This document discusses the role of regional and international reports in assessing collective progress towards long-term adaptation goals. It outlines that reports from organizations like the IPCC, UNFCCC, development partners, and regional organizations can provide information on adaptation efforts, policies, projects, and good practices. However, it notes that evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation and overall progress faces challenges due to lack of specific adaptation targets and indicators, data gaps, and uncertainty around sustaining regional activities. The document recommends disseminating global stocktake guidelines, focusing more on adaptation at the basin scale, and promoting understanding of adaptation costs and benefits.

1. Assessing collective progress towards the
long-term goal on adaptation:
Role of regional and international adaptation-related
reports
Nguyen Huong Thuy Phan
Independent Expert - Water and Climate Change
Climate Change Expert Group
Global Forum on Environment and Climate Change
14-15 March 2017
OECD Conference Center , Paris, France

2. ∗ Role of adaptation related reports
∗ Regional and international information sources
∗ Information available for adaptation-related GST
∗ Challenges
∗ Recommendations
Contents

3. ∗ Types:
∗ Reports on specific climate change adaptation versus
reports on related issues: SDGs and Sendai Framework
∗ National reports versus international and regional
reports
∗ Roles
∗ Provide information for progress assessment
∗ Recommend methodologies for the Global Stocktake
(GST)
Role of adaptation-related reports

4. ∗ IPCC
∗ UNFCCC bodies and processes
∗ Climate financial institutions
∗ Development partners
∗ UN agencies and other organizations, and
∗ Regional organizations
∗ Trans-boundary river basin organizations and projects
Regional and international sources of
information

5. Component of the global stocktake on adaptation From regional
and
international
reports
1.Recognizing the adaptation efforts of developing
country Parties
√
2.Enhancing the implementation of adaptation
actions taking into account adaptation
communications
√
3.Review the adequacy and effectiveness of
adaptation and support
x
4.Review the overall progress in achieving the
global adaptation goal
x
Available information for adaptation-related
GST

6. ∗ Recognizing the adaptation efforts of developing country
Parties:
∗ Databases of projects, programmes, policies, strategies
∗ Reports on review of climate change and adaptation policies
∗ Mekong Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan
∗ Enhancing the implementation of adaptation actions
taking into account adaptation communications
∗ Report on good practices, replication, upscaling and
mainstreaming of adaptation projects
Example: Mekong River Commission

7. ∗ Adaptation targets not specific enough
∗ Adaptation indicators difficult to define
∗ Large data gaps
∗ Sustainability of regional activities questionable
Challenges

8. ∗ Disseminate the agreed guidelines of global stocktake
to guide all efforts
∗ Pay more attention on adaptation at basin scale
∗ INBO-UNECE-UNESCO Paris PACT
∗ Promote understanding and estimation of benefits
and costs of adaptation
Recommendations

9. Thank you