Policy gaps and needs analysis for the implementation of NDCs on adaptation and loss and damage in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka

This gap analysis report on the Implementation of NDCs on adaptation, loss and damage examines the gaps that exist within the context of implementing NDCs in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It aims to identify key elements for success as well as barriers and opportunities to the achievement of NDC targets. The gap analysis recognises that countries are at different stages of addressing climate change and that submitted NDCs have varying levels of details and different structures. Therefore, the analysis presents common NDC related gaps, capturing both what countries have started doing well and areas where additional effort is required.

The paper concludes that despite the identified gaps described in this paper, many of the NDC focal points in all three countries believe they are on track to achieving both their unconditional and conditional NDC targets. The current NDCs are the first ever set of NDCs adopted by the participating states, while there are gaps and needs for their implementation, they present the potential for implementing climate change adaptation, and increasing the climate ambition in countries. This means that planning and implementation processes need progressive development in keeping with the adoption of each set of NDCs in the future. The gaps to be bridged and the measures suggested to be taken by all for such bridging as discussed in the foregoing sections, could preferably be viewed as potential areas for intervention.