Alignment to advance climate-resilient development: Overview brief 3: Country perspectives on alignment of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

This is the third in a series of briefs focusing on alignment of country efforts under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The brief explores country perspectives on alignment of national-level policy processes under the Paris Agreement—specifically, the NAP and NDC—as a basis for broader alignment toward climate-resilient development. 

The perspectives in this third brief are informed by dialogues with countries during a Peer Learning Summit with 16 countries in October 2018, as well as two national workshops in Grenada and Peru that explored alignment of the NDC and NAP processes in depth. During these events, country participants and representatives from international organizations explored the issue of alignment and exchanged knowledge and experiences across countries. They also worked together as country teams to reflect on their NDC and NAP processes, identifying concrete next steps they could take to increase alignment as the processes advance. In addition, this brief has been informed by a review of NAP documents and NDCs for all countries that have completed both documents and submitted them to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).