GABORONE, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Botswana will next year host the 7th Global National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Expo in the capital Gaborone.
Slated from the 30th March to the 3rd April 2020, the NAP Expo is an outreach event organized by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in collaboration with various bodies and organizations, to promote exchange of experiences and foster partnerships between a wide range of actors and stakeholders on how to advance National Adaptation Plans.
The NAP process helps countries conduct comprehensive medium- and long-term climate adaptation planning.
Alice Mmolawa, spokesperson of Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, on Friday said adaptation in climate change is key as it assists the vulnerable to manage the unavoidable consequences of climate change.
"The 2020 Global NAP Expo will be the seventh global NAP Expo since started in 2013 bringing together a diversity of participants from Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Non-Party Stakeholders," said Mmolawa.
She said about 400 participants from all over the world are expected to attend, citing that the overall objective of the NAP Expo is to advance the formulation and implementation of National Adaptation Plans.
Meanwhile Botswana will host the expo in collaboration with the UNFCCC secretariat.
