In response to the invitation of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) at its 44th session,
the NWP has opened a call for submissions in the area of human settlements and adaptation. The submissions will inform the 11th Focal Point Forum organized on 8 November 2017, during COP 23, as well as a synthesis report that will be considered during the international climate negotiations to be held in May 2018. What is this "call for submissions" ?
Submissions are documents gathering information that is based
on recent activities and research, and could include good practices,
lessons learned, as well as available tools and methods. Regarding human settlements, Parties, NWP partners, and other relevant organizations (including universities, research centres, NGOs, private companies and/or local governemnts) are invited to make submissions before 20 September 2017. Information on the following focus areas is particularly welcome:
assessing sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change;
integrating both short-term and long-term climate considerations (including both extreme and slow onset events) into planning;
the role of national governments in supporting adaptation at the local level;
city to city partnerships on climate change;
cross-cutting issues and linkages to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans (
NAPs).
Parties
also highlighted that those making submissions should bear in mind the
unique challenges and scale differences in urban, rural and remote
settlements, in particular in small island developing States and least developed countries.
How can my organization/entity make a submission ?
Submissions are preferably concise Word documents that provide evidence-based information. For each focus area addressed in the submission, Parties and organizations are invited to provide the following information:
- Description of relevant activities
- Key results
- Description of lessons learned and good practices
- Description of key challenges
- Planned next steps (as appropriate)
- Relevant hyperlinks for further information
For more information, please download the following submission template in English, Spanish and French.
Parties are invited to submit information online while organizations should send their submissions as one Word document to secretariat@unfccc.int and nwp@unfccc.int.
How can my organization/entity further support resilience through knowledge ?
If
you wish to learn more about adaptation/resilience and human
settlements, a list of NWP partner
organizations and other relevant organizations working on adaptation for human settlements, action pledges, case studies, tools and methods, as well as well as knowledge resources can be browsed through our advanced search page.