Supporting Niger to advance their NAP Process
Introduction
Country background, Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
How has the NAP-GSP supported to date?
Conducted a mission to Niger in May 2014 |
To take stock of relevant initiatives on climate mainstreaming. The mission met with approximately 70 stakeholders and conducted 25 interviews and meetings. |
Produced a Stocktaking Report | To provide an assessment of the institutional framework in Niger as well as the capacities relevant to the climate change policy implementation. This in turn, fed into a a proposed roadmap to advance the NAP process. |
Conducted another mission in August and September of 2016 |
To identify priority interventions to advance the NAP process. The aim was to meet with sector ministries including the ministries of finance, planning, transport, water, agriculture, environment, health, and education, as well as donor organisations and research institutions. UNDP country office staff and international NGOs were also consulted, leading to a total of 25 meetings over the whole mission. |
Helped build capacity and facilitated access to additional climate finance
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Support was provided to identify adaptation planning priorities and develop a Readiness and Preparatory Support proposal to the Green Climate Fund, in conjunction with the development of a NAP support proposal on water to the GEF-LDCF. The “Advancing medium and long-term adaptation planning and budgeting in Niger” Readiness proposal was approved in December 2017. |
News
> De-brief from NAP-GSP mission to Niger in August and September of 2016
September 2016 - A NAP-GSP mission was conducted from 29 August to 2 September 2016 to identify priority interventions to advance the NAP process. The above link provides a de-breif of the mission, including slideshows and other resources.
> Addressing long-term climate risks in Niger
21 May 2014, Niamey, Niger - The NAP-GSP team, together with programme partners UNITAR and GWP, conducted a ten-day mission to support the NAP process in Niger. The objectives of the mission were to undertake a stocktaking of relevant initiatives on climate mainstreaming, review institutional capacities, and suggest next steps to advance the NAP process in Niger.