The COP30 Presidency, alongside the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the governments of Germany and Italy, have launched the Alliance for the Implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).
The Alliance will seek to facilitate dialogue among those engaged in the development and implementation of National Adaptation Plans, and is positioned as part of the COP30 Action Agenda.
It will also count on the collaboration of national governments, multilateral development banks, investment funds, and institutions from civil society and the private sector.
‘Joint effort for adaptation’
At a meeting at COP30 to launch the Alliance, Alice Amorim, the COP30 Presidency’s director of programmes, noted that it brings together “different organisations examining the landscape of NAPs through various methodologies, and will result in a joint effort for adaptation”.
A UNDP report released earlier this month indicated that current financing needs for large-scale adaptation actions are between eight and fourteen times greater than the government resources allocated for this purpose, with stronger capacity-building efforts needed.
‘A catalyst’
Youssef Nassef, director of adaptation at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said that it was essential to demonstrate that adaptation represents an attractive investment proposition, adding that he was confident that the Alliance will “serve as a catalyst to attract actors beyond the obvious ones.”
Echoing his sentiment, COP30 high-level climate champion Dan Ioschpe said, “We have taken a major step forward with the establishment of this Alliance.”
Representatives from the governments of Germany, Italy, Vanuatu, and Kenya participated in the discussion, as did representatives of the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and the Adaptation Fund.
The Adaptation Fund has received pledges totalling nearly $135 million dollars during the COP30 Presidency, including contributions from Belgium, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. Read more here. [Photo: Carlos Tavares/COP30]
