Background
Guidance for reporting on adaptation in the BTR is found in section IV of the modalities, procedures, and guidelines (MPGs). The guidance provides a framework for reporting on adaptation that is more comprehensive than that provided by the guidance for national communications but nonetheless flexible and non-prescriptive. Thus, the BTR should lead to more regular reporting on adaptation that provides a comprehensive overview of a country’s national adaptation process and its adaptation needs. Its use by countries should:

Improve the extent to which country reporting to the UNFCCC can inform the global stocktake of the collective progress towards the global goal of adaptation,
Improve the collective understanding of the adaptation support needs of developing countries,
Enhance the extent to which adaptation by developing countries gets recognized and
Better enable countries to share good practices, experiences, and lessons learned related to adaptation.
The A-BTR is also expected to serve as a tool for tracking the implementation and effectiveness of adaptation actions and for informing the global stocktake of the collective progress towards the global goal of adaptation.

The guidance for the A-BTR is based on the modalities, procedures, and guidelines (MPGs) that provide a flexible and non-prescriptive framework for reporting on adaptation, with eight thematic areas that cover various aspects of adaptation planning, implementation, and evaluation. The MPGs also allow parties to use different approaches and methods for reporting on adaptation, depending on their national circumstances and capacities.

Objective
The primary goal of this webinar is to raise awareness and knowledge of participants on the reporting provisions for information related to climate change impacts and adaptation under the Paris Agreement and the Convention, including adaptation-related information that should be included in the BTR and how this information is linked to recent and ongoing adaptation reporting and country's domestic adaptation processes. The webinar will be an opportunity to share good practices and lessons learned, facilitate networking, and share relevant experiences with the national experts in the region. The ultimate objective of this webinar is to prepare countries for the submission of their first BTR in 2024 and the reporting of adaptation therein.

Approach
The virtual workshop will consist of five consequent sessions. The first session will provide an overview of general adaptation reporting under the UNFCCC. In contrast, the subsequent sessions will go into detail regarding the reporting provisions of the adaptation component in the BTR, including examples and guidance on where countries can collect data for the specific provisions. The closing fifth session will allow countries from different regions of the world to share and discuss their experiences related to the adaptation reporting so far.

Session 5: This webinar will include sharing of the country’s experiences on current practices, challenges and lessons learned for preparing information and reporting on climate change impacts and adaptation under the existing reporting arrangements.

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