The Ministry of Population and Environment (MoPE) is leading the national process to identify and prioritise medium and long-term adaptation actions. This document, National Adaptation Plan Formulation Process: Approach paper, describes the MoPE's approaches to the preparation of the National Adaptation Plan.
The number of climate vulnerable people is increasing over the years due to climate-induced disasters. Several scientific literatures reveal that with the business-as-usual scenario of greenhouse gas emission, the impacts are very likely to couple up in the coming decades. Thus it is of utmost importance to prepare to the medium and long-term impacts by building adaptive capacity, and enhancing resilience to climate change. In addition, as NAPA also addresses only the most urgent and immediate adaptation needs, formulation of plans that addresses the medium and long term adaptation needs has become imperative. Accordingly, Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its Sixteenth Session (COP 16) decided to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plan (NAP). Adhering to this decision, Nepal started a process to formulate and implement NAP.
Nepal’s NAP process builds on the NAPA experiences, and maintains a country-driven, participatory, multi-disciplinary and gender-sensitive approach. Medium and long-term perspective of the NAP process require sustained and iterative adaptation planning and ensure integration of climate change adaptation into local to national development planning processes. Hence, NAP process in Nepal seeks to promote integration of adaptation into policies, plans and programmes and reduce climate vulnerability. In addition, NAP process in Nepal will be scientific evidence-based to the extent possible considering the IPCC fifth assessment report while assessing vulnerability and risk and adaptation options appraisal among others.