UNDP_Climate_Promise_and_Adaptation_Planning_Montse_Xilotl.pdf

UNDP Climate Promise and Adaptation Planning | Montserrat Xilotl, Regional Technical Advisor in Climate Change Adaptation, UNDP

1. Climate
Promise and
Adaptation
Planning

2. UN Secretary General mobilizing UN
System for NDCs
“Next year, governments must submit so-called nationally determined
contributions – in other words, national climate action plans. These will determine
emissions for the coming years. At COP28, they agreed to align those plans with
the 1.5 degree limit.
…The United Nations is mobilizing our entire system to help developing countries
to achieve this through our Climate Promise initiative.”

- UN Secretary General, Special Address on
Climate Action: A Moment of Truth, 5 June 2024

3. The world's largest offer of support to countries on NDCs and a
contribution to the NDC Partnership
127
countriesandterritories
receivingsupport
35
partnerscollaboratingat
alllevels
of alldevelopingcountries
worldwiderepresented85%
OVER
of global GHG emissions
represented25%
OVER
41
Least Developed
Countries (LDCs)
16
Higher Emitters
29
Small Island
Developing States
(SIDS)
48
in Fragile
Settings
The Climate Promise Portfolio to date

4. Paris Agreement
INTERMEDIATE STATE: UNFCCC pledges under the Paris Agreement are translated into concrete
action
IMPACT: Countries advance net zero emission and climate resilient
development, in line with the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda
OUTCOME 1: SCALE AND
SPEED
Countries have effectively
strengthened inclusive and
gender-responsive governance
and financing mechanisms to
enable delivery and tracking of
NDC targets across sectors
OUTCOME 2: AMPLIFYING
AMBITION
Countries have established long-
term net-zero and climate
resilient development pathways
aligned with the goals of the
Paris Agreement
OUTCOME 3: LASTING
INCLUSIVITY
Key actors within society are
systematically engaged and
empowered to contribute to
accelerated NDC implementation,
long-term net-zero and climate
resilient development pathways
OUTCOME 4:
INTERNATIONAL
ENGAGEMENT
Regional and global awareness,
advocacy, and partnerships are
strengthened to contribute to
enhanced NDC and LTS ambition
and delivery capacity

5. 105 Climate Promise countries submitted enhanced NDCs, representing over 20% of global GHG emissions and 84%
of all developing country submissions
•Over 90% increased mitigation ambition, 100% include energy
•Over 90% increased adaptation ambition, many link to NAPs
•95% included gender considerations;
•97% included youth considerations
•NDCs are of higher quality with better data, detailed costings, and linked to development and sectoral planning
UNDP Climate Promise Key Results

6. •Ambition opportunities in
sectoral policies, NAP, NBSAP,
Energy compact, etc
•Address ambition gaps
identified in stock take
•Scenario modelling for 1.5
compatible target; Net zero
•Alignment with LT-LEDS
•Inclusion of new sectors/gases
•Estimation of cost
•Identification of financing sources
•Inclusion of recommendations
from private sector
•Identification of technology
needs
•Technical coordination
•Political oversight and buy-in
•Partners and donor coordination
•Whole of society engagement
•Adaptation and Mitigation
measures
•Policy targets
•Finance mechanisms and
flow
•Coordination
•Inclusion
Stocktake
Coordination and
buy-in
Target setting and
policy alignment
Costing and
Means of
Implementation
Areas of support for NDC Enhancement

7. NDCs
SCALA
100% of NDCs
include energy
targets
Almost all parties
reference finance for
implementation –
domestic and
international, public and
private
93% have enhanced
adaptation ambition
90% cover the LULUCF
sector
•57% Forestry
•21% wetlands
90% cover the Agriculture
sector
96% reference
gender
NDCs as a driver of sustainable development
(whole of portfolio approach)

8. UNDP’s support to NAPs and Adaptation
Planning
Countries supported by SCALA programme and
private sector engagement facility
Countries supported by UNDP under the GCF
Adaptation Planning readiness window
+ CCA portfolio of 99 projects (10
SIDS and 32 LDCs) under
implementation

9. UNDP NAP
Results at a
Glance
NAPs submitted to UNFCCC NAP
Central from Developing Countries
Of these, 36 were supported by UNDP, including 16 LDCs
57
Countries supported to undertake
climate risk and vulnerability
assessments
35
Countries supported to achieve
greater alignment between their
NDC, NAP, and sector plans and
budgets
32
30+
Countries supported to establish or
strengthen MEL systems
21
Countries supported to develop,
strengthen or adopt adaptation-
related legal frameworks

10. These are observations made over almost 10 years of
providing support to countries on NAPs
Observations
on the NAP
Process
•Understanding of NAP is extending beyond
Ministries of Environment
•An increasingly participatory approach is
being adopted by developing countries
•Some countries have adopted a sector
approach
•Accurate climate risk and vulnerability
information is a critical input to the NAP
process
•NDC-NAP Alignment is critical
•NAPs submitted since 2019 tend to be more
detailed and comprehensive than earlier
NAPs. This may be the result of financial and
technical support that became available after
around 2018

11. Leveraging NDCs for Adaptation Planning
Globally almost all countries’ NDCs help define adaptation priorities
•170 Parties have submitted new or updated NDCs, 142 have adaptation
components however only 58 countries have submitted their NAPs to the UNFCCC
•Agriculture & food security, water and ecosystems/ biodiversity are the top sectors
in the adaptation components of NDCs and submitted NAPs
•79 of NDCs (77%) refer to women or gender under adaptation compared to 31
(30%) in the first round of NDCs
•US$12.7 billion is the average cost for the implementation of NAPs. LTS provide an
opportunity to integrate these costs in planning and budgeting processes.

12. Lessons learned on implementing adaptation through
the NAP and NDC processes
Pilot initiatives have
enabled localized
adaptation actions
but adaptation at
scale is missing
Stakeholder
engagement is a
prerequisite for
effective adaptation
planning and
implementation
Successful
mainstreaming is
supported by
coordination,
collaboration,
integrated-
decision making
Effective adaptation
requires a systems
and a whole of
society approach
across sectors and
scales
Partnerships are
key for
implementation
Need to shift from
short-term project
and planning cycles
to longer term
planning
Adaptation requires
continuous learning,
capacity building,
fostering both
innovation and
traditional knowledge
Financing NAP implementation
requires a wide variety of sources
and mechanisms
Adaptation M&E
need to be
embedded in
national M&E
systems and inform
global processes

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