Mountains in National Adaptation Plans: A short analysis

This report gives an overview of climate change adaptation priorities specific to mountains in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) submitted by Non-Annex l countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It also highlights examples from NAPs of climate adaptation actions in mountains and makes broad recommendations on raising awareness about mountain-specific challenges and solutions in NAP processes.

Most countries recognize climate change impacts in mountains but many do not plan specific adaptation actions:

• 1 out of 3 countries that identify climate change impacts in their mountains does not define any climate change adaptation action to address those impacts.
• 2 out of 3 countries with more than 20% mountain area identify at least one adaptation action for mountains.
• Almost all countries with more than 60% mountain area identify climate change impacts in their mountains.