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Identifying baselines through vulnerability assessments: The experience of Thailand
1. Experience of Thailand:
Developing NAP Process
Kollawat Sakhakara, Ph.D.
Climate Change Coordination and Management Division
Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
NAP EXPO 2016 Sub-session 1
Capturing baselines:
Understanding the current status of climate change adaptation and resilience
UNDP-UNEP NAP-GSP
11 July 2016, 09.50 a.m.
UN Campus, Bonn
2. • Overview of Thailand
• Institutional Arrangement & Responsibilities
• NAP Process and Experience
Contents of Presentation
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3. Overview of Thailand
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• Ranked 11th most
affected by climate-
related impacts
• 1 of the 16 countries
in the "extreme risk"
category
National
projection expects
• Unpredictable
Rainfall pattern
• Severe flood and drought
Map from www.thailand-maps.com
Ref: Climate Risk Index, GERMANWATCH 2715
4. Institutional Arrangement & Responsibilities
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Sub Nt’l Board
on Technical
Support
(Chair: ONEP
Sec-Gen)
Amended
2015
Sub Nt’l Board
on Negotiation
(Chair: MoNRE
Perm-Sec)
Amended
2015
Sub Nt’l Board
on Policy
Integration
(Chair: MoNRE
Perm-Sec)
Amended
2015
Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning
(ONEP)
Climate Change Management Coordination Division (CCMC)
Thai Green House Gas
Organization (TGO)
(Policy formulation and National Focal Point)
Secretary
National Board of Climate Change Policy
(Chair: Prime Minister) M of MoNRE, M of MoFA Found 2007
Climate Change
Coordinators (CCC)
(30 Agencies :: 19
Ministries + 11 Agencies
under PM Office)
Appointed
2010
MoNRE
(Permanent
Secretariat)
5. Adaptation
to CC
Consequences
GHG Mitigation
and Low-
Carbon
Development
Capacity
Building
NAP Process and Experience
“Thailand as Climate Change
Resilience Society with Low-
Carbon Emitting Growth toward
the Sustainable Development
Pathway”
3-Key ApproachesVision 2050
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Climate Change Master Plan 2015-2050
6. 6
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NAP Process and Experience
1. Vulnerability
database
• Gaps and Needs
• Priority List
• Methodologies
2. Vulnerability
Maps
3. Suggestions of
drafting NAP
Review of
1st NAP
Gaps &
Needs
Sector-
Based /
Area-Based
V Maps
(DRAFTED)
N
A
P
National Database of
Adaptation Measures
Grouping
Prioritizing
1st, 2nd, 3rd,…
1st Phase: 2015 2nd Phase: 2016
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NAP Process and Experience
Constraints and Opportunities
National/Local research and studies
Data Accessibility/Availability
Standardization of Databases
local Knowledge Database
Knowledge and Awareness Gaps
Socio-Economic Co-benefits Linkages
Inadequate Financial Supports
8. Project-based
Adaptation
CCMP
Drafted
NAP
• UNDP-FAO:
Climate Finance
NAP-Ag
Adaptation Roadmap
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1
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2
• GIZ-BMUB:
• CCMP Implementation
• Risk-Based NAP
• JICA:
ADAP-T project
• Line Ministries
Climate Change Strategic plans:
MOH, MOAC
• Local Communities:
Adaptation Options
Resilient &
Sustainable
• Research Institutes:
TRF, NRCT
NAP Process and Experience
Mainstreaming &
Implementation
2014 2015 2016 2017-2018
M & E
9. Thank you
Climate Change Coordination and Management Division
Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Rama VI Rd., Prayathai District, Bangkok 10400 Thailand
T/F: +66 2265 6692, +66 2265 6500 ext. 6842 ; www.onep.go.th
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Editor's Notes
3 Key works adaptation aspect plays an important role with concerns over rural issues
Provision of the first framework of how to engage NAP into ministerial Strategic plans and local action/development plans