Opportunities to strengthen Africa’s efforts to track national-level climate adaptation

Andreea C. Nowak (), Lucy Njuguna, Julian Ramirez-Villegas, Pytrik Reidsma, Krystal Crumpler and Todd S. Rosenstock
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Andreea C. Nowak: Bioversity International
Lucy Njuguna: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Julian Ramirez-Villegas: Bioversity International
Pytrik Reidsma: Wageningen University and Research
Krystal Crumpler: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Todd S. Rosenstock: Bioversity International

Nature Climate Change, 2024, vol. 14, issue 8, 876-882

Abstract: Abstract Tracking progress towards the Global Goal on Adaptation requires documentation of countries’ intentions, against which future progress can be measured. The extent to which existing national policy documents provide adequate baselines is unclear. We evaluated the adequacy of African Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) (N = 53) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) (N = 15) against three criteria—coverage, consistency and robustness—mapped to the adaptation cycle. Fifty-three percent of NAPs and 8% of NDCs cover all elements needed for providing sufficient baselines for tracking adaptation progress. Only 40% and 9% of the NAPs and NDCs, respectively, provide consistent links between climate risk assessment, planning, implementation and tracking. No document provided fully robust indicators to operationalize tracking. Notable efforts towards adequacy exist, especially in NAPs. The findings illustrate continental-scale advances and shortcomings for tracking progress, and emphasize opportunities in upcoming NDC revisions and NAP processes to enhance their coverage, consistency and robustness for future adaptation tracking.

Date: 2024
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