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KEY STEPS
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PROCESS
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Workstreams - Adaptation
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Loss and Damage
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A workstream under the Convention to consider approaches to address loss and damage
associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly
vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
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Nairobi Work Programme
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Work programme established to assist all Parties, in particular developing countries,
including the least developed countries and small island developing States to enhance
knowledge about adaptation. The NWP is implemented by Parties, intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations, the private sector, communities and other stakeholders.
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National Adaptation Plans
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Process established under the Cancun Adaptation Framework (CAF) to enable least
developed country Parties (LDCs) to formulate and implement national adaptation plans
as a means of identifying medium- and long-term adaptation needs and developing and
implementing strategies and programmes to address those needs.
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National Adaptation Programmes of Action
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Process established to provide the least developed country Parties (LDCs) the
opportunity to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate
needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase
vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage.
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Technical Examination Process on Adaptation (TEP-A)
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Process established as part of the decision adopting the Paris Agreement to identify
concrete opportunities for strengthening resilience, reducing vulnerabilities, and
increasing the understanding and implementation of adaptation actions in the period
2016-2020.
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Joint AC and LEG mandates
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Workstream undertaken jointly by the Adaptation Committee (AC) and the Least Developed
Countries Expert Group (LEG) to implement the new mandates provided to them by the
Conference of the Parties (COP) at its twenty-first session.
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The Adaptation Exchange
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