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Albania established the Inter Ministerial Working Group on Climate Change (IMWGCC) in 2014 to coordinate climate mitigation and adaptation. The NAP process began in 2015 with a participatory stocktaking workshop, with the goal of adopting a national strategy on climate change, a NAP document, and a national mitigation plan in 2018. The country's approach focuses on mainstreaming adaptation into sector plans and the National Strategy for Development and Integration, targeting priority sectors such as agriculture, forestry, tourism, energy, settlements, and water.

The document outlines the critical role of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, emphasizing that there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach. It identifies key opportunities, such as strengthening accountability and fostering cross-sectoral partnerships, alongside significant challenges including the lack of common metrics for success and inadequate technical capacity. To address these, the briefing proposes emerging solutions focused on stakeholder alignment, resource strengthening, and improving data quality, such as using sex-disaggregated data and leveraging Information and Communication Technologies for data collection.

The document outlines a strategic approach to communications for National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, emphasizing the need to tailor messages and channels to priority audiences across the planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation stages. It suggests using tools like the Influence-Interest grid for stakeholder mapping and recommends the use of statistics, human interest stories, and memorable phrases to support key messages. The brief also highlights the importance of selecting appropriate communication channels based on audience media habits and establishing SMART metrics to measure the impact of these activities.

Malawi initiated its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process in 2014, completing a stocktaking exercise and establishing a roadmap. The process is managed by a core team of adaptation experts collaborating with cross-sectoral experts to identify long-term priorities. To support this, Malawi submitted a NAP formulation proposal to the Green Climate Fund with technical assistance from UNEP. The document identifies key climate impacts—including wildfires, drought, floods, rainfall variability, and increasing temperatures—and priority sectors for adaptation such as agriculture, fisheries, health, infrastructure, energy, forestry, water, wildlife, and gender.

The document outlines the critical role of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, emphasizing that there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach. It identifies key challenges such as the lack of common metrics for success, data gaps, and inadequate technical capacity. To address these, the report suggests emerging solutions focused on stakeholder coordination, resource strengthening—including the use of international funding like the Green Climate Fund's Readiness Programme—and improving data quality through gender-sensitive indicators and ICT tools. Case examples from South Africa, Morocco, and Kenya demonstrate the importance of aligning M&E with existing national structures and international commitments like the SDGs and NDCs.

The document outlines a strategic approach to communications for National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, focusing on four key pillars: prioritizing audiences, developing tailored key messages, identifying appropriate communication channels, and establishing metrics to measure impact. It argues that clear communication is essential for engaging government decision-makers, civil society, and the private sector to ensure adaptation priorities reflect stakeholder views and to support the implementation and monitoring of climate actions.

The document outlines the critical role of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, emphasizing that there is no one-size-fits-all approach. It identifies key challenges such as the lack of common measurement criteria, resource constraints, and the complexity of gender integration. To address these, the briefing proposes emerging solutions focused on stakeholder coordination, resource strengthening, and improving data quality, while highlighting country-specific examples from South Africa, Morocco, and Kenya.

The document outlines a strategic approach to communications for National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, emphasizing the need to tailor messages and channels to diverse stakeholders. It details a four-step iterative process: prioritizing audiences using tools like the influence/interest matrix, developing concise and targeted key messages with supporting evidence (statistics, lived stories, and slogans), selecting appropriate communication channels based on audience media habits, and establishing SMART criteria to measure impact. The briefing argues that strategic communication ensures stakeholder views are reflected in prioritized adaptation measures and improves the mobilization of citizens throughout the NAP cycle.

The document outlines the critical role of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, emphasizing that there is no single formula for its implementation. It identifies key opportunities, such as improving resource efficiency and cross-sectoral partnerships, alongside challenges like the lack of common metrics for adaptation success and inadequate technical capacity. The text proposes emerging solutions focused on stakeholder alignment, resource strengthening, and improving data quality, including the use of gender-disaggregated data and information communication technologies.

The document outlines a strategic framework for communications within the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, emphasizing the need for tailored messaging and stakeholder engagement across planning, implementation, and monitoring phases.

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) offers developing countries a one-time grant of up to USD 3 million through its Readiness Programme to support country-driven adaptation activities and catalyze larger investments. To improve the quality of proposals, the GCF Secretariat identifies ten key criteria: clarifying focus (national, sectoral, or local), using country-specific impacts and vulnerabilities rather than templates, building private sector ownership, designing an adaptation investment vision, articulating a 'Theory of Change', avoiding duplication of existing assessments, integrating gender and social dimensions, engaging stakeholders including civil society and sub-national governments, aligning with other funds like the GEF and Adaptation Fund, and utilizing a phased approach for multiple proposals over time.

The document describes the establishment of County Climate Change Funds (CCCFs) in five Kenyan counties—Garissa, Isiolo, Kitui, Makueni, and Waji—to manage investments aimed at reducing climate risk and achieving adaptation priorities. It notes that developing countries need significant financing for National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, which should be sourced from domestic public, international public, and private finance.

The document describes the ALivE tool, a qualitative assessment method designed to support project managers and stakeholders in designing EbA strategies. It outlines a three-stage planning process: collecting information through secondary research and participatory methods, using the ALivE tool for step-by-step analysis of risks and options, and integrating these findings into broader policy and planning frameworks. The tool specifically helps users identify vulnerable social groups, prioritize EbA options based on effectiveness and feasibility, and establish monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks using SMART indicators.

The ALivE tool guides users through a three-phase process: collecting data on livelihoods and ecosystems, analyzing risks and prioritizing EbA options, and integrating these options into policy and planning. It emphasizes a participatory approach, gender sensitivity, and adaptive management to ensure sustainable climate resilience.

The ALivE tool is a decision-support system that guides users through a three-phase process to build climate resilience. Phase 1 involves gathering data via secondary research and participatory methods. Phase 2 uses the tool to analyse risks, identify and prioritise EbA options based on effectiveness and feasibility, and design project activities. Phase 3 focuses on integrating these options into broader policies and planning processes to ensure sustainability and scale.

The guide introduces the ALivE tool, which uses a step-by-step process to analyze the relationship between ecosystems, livelihoods, and climate change. It defines Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) as the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an adaptation strategy to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. The tool guides users through five modules: understanding the context, analyzing vulnerabilities, identifying EbA options, planning implementation, and establishing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks. It emphasizes participatory approaches, gender sensitivity, and the integration of EbA into national policies and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

The ALivE (Adaptation, Livelihoods, and Ecosystems) tool is a qualitative decision-support system that guides users through a three-stage process to integrate ecosystem-based adaptation into climate resilience planning. The process involves collecting data on livelihoods and ecosystems, analyzing climate and non-climate risks, prioritizing EbA options based on effectiveness and feasibility, and developing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks. The tool emphasizes gender sensitivity, adaptive management, and the integration of EbA into national and subnational policies, such as National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

The document is a user manual for ALivE (Adaptation, Livelihoods, and Ecosystems), a qualitative assessment tool used within a broader ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) planning process. It guides users through three phases: collecting information via secondary research and participatory methods, analyzing that data through a five-step computerized process to prioritize viable EbA options, and integrating these options into formal policies and planning. The tool emphasizes the links between ecosystem health, human livelihoods, and climate risks, specifically targeting the needs of vulnerable social groups and promoting gender-sensitive implementation.

The Republic of Fiji National Adaptation Plan (2018) is a strategic framework designed to transition the country toward a climate-resilient development pathway. It identifies 160 prioritised adaptation measures across ten components: five systemic (climate information, horizontal integration, vertical integration, awareness, and resource mobilisation) and five sectoral (food security, health, human settlements, infrastructure, and biodiversity). The plan emphasizes a 'theory of change' that combines the removal of adaptation barriers with the mitigation of sectoral risks, grounded in ecosystem-based and gender- and human rights-based approaches. Key goals include mainstreaming climate risk into all levels of government decision-making, improving the availability of high-resolution climate data, and enhancing the resilience of critical infrastructure and food systems to combat hazards such as tropical cyclones, sea-level rise, and flooding.

The strategy provides a blueprint for the Government of Saint Lucia to use purposeful communication to foster a whole-of-government approach to climate adaptation. It focuses on translating technical climate science into meaningful narratives for diverse stakeholders, including political leaders, farmers, fishers, and youth. The framework emphasizes the use of a mix of traditional media (television, radio) and digital platforms (Facebook, WhatsApp) to drive behavioral change and secure investment for adaptation measures across priority sectors such as tourism, agriculture, and water.