Activities to plan and prepare for the implementation of adaptation action (paragraph 8)
(a) Promote the integration of adaptation concerns into national, subnational, and sectoral sustainable development; public policies, tools and strategies; programmes and priorities; planning processes and poverty reduction plans, at the local, national, regional and international levels and across sectors, developing national adaptation plans as appropriate, and reviewing and reporting on these activities;
(b) Integrate sustainable development into economic diversification strategies;
(c) Provide incentives to adaptation through, inter alia, regulatory policies, legislative changes, removal of barriers, well-functioning markets that provide a foundation for increased flows of investment, involving women as active participants, and other supportive approaches;
(d) Minimize incentives that encourage maladaptation and unsustainable land uses, and reduce negative economic incentives (e.g. tax breaks) for vulnerable activities;
(e) Creating legal and regulatory conditions that facilitate adaptation, including disaster resilience (for example, building codes, land-use planning, risk-sharing tools, and strengthening policy coherence among sectors);
(f) Support the supply and availability of climate information (including through research and systematic observation), tools, methods and models, particularly in the most vulnerable countries;
(g) [Engage in] [Enhance] education and training programmes, research and public awareness-raising, including public and stakeholders education and continued outreach;
(h) Share knowledge, information, data and experience among public and private stakeholders, including through appropriate arenas and fora, and utilizing the services of relevant institutions at local, national, regional and international levels, consistent with international agreements;
(i) Enhance or develop the needed information and knowledge base (both biophysical and socio-economic), including improving scientific research, data systems and data collection, to support adaptation and catalyze adaptation investments. This includes enhancing observations and data, and making that data available, to inform assessment and planning for adaptation and provide inputs for approaches such as parameterized insurance;
(j) Integrate knowledge, experiences and lessons learned from existing activities, including those carried out at the community level as well as activities from ongoing initiatives such as the Nairobi Work Programme, into adaptation planning;
(k) Improve knowledge of the socio-economic aspects of climate change and promote the integration of socio-economic information into impact and vulnerability assessments;
(l) Exchange experiences and opportunities relating to the development and dissemination of measures, methodologies and tools aimed at increasing economic resilience;
(m) Exchange experiences and lessons learned in economic diversification, including ways to develop institutional capacity, and improve understanding of how economic diversification can be integrated into sustainable development plans, especially those that promote sustainable economic growth and eradication of poverty;
(n) Elaborate best practices that can guide immediate actions with an eye to building longterm resilience to extreme events and disasters, including through implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action;
(o) Educating stakeholders at all levels about adaptation options and the benefits of reducing vulnerability to climate-related risks;
(p) Using meteorological, earth-observation and socio-economic information, and local and indigenous knowledge to best coordinate disaster planning and response;
(q) Establishing systems of accountability such as institutional checks and balances and open administrative systems. Establishing the rule of law through means and processes for enforcement;
(r) Improving the environment for doing business particularly for small and medium enterprises by combating corruption and reducing bureaucratic barriers (i.e. red tape) to private-sector business activity;
(s) Improving availability and application of climate and environmental information, including but not limited to remote sensing, and decision-making tools;
(t) Clarifying and securing land tenure and planning i.e. allocation, ownership and control over lands and resources;
(u) Strengthening environmental and natural resources management and enforcement.
