USAID Support to National Adaptation Planning (NAP) Processes

Climate Change
Written By Cate Urban

Opportunities presented by the NAP process:

  • Should be country driven

  • Process can address medium- and long-term needs

  • Integrate adaptation into sector planning as well as promote cross sector integration of issues and actions

  • Can address climate risks in development plans, and ensure development despite climate change

  • Develop a centrally coordinated and integrated process for mainstreaming

  • Improve the use of climate information for evidence based decision making, build capacity of national meteorological and climate services

  • Encourage institutions to manage adaptively in context of uncertainty • Better coordination/collaboration among host country institutions, bilateral and multilateral development partners

  • Leveraging other development investments in food security, health, infrastructure, etc.

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USAID Support to National Adaptation Planning Processes

Source: USAID
Year: 2014

Cate Urban

I founded Urban Web Renovations after 11 years of leading global marketing strategies for nonprofit organizations in Washington, DC. In each position I held, one thing remained the same – my passion for managing web sites and social media accounts for both organizations and major thought leaders.

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