Julia Wolf | Alessandro Spairani | Claudia Garcia Climate Change Study Circle

28 September 2015

Presentation Outline

1. Background: Overall National Adaptation Plan Process

2. FAO’s current ongoing work to support NAPs

3. FAO/UNDP Global Programme: Objective and outline Support for country-level activities

4. Opportunities for collaboration

Adaptation under the Convention

From fragmentation to coordination and integration of adaptation

2001

2005COP 11: Establishment of

Nairobi Work Programme (NWP)

2007 2010

COP 7: Packages of decisions for LDC´s: •Addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs through NAPAs•Establishment of the LDC work programme, including the NAPAs • Establishment of the LEG •Establishment of the LDCF

COP 13 Bali Action Plan: •Long-term and cooperative action by Parties initiated

COP 16 Cancun Adaptation Framework •New institutional structures and processes established to address adaptation in a coordinated and coherent manner

Adaptation Committee National adaptation plans Work programme on loss and damage

COP 19: NAP Process •Emphasis on undertaking the national adaptation plan process •Encourages sector specific technical guidelines•Establishment of the Global Support Programme

2013 2014SBSTA 38: Highlights of agriculture systems•Development of early warning systems and contingency plans•Assessment of risk and vulnerability of agriculture systems •Identification of adaptation measure in diverse agriculture systems

Adaptation in 2015?

2015

The NAP Process Builds on NAPAElements NAPA NAP

Objective Immediate and urgent adaptation needs, identify priority projects

A process to address mid/long-term adaptation needs

UNFCCC Process Decision

Marrakesh Accord – COP 7 (2001)

Cancun Adaptation Framework – COP 16 (2010)

Target Countries LDC LDC plus other interested developing countries

Funding Support Primarily – LDCF for preparation and implementation

Preparation – LDCF Implementation – GEF, LDCF/SCCF, Bilateral, Domestic ,etc.

Integrating Climate Change into Planning and Budgeting

Readiness is more than the ability to implement projects; readiness implies ability to scale-up for transformational change

NATIONAL PLANNING PROCESS

NATIONAL BUDGETING

PROCESS

National Budget

Annual Implementation

& Monitoring

Mid Term Review of National

Plan/Sectoral Plan & Adjustments

Final Evaluation

CCA FundsI

FAO Country Support - Adaptation

The National Adaptation Plan Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP) assists countries to bring greater focus and attention to medium and long-term climate change adaptation planning as well as budgeting. It is a UNDP-UNEP programme, financed by the LDCF.

FAO as member in the NAP-GSP

Launched: 14 June 2013 with financing from the Least Developed Country Fund (LDCF).

Partner agencies: UNDP, UNEP, WHO, FAO, IFAD, UNITAR, GEF, UNFCCC, GWP, GIZ , PROVIA, and UNISDR

MAW-CSA FMM• Support Ministry of Ag to become part of the National Adaptation Plan

Core Team/ sub-sector FP• Participate in the launched NAP Process nationally• Support training of sector representatives (in LEG training workshop)• FAO national consultant

• to establish baseline and milestones in support to ag sector representatives

• National outreach and stakeholder consultation• Building sector ownership with ag sector institutions• In-house agriculture ministry consultation• Align ag. sector milestones to national NAP process

• Provide regular (monthly) feed- back to the overall NAPs Core Team

Integrating Agriculture in NAPs

Duration 4 years (2015 to 2018)Global Programme Budget US$12 million

Total budget per country US$700,000

Global Programme Overview

To integrate climate change risks and opportunities as they relate to agriculture

sector-related livelihood options within existing national planning and budgeting

processes

Programme Objective

Outcome 2:

Integrated roadmaps for NAPs

developed

Outcome 4:

Advocacy and knowledge-sharing on NAPs promoted

Outcome 3:

Evidence-based results for NAPs

improved

Programme Outcomes

Outcome 1:

Technical capacity and institutions on NAPs strengthened

- Preparatory phase - Example from Thailand

1 Joint UNDP-FAO meeting with OAE/MOAC

2 Programme focal point within OAE identified

3Working group meeting with OAE focal point, to form national technical steering committee and discuss drafting of work plan and stakeholder consultation

4 National NAP Coordinator to begin work

5 National coordination meeting/Stakeholder consultation to draft workplan

6 First meeting of the technical steering committee to finalize workplan and multi-year budget

7 Workplan finalized and begin implementation

Nepal: supporting national priorities for adaptation in the agriculture sectors

• Support Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Planning, Finance and Budget to mainstream and operationalize climate change adaptation in the agriculture sectors

• Strengthen planning and budgeting to integrate climate change adaptation activities.

• Learning by doing through ongoing CCA demonstration projects and case studies that can improve adaptive capacity of farmers

• Capacity building throughout each component to improve strengthen evidence-base for policy and decision-making

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Priorities in country workplans• Strengthen capacities to link climate policy and public finance• Mainstream climate change adaptation and disaster risk

reduction into agriculture sector plans, policies, budgets (both national and provincial)

• Improve impact monitoring frameworks • Understand climate benefits of adaptation options and their

planning/budgeting implications• Improve evidence base for adaptation plans for the

agricultural sector• Improve evidence base for agricultural sector inputs into

National Climate Change strategy/policy

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Stock-takingSkills assessmentPolicy analysisCapacity developmentImpact monitoring

Additional support: global technical specialists

Agricultural economicsClimate science

Climate downscaling and modelling

Economics of adaptationCost-benefit analysis

Impact monitoringNational adaptation planning

Planning and budgetingCommunications & knowledge

management

Milestones and Next Steps

Country inception: Countries to finalize workplans;Sign project agreements;Identify national project coordinator;Implementation/capacity development.

Programme steering committee meeting: ADP, October 2015 COP 21: Joint FAO\UNDP Side Event

Knowledge Management/Outreach

• Online newsletter for reporting project milestones to be disseminated twice a year or more frequently

• Documentation of country case studies and lesson learned

• FAO/UNDP will be supporting national communication colleagues to support on advocacy and outreach

Knowledge Management/Outreach

FAO Programme Website to be developed, linking to other divisions activities to support the development of NAPs

Workspace platform for sharing and collaborating for NAPs Country Support -Country folders-NAPs Tracking Sheet with FAO projects -Events and presentations -Background literature

Knowledge exchange through the FAO Technical Network on Climate Change

Opportunities for collaboration

Support from cross-cutting sectors in agriculture, including technical officers from fisheries and aquaculture, livestock and forestry in regional, sub-regional and country offices.

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CCSC Discussion

• Feedback on overall approach • Link, overlapping, duplication to other

ongoing work inside and outside FAO • Input we can get and/or provide to other

linked projects and initiatives • Other aspects the project needs to consider • Country-specific expertise

Thank you!

UNDP - Rohini Kohli rohini.kohli@undp.orgFAO - Julia Wolf julia.wolf@fao.org