Report of the Adaptation Committee (for 2019, 2020 and 2021)

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Decision 2/CP.26

Report of the Adaptation Committee (for 2019, 2020 and 2021)

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Event 
COP26
Year 
2021

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4. Invites the Adaptation Committee to improve its efforts to measure the outreach of its events and publications by including, in its flexible workplan, the collection of statistics disaggregated by gender and region on its awareness-raising, outreach and information-sharing efforts such as events and publications;

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The Conference of the Parties,

1. Welcomes the work of the Adaptation Committee in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and takes note of the Adaptation Committee’s 2019, 2020 and 2021 reports;

2. Welcomes the technical support and guidance provided by the Adaptation Committee for enhancing implementation of adaptation action and support and underlines the importance of balanced, clear and relevant recommendations for all workstream activities in its workplans;

3. Welcomes the flexible workplan of the Adaptation Committee for 2022–2024;

4. Invites the Adaptation Committee to improve its efforts to measure the outreach of its events and publications by including, in its flexible workplan, the collection of statistics disaggregated by gender and region on its awareness-raising, outreach and information-sharing efforts such as events and publications;

5. Requests the Adaptation Committee to resume holding its regular meetings and events in person while offering the option of virtual attendance to ensure inclusive participation, including by observers, while acknowledging the challenges posed by online participation;

6. Invites Parties to identify one or more adaptation contact points through their UNFCCC national focal points with a view to enhancing the dissemination of information between Parties and the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group, as well as other relevant organizations and programme partners, such as partners of the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, including on Parties’ efforts to formulate and implement national adaptation plans;

7. Recalls decision 5/CP.22, mandating the review at its twenty-seventh session of the progress, effectiveness and performance of the Adaptation Committee;

8. Invites the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its fourth session (November 2022), as provided in decision 11/CMA.1, to participate in the review referred to in paragraph 7 above as it relates to the Paris Agreement;

9. Welcomes the efforts of Parties that made submissions on the progress, effectiveness and performance of the Adaptation Committee and takes note of their relevance for the review referred to in paragraph 7 above;

10. Reiterates its invitation4 to Parties to submit views on the progress, effectiveness and performance of the Adaptation Committee and on the review process, with a view to informing that process, via the submission portal no later than three months prior to the twenty-seventh session of the Conference of the Parties;

11. Encourages Parties to make available sufficient resources for the successful and timely implementation of the flexible workplan of the Adaptation Committee for 2022–2024.

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