Common use of Adaptation Clause in Contracts

Adaptation. 1. Parties share the goal of increasing resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change, recognizing that adaptation is a challenge faced by all, with local, national, regional and international dimensions, and that it is a key component of and contribution to the long-term global response to climate change to protect people, livelihoods and ecosystems. 2. Parties recognize that, the greater their mitigation efforts, the less adaptation will be needed. 3. Parties acknowledge that adaptation action should follow a country-driven, gender-sensitive, participatory and fully transparent approach, taking into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems, and should be based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional and indigenous knowledge, with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant social, economic and environmental policies and actions, where appropriate. 4. Parties further recognize the importance of international cooperation and support for adaptation efforts and the importance of taking into account the needs of those developing countries that are particularly vulnerable, recognizing the particular vulnerabilities of LDCs and small island developing States (SIDS). 5. Parties [shall][should][other] enhance their cooperation, including with respect to: (a) Sharing information, best practices, experiences and lessons learned; (b) Strengthening institutional arrangements to support the synthesis of relevant information and knowledge as well as the provision of technical guidance and support; (c) Early warning and emergency response preparedness. 6. Each Party [shall][should][other] engage in a national adaptation planning process and enhance its adaptation plans, policies and actions. Such plans, policies and actions will vary depending on each Party’s national circumstances and priorities, and could include: (a) Undertaking assessments of climate change impacts and vulnerability; (b) Prioritizing action with respect to the people, places, ecosystems and sectors that are most vulnerable to climate impacts; (c) Strengthening governance and enabling environments for adaptation; (d) Monitoring, reporting, evaluating, and learning from, adaptation plans, policies, programmes and actions. 7. Each Party [shall][should][other] submit an adaptation communication that: (a) May include its plans, priorities and/or needs; (b) May be submitted independently or in conjunction with another communication; (c) May be updated every [X] years in accordance with a decision of the CMA. 8. The adaptation communications referred to in paragraph 7 above shall be recorded in a registry made publicly available by the secretariat in accordance with modalities to be decided by the CMA at its first session. 9. Developing country Parties are eligible for support in the implementation of this Article. 10. There shall be a high-level session on adaptation every [X] years, the modalities of which are to be decided by the CMA at its first session. 11. The Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group shall serve this Agreement.