COP21 requested the secretariat to prepare annually a technical paper on opportunities to enhance adaptation action, as well as options to support their implementation. The paper is to be prepared on the basis of technical expert meetings on adaptation (TEM-A) that are being organized as part of the 2016–2020 technical examination process (TEP-A).
Technical Paper 2020 – Opportunities and options for enhancing adaptation action through education and training, and public and youth participationEducation and training, alongside public and youth participation, are key to enabling effective and inclusive adaptation to climate change. This technical paper examines opportunities and options for enhancing adaptation action through education and training, and public and youth participation, including associated challenges. It distills the key messages that emerged from the 2020 technical examination process on adaptation, including the technical expert meetings on adaptation held throughout the year.
Technical Paper 2019 – Opportunities and options for adaptation finance, including in relation to the private sectorAccessible, adequate and predictable finance is a precondition for planning and implementing climate change adaptation actions around the world, and is especially important for developing countries. This technical paper explores the various dimensions of adaptation finance that featured in the 2019 technical examination process on adaptation, offering insights into the global adaptation finance landscape, the link between adaptation planning and finance, assessing the impact of adaptation finance and the role of the private sector. The paper also distills the key messages that emerged from the 2019 technical expert meetings on adaptation.
This technical paper explores opportunities and options for, as well as barriers to, enhancing adaptation planning in relation to vulnerable ecosystems, communities and groups. It draws primarily on the discussions among Parties and non-Party stakeholders held at the technical expert meeting on adaptation that took place on 9 and 10 May 2018 in Bonn in conjunction with the first part of the forty-eighth sessions of the subsidiary bodies as well as the discussions held at the various regional technical expert meetings. The paper presents case studies and other information on links among vulnerable ecosystems, groups and communities and the challenges associated with integrating them into adaptation planning and action with a view to identifying concrete opportunities for strengthening resilience, reducing vulnerability and increasing understanding and implementation of adaptation in the context of enhancing pre-2020 action.
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Technical Paper 2017 – Opportunities and options for integrating climate change adaptation with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030This technical paper explores opportunities and options for integrating adaptation with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015– 2030 as identified by Parties and non-Party stakeholders through their practical experiences. It is primarily based on discussions held at the technical expert meetings on adaptation, which took place on 16 and 17 May 2017 in Bonn, Germany, in conjunction with the forty-sixth sessions of the subsidiary bodies. Building on the technical paper contained in document FCCC/TP/2016/6 (e-publication format below), this paper furthers the understanding of how good practices and lessons learned can lay the foundation for the enhanced implementation of adaptation actions in the pre-2020 period and beyond.
Technical Paper 2016 – Opportunities and options for enhancing adaptation actions and supporting their implementation: reducing vulnerability and mainstreaming adaptationThis technical paper provides an initial exploration of opportunities and options for reducing vulnerability and mainstreaming climate change adaptation, including through the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans as identified by Parties and non-Party stakeholders through their practical experiences. It is primarily based on discussions held at the TEMs on adaptation, which took place on 24 and 25 May 2016 in Bonn, Germany, in conjunction with the forty-fourth sessions of the subsidiary bodies. The paper is intended to contribute to the understanding of how good practices and lessons learned can lay the foundation for the enhanced implementation of pre-2020 adaptation actions and beyond.