Enabling Activities to Facilitate the Preparation of a National Adaptation Plan of Action (NAPA)

The objectives of NAPAs are:-To serve as simplified and direct channels of communication for information relating to the urgent and immediate needs for adaptation in Senegal-To facilitate capacity building for the preparation of national communications, and addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs.Linkages to ongoing activities: Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Rwanda has begun the preparation of its first national communication. It has also prepared a National Action Plan (NAP) under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and a National Biological Diversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD).