Presentation by Aditya V, Bahadur, Action on Climate Today, for the NAP Global Network webinar "Vertical Integration in NAP Processes." You can watch a recording of the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF_tBMj2Lh4

1. April 2017
Updates from Nepal and India
Aditya Bahadur, Regional Programme Development Manager, Action on Climate Today
Vertical Integration

2. Action on Climate Today
A regional climate change adaptation programme funded by DFID and managed by
OPM (£23 million)
Duration: Sept 2014-Mar2019
Geographical Focus: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, India (the states of Assam, Bihar,
Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Maharashtra and Odisha)
Objectives: design and delivery of climate resilience initiative; promote investments
for climate compatible development & build knowledge
Outcomes
• £111 million in climate finance accessed
• 13 policy options and decision making tools adopted
• 7 systems improvements adopted
• Over £92 million in climate investment shaped by the programme
Impacts
• Preliminary Estimated Loss and Damage Averted (over 10 years)– over £7 Billion

3. Context: WHY is vertical integration important?
• General imperative-
• Climate impacts realised at the local level
• Subnational governments have autonomy and make plans
• Subnational governments govern massive areas!
• Specific imperative-
• Need for national government to support and provide guidance to
subnational entities
• Assessing vulnerabilities & identifying options
• Aggregating adaptation options from subnational levels
• Integration adaptation in planning across scales
• Overcoming barriers through vertical integration-
• Financing/funding
• Political/institutional
• Information/knowledge/capacity

4. WHAT does vertical integration look like?
• Forms of vertical integration- integration of plans
National Disaster
Management Plan &
Acts
State Disaster
Management Plans
District Disaster
Management Plans
National Action Plan
for Climate Change
State Action Plans for
Climate Change
National Adaptation
Programme of Action
Local Adaptation Plans
for Action

5. WHAT does vertical integration look like?
• Forms of vertical integration- integration of institutions
National Disaster
Management Authority
State Disaster
Management Authority
District Disaster
Management Authority
PMCCC & MoEFCC
State Climate Change
Cells
National Level
Ministries
Village Development
Committees
(EECCCC)
DDCs Sector
Institut-
ions-
(EECCCC)

6. Vertical integration in the NAP: The Case of Nepal
Subsidiary Sectoral
Institutions
• 7 thematic working led by ministeries & their subsidiary
institutions.
Project Route
• Development Projects- NCCSP (LAPAs) informing the NAP
process+ ACT-CBS (prospective)
Multilevel
governance
institutions
National Level  District Development Committees 
Village Development Committees

7. Vertical integration in the NAP: The Case of India
Level of Institution Name of institution
The National Institutions Ministry of Agriculture, its ICAR institutions and NICRA; Ministry of Water Resources, Ground water
board
The State Governments Department of Agriculture overseeing the entire design, KVKs for outreach, Irrigation department,
Rural development department
The District Magistrates For overseeing the budgetary allocations
The Panchayati Raj Institutions For overseeing the actual implementation
The Urban Local Bodies For ensuring availability of water by various means during droughts that include long term
preparedness for ensuring augmentation of water resources and immediate response
Scientific Institutions Climate and environment department of Universities, local IITs etc. who are nationally working with
IITM for providing climate trends and climate change scenarios
Technical Institutions For designing adaptation technology as per the requirement- Agriculture universities, local ICAR
stations
Communities Their perspective on adaptation action requirement

8. Nepal: In principle link
between LAPA- NAP
India: In principle link
between NAPCC and
SAPCC
Nepal: Dovetailing of
sectoral and multilevel
governance
India: MoEFCC- CCCells
Nepal: Not there yet,
although M&E for LAPA in
place.
India: Some existing
mechanisms of reporting
Nepal: Consultation with
15K
India Clear statement of
need for nat. level
institutions to share info
with lower levels.
Nepal: Bottom up and top
down VA
India: Clear statement of
need for nat. level
institutions to share info
with lower levels.
Nepal: Not there yet
India: Precedent- Gadgil
formula (forest cover)
Nepal: Capacity building
through sectors- stock
taking report
India: Identified need to
build capacities for climate
change VAs, IAs, actions
Nepal: Some capacity due
to experience of LAPAs
India: Building capacities
of state, district and village
level institutions
Nepal: Lack of capacity
India: Deficient capacity on
M&E for adaptation-
proxies? No current
discussion on VI for M&E

9. Questions for Mr. Batu Uprety, Team Leader, NAP, Nepal
• Please briefly describe the state of decentralization in Nepal and the
impact that this will have on the vertical integration of the NAP process?
• Which institutional arrangements, information sharing and capacity
development have been or will be most important for Nepal for vertical
integration in the NAP process?
• In your view what has been the level of vertical integration in NAP
process in Nepal and how do envision that will become stronger going
forward?

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