multiplier" in Somalia's fragile socio-political context.

The document defines a climate change adaptation investment plan (CCAIP) as a set of investment-ready priority activities linked to specific financial sources. It outlines a structured approach to bridging the adaptation financing gap by diversifying funding across domestic, international, public, and private sources using instruments such as grants, bonds, and blended finance. The text emphasizes the necessity of political leadership, particularly from ministries of finance, and the integration of gender-responsive and socially inclusive (GESI) considerations to ensure equitable outcomes. It further distinguishes CCAIPs from broader NAP financing strategies, noting that while the latter identifies overall needs and gaps, the CCAIP focuses on narrow, time-bound, and actionable investment packages ready for immediate implementation.

The document serves as the first progress report for Tonga's Second Joint National Action Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management 2018–2028 (JNAP2). Its primary goal is to update the JNAP Taskforce on implementation status and provide recommendations for future improvements. Additionally, it aims to inform government, industry, civil society, and international partners about Tonga's efforts toward resilient and sustainable development to coordinate further input and interest.

The NAP Global Network's 2025 report details its efforts to move developing countries from adaptation planning to implementation. Key achievements include supporting 18 countries in this transition, delivering 24 short-term technical assistance requests via the Country Support Hub, and managing 13 long-term In-Country Support Programs. The Network emphasizes the importance of monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), and the integration of nature-based solutions. A new strategic plan to 2030 prioritizes Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), with a focus on accountability, civil society engagement, and the alignment of adaptation planning with peacebuilding and the Global Goal on Adaptation.

The document defines the education sector's role in climate adaptation, identifying its vulnerability and its potential to build community resilience. It details the components of a climate-resilient education system, focusing on resilient infrastructure, integrated teaching and learning, and school safety and continuity management.

The document outlines the benefits of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process for the education sector, specifically how it elevates priorities in national decision-making and strengthens the case for financing. It details the relevance of four NAP stages—Impact, Vulnerability, and Risk Assessment (IVRA); Planning; Implementation; and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)—and provides ten specific actions for education ministries to ensure climate risks to schools, students, and teachers are addressed.