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|Description=The RegionsAdapt initiative is a new global commitment to support and report efforts on adaptation at the state and regional level. On the initiation of Rio de Janeiro and Catalonia, this new initiative aims to establish a cooperative framework for regions to exchange experiences and best practices on their actions and challenges when adapting to climate change.
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|Goals=RegionsAdapt goal is to join efforts to ensure improved conditions to achieve resilient territories and prevent irreparable situations and damage to their respective economies, environments and citizens.
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By participating, state and regional government commit to collaborate, exchange knowledge and share best practice policy models that foster adaptation and resilience to climate change, pursuing multidimensional and innovative methods, as for example ecosystem-based approaches. This commitment includes to adopt or review plans on adaptation within two years, to implement an adaptation action in one of a series of thematic areas, as well as to report on the progress of the adaptation initiatives through the Compact of States and Regions platform.
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|Activities=The RegionsAdapt initiative will support participants to:
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Develop regional adaptation strategies or plans utilizing the government expertise within the initiative, and based on the region specific reality;
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Report adaptation actions through the Compact of States and Regions;
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Submit the reported data to the NAZCA platform;
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Establish regional metrics, indicators and methodology for monitoring and follow-up according to the territorial specific vulnerabilities and conditions;
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Promote global peer learning and sharing of best practice models for addressing adaptation issues; and
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Embed and mainstream actions.
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|Have only national states as participators=No
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|Short and long-time objectives=All regional governments who have signed RegionsAdapt have adhered to 3 commitments:
 
1) Develop or review a strategy/plan on climate adaptation within 2 years of its adherence;
 
1) Develop or review a strategy/plan on climate adaptation within 2 years of its adherence;
 
2) Adopt at least one concrete adaptation action among the 7 key priority areas of the initiative;
 
2) Adopt at least one concrete adaptation action among the 7 key priority areas of the initiative;
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2) Number of regional governments that adopted at least one concrete action within two years of its adherence;
 
2) Number of regional governments that adopted at least one concrete action within two years of its adherence;
 
3) Number of regional governments that have been reporting regularly.
 
3) Number of regional governments that have been reporting regularly.
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Since RegionsAdapt was launched in December 2015, the first assessment of these 3 indicators will occur in December 2017 for our 27 founding members.  
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Since RegionsAdapt was launched in December 2015, the first assessment of these 3 indicators will occur in December 2017 for our 27 founding members.
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|Initiative=Compact of States and Regions
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|Initiative comments=Compact of States and Regions States & Regions: RegionsAdapt participants can report data on the progress of the adaptation actions through the risk and adaptation section of CDP’s states and regions platform
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|Initiative=Covenant of Mayors
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|Initiative comments=RegionsAdapt is aligning its questionnaire and exploring a vertical integration with this initiative which engages cities on climate change adaptation
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|Initiative comments=RegionsAdapt is exploring linkages with the Under2MOU, as states and regions signatories of the MOU also agree to collaborate on actions to promote adaptation and resilience;
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General

Name of initiative RegionsAdapt
LPAA initiative No
NAZCA Initiative No
Website address http://www.nrg4sd.org/climate-change/regionsadapt/
Related initiatives
Starting year 2015
End year
Secretariat Led by nrg4SD - the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development

Chaussée d'Alsemberg 999, 1180 Uccle, Belgium

Organisational structure
Geographical coverage Global
Name of lead organisation nrg4SD
Type of lead organisation NGO/Civil Society
Location/Nationality of lead organisation Belgium

Description

Description The RegionsAdapt initiative is a new global commitment to support and report efforts on adaptation at the state and regional level. On the initiation of Rio de Janeiro and Catalonia, this new initiative aims to establish a cooperative framework for regions to exchange experiences and best practices on their actions and challenges when adapting to climate change.
Objectives RegionsAdapt goal is to join efforts to ensure improved conditions to achieve resilient territories and prevent irreparable situations and damage to their respective economies, environments and citizens.

By participating, state and regional government commit to collaborate, exchange knowledge and share best practice policy models that foster adaptation and resilience to climate change, pursuing multidimensional and innovative methods, as for example ecosystem-based approaches. This commitment includes to adopt or review plans on adaptation within two years, to implement an adaptation action in one of a series of thematic areas, as well as to report on the progress of the adaptation initiatives through the Compact of States and Regions platform.

Activities The RegionsAdapt initiative will support participants to:

Develop regional adaptation strategies or plans utilizing the government expertise within the initiative, and based on the region specific reality; Report adaptation actions through the Compact of States and Regions; Submit the reported data to the NAZCA platform; Establish regional metrics, indicators and methodology for monitoring and follow-up according to the territorial specific vulnerabilities and conditions; Promote global peer learning and sharing of best practice models for addressing adaptation issues; and Embed and mainstream actions.

One or two success stories achieved

Monitoring and Impacts

Function of initiative Capacity building, Implementation, Technical dialogue, Political dialogue
Activity of initiative Knowledge dissemination and exchange, Goal setting (ex-ante), Awareness raising and outreach, Training and education
Indicators
Goals
Comments on indicators and goals
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals
How are you tracking progress of your initiative
Available reporting

Participants

Participants Number Names
Members 0  
Companies 0
Business organisations 0
Research and educational organisations 0
Non-governmental organisations 0
National states 0
Governmental actors 0
Regional / state / county actors 0
City / municipal actors 0
Intergovernmental organisations 0
Financial Institutions 0
Faith based organisations 0
Other members 0
Supporting partners 0
Number of members in the years
2015
21
2021
69
2022
46
Have only national states as participators No


Theme

Transport Agriculture Forestry Business Financial institutions Buildings Industry Waste Cities and subnational governments Short Term Pollutants International maritime transport Energy Supply Fluorinated gases Energy efficiency Renewable energy Supply chain emission reductions Adaptation Other Resilience Innovation Energy Access and Efficiency Private Finance
No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No
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Not only have national states as participators

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