UNFCCC Flags Fragmented Climate-Adaptation Finance as 67 Countries, Including India, Advance National Plans
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Institutions: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
The UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) has reported strong global progress in climate adaptation planning, with 144 countries now engaged in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process and 67 developing nations - including India - having formally submitted their plans. NAPs are country-driven, continuous, and iterative frameworks that define medium- and long-term adaptation needs, aiming to reduce climate vulnerability and integrate resilience into national and sectoral development policies.
Key Progress and Sectoral Priorities:
Across all submitted NAPs, the most common adaptation priorities align with the seven thematic targets of the Global Goal on Adaptation. The top sectors identified are agriculture and food systems (67 NAPs), ecosystems and biodiversity (65 NAPs), and water and sanitation (62 NAPs). India’s NAP efforts are supported by the Adaptation Fund (AF), with utilisation in the 51–75 percent range, and by technical assistance from UNDP and UNDRR for data platforms and risk-reduction planning..
The NAPs Mandate and COP30:
This report is directly linked to the COP30 negotiations, as it provides the essential evidence base for the meeting. COP30, scheduled for November 10–15, 2025, in Belém, will be the session where Parties conclude the second five-yearly assessment of progress made in formulating and implementing NAPs. The assessment will inform the next steps required to achieve the Global Goal on Adaptation.
However, the report highlights major implementation and financial bottlenecks. Most adaptation actions remain fragmented and project-based, with countries unable to access finance for their NAPs as single programmatic submissions. Instead, each derived project requires a separate, complex approval process under the Green Climate Fund or Adaptation Fund. Capacity constraints further limit direct-access accreditation for national entities, slowing fund mobilisation and execution
What are National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)?→ NAPs are country-driven, continuous, and iterative processes established under the UNFCCC to enable developing countries to define their medium- and long-term adaptation needs. Their main objectives are to reduce vulnerability to climate change by building resilience and to facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation into relevant national and sectoral development policies.
Follow the full update here: Progress in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans