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Recalling decisions 1/CP.16, 3/CP.17, 5/CP.17, 12/CP.18, 18/CP.19, 3/CP.20, 1/CP.21, 4/CP.21, 6/CP.22 and 8/CP.24,
1.Welcomes the submissions from Ethiopia, Grenada, Guatemala, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Uruguay of their national adaptation plans on NAP Central, bringing the total number of submitted national adaptation plans to 17;1
2.Takes note of the work of the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group on gaps and needs related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, including the gaps and needs contained in annex I to document FCCC/SBI/2019/16,2 and on ways to assist with the implementation of national adaptation plans, as requested by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its forty-seventh session;3
3.Requests the Adaptation Committee, through its task force on national adaptation plans, and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group to continue to include in their reports information on the gaps and needs related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans identified in undertaking their mandated work and on how to address them;
4.Invites constituted bodies and other organizations to provide information to the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group on activities undertaken to address gaps and needs related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans;
5.Emphasizes the importance of providing support to developing country Parties for formulating and implementing national adaptation plans;
6.Notes that funding has been made available for developing country Parties under the Green Climate Fund, the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund for the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, and that other channels of bilateral, multilateral and domestic support have also contributed to enabling developing countries to advance their work in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans;
7.Urges developed country Parties and invites other Parties that provide resources on a voluntary basis, United Nations organizations, specialized agencies and other relevant organizations as well as bilateral and multilateral agencies to continue to mobilize support for adaptation activities in developing country Parties;
8.Takes note of the progress of the Green Climate Fund in enhancing the process of accessing support for the formulation and implementation of national adaptation plans and expresses its appreciation to the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group for their engagement with the Green Climate Fund in this regard;
9.Notes the challenges and complexities experienced by developing country Parties in accessing funding from the Green Climate Fund Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme for the formulation of national adaptation plans, particularly relating to the application and review of proposals for funding;
10.Invites delivery partners of the Green Climate Fund Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme for the formulation of national adaptation plans to strengthen efforts to support developing country Parties with the goal of expediting the submission of readiness proposals to the Green Climate Fund;
11.Requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, at its fifty-third session (November 2020), to consider information from the reports of the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group, including on gaps and needs and the implementation of national adaptation plans, and to take further action as appropriate.