Civil Society Lessons on Influencing National Adaptation policies in Nepal

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This document discusses Nepal's national climate change policies and civil society's role in influencing their implementation. It outlines Nepal's key climate change policies from 2010-2013, including the National Adaptation Program of Action, the Climate Change Policy, and the Local Adaptation Plan of Action framework. It describes how civil society organizations have implemented on-the-ground adaptation actions, built capacity, and generated evidence to influence policymaking through interactions with policymakers. It calls for a focus on implementing existing adaptation plans, identifying agents for implementation, fostering regional knowledge exchange, prioritizing national priorities in international negotiations, and speeding up the climate change negotiation process.

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Civil society lessons on influencing
national adaptation policies in Nepal
Southern Voices on Climate Change Workshop
22-23 April, 2014
Kathmandu, Nepal

2010
• National Adaptation Program of
Action (NAPA)
2011
•Climate Change Policy
2012
• Local Adaptation Plan of Action
(LAPA) National Framework
CC Policy Landscape in Nepal
2013
• Climate change budget code
• Initiate NAP process

Planning to Implementation
 VA
 Identification of Adaptation
Options
 Prioritization
 Integration in other development
plans
 Implementation

Actions on the ground
Hanging Nursery
Seed Banks
Farmer’s School

Farmer’s School
Actions…..
Water conservation practices

Capacity Building – Bottom up planning
Actions…

Linking Practice to Policy
Actions on the Ground
Generation of Evidence -
Identification of Gaps
Interaction between policy
makers and practitioners
(through roundtables, policy dialogues)
Influencing Policy Making

Climate Policy Discussions in Districts
and villages

2011: Implementation Status of CC Policy
2012: Implementation Status of NAPA
2013: Investigating CC Adaptation finance
National Roundtables: Facilitating dialogues
between Policy Makers and Practitioners

From Policy to Practice
Policy formulation National to local level
Adaptation Planning CbA & EbA
Actions on the Ground Capacity Building &
Implementation
Monitoring Sustainability &
enhancing resilience
Knowledge Platform Learning and Sharing

Way forward
National level
o Focus on implementation
rather only planning: 1000s
of CAPs, 100s of LAPAs
developed but limited attention
on implementation
o Identify agents for
implementation: there are
clearly spelled out goals,
objectives and optimistic targets
Regional (South Asia) level
o Foster exchange of
knowledge: We already have a
number of good practices to
learn from each other
International negotiation level
o Heed to the national
priorities: Development
agencies working in /supporting
their own preferences
o Speed up the process: CC
negotiation has taken lot of time

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