Adaptation to climate change has been identified as a top priority in regional climate change strategies and actions. However, adaptation knowledge gaps continue to be a barrier to widespread and successful adaptation actions. At the 20th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Lima in December 2014, the COP Presidency endorsed and launched the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI) under the Nairobi work programme (NWP) on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change.
The LAKI addresses knowledge barriers that impede the implementation and scaling up of adaptation action. The first phase of LAKI focuses on understanding the critical knowledge gaps through a priority setting workshop that involves a participatory process of knowledge gap identification, categorization and prioritization for specific subregions. The second phase of the LAKI builds on the first phase by stimulating collaborative action to close knowledge gaps and helping stakeholders adapt more effectively to the adverse effects of climate change.
