Learn more about the major trends and developments in multilevel governance and vertical integration of adaptation

1. Bridging Scales:
Multilevel governance
and vertical integration
in adaptation
REPORT LAUNCH
February 22, 2024

2. Welcome!
Housekeeping Details
This webinar will be 45
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3. Speakers
Mélisa Cran Mauricio Luna
Rodríguez
RegionsAdapt
Manager,
Regions4
Policy Advisor, Climate
Change Adaptation
Governance
NAP GN
Héloïse Chicou Ivonne López
Arce
Climate Action and
Resilience Program
Manager, Regions4
Policy Analyst,
NAP GN
Moderators
Christian Ledwell
Knowledge Manager,
NAP GN

4. Agenda
Reflections (25 mins total)
• Findings of the Synthesis Report – Progress
on Vertical Integration in the NAP Processes
(10 mins) – Mauricio Luna Rodríguez, NAP Global
Network
• Findings of the RegionsAdapt Progress
Report 2023 – Addressing Climate Justice in
Regional Adaptation Planning and Actions
(10 mins) – Mélisa Cran, Regions4.
• What COP28 Meant for multilevel
governance of adaptation (5 mins) Mauricio
Luna Rodríguez, Héloïse Chicou, Regions4
Audience Q&A (10 mins)
Closing remarks (5 mins)

5. Help countries learn from
each other through South-
South peer learning and
exchange
Over 400people from 65
countries have participated in
peer learning exchanges
About the NAP Global Network
What We Do
Support national-level
action on NAP development
& implementation.
64developing countries
have received direct
technical support
Generate, synthesize, and
share knowledge on NAP
processes
Over 300 knowledge
materials have been
produced

7. What is vertical integration in the National Adaptation
Plan (NAP) process
The practice of creating intentional and strategic linkages between
national and sub-national governance levels in climate change
adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring, evaluation and
learning (Dazé et al., 2016; Ziervogel et al., 2019).

8. Entry Points for Vertical Integration in the NAP Process
NAP phases

9. Entry Points for Vertical Integration in the NAP Process
Enabling factors

10. Vertical integration in the National Adaptation Plan
(NAP) documents
Key findings
Based on a desk-based review of 45 multisectoral NAP documents
Submitted to the UNFCCC as of July 31, 2023
Available on the UNFCCC’s NAP Central

11. Roles assigned to sub-national governments in the NAP
documents
KEY
FINDINGS

12. References to non-governmental actors that are relevant for vertical
integration
KEY
FINDINGS

13. Reference to community-based and locally led
approaches
KEY
FINDINGS

14. Key Recommendations
Recommendations for National Government’s NAP Teams
Strengthen multilevel institutional arrangements and coordination mechanisms.
Establish systems to provide financial flows (including budgeting) to sub-national
levels for climate change adaptation.
Engage key non-governmental sub-national-level actors from civil society
organizations, small businesses, and local communities, as well as small-scale
producers and other relevant parties, in the NAP process.

15. Key Recommendations
Recommendations for Sub-National Governments
Prioritize the strengthening of their institutional and human capacities for moving
from the planning phase to the implementation of adaptation.
Request the building of capacities in MEL systems to track, assess, and report
their adaptation measures.
Recommendations for Development Partners
Document and share best practices on multilevel coordination in diverse
governance systems in the NAP process.
Assist in the strengthening of data and information systems across levels for the
MEL of the NAP process.

16. Key Recommendations
Recommendations for Funders
Provide dedicated funding for vertical integration to advance the implementation
of the NAP process.
Provide predictable, flexible, and strategic funding for long-term capacity
building for subnational governments to enable vertical integration in the NAP
process.
Recommendation for the UNFCCC Processes
Provide technical guidance and training on how to build and sustain the human,
institutional, and system capacities of sub-national governments for NAP
implementation.

17. Progress on Vertical
Integration in National
Adaptation Plan (NAP)
Processes
SYNTHESIS REPORT
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