6.3.5—Adaptation plans
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Objective
- 6.3.5
- Level
- HL
Turn Adaptation Planning into a Learning Loop
An adaptation plan cycles through risk assessment, priority setting, implementation, monitoring and revision across individual, community and national scales.
National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) let vulnerable low-income countries identify urgent local priorities and seek support through the UN development process.
Bangladesh's NAPA identifies coastal embankments and flood shelters for sea-level and flood risk, plus improved irrigation and drought-resistant crops if monsoon rains fail.
A plan is successful only if financed actions reduce risk equitably; monitor access and outcomes, then revise priorities as climate and society change.
A NAPA or local plan is a decision process, not proof that adaptation has succeeded.