What are the rationale behind NAPAs?
The rationale for developing NAPAs rests on the high level of vulnerability and low adaptive capacity of the LDCs. Any delay in addressing vulnerabilities means increased vulnerability and/or increased adaptation costs at a later stage. However, before the NAPA process was established there was no avenue through which LDCs could identify and report their urgent adaptation needs. Prior to this the LDCs could only communicate their vulnerability and adaptation needs through their national communications, which are elaborate, time-intensive documents that are not designed for communicating urgent and immediate needs. Hence, a new approach was needed that would allow the urgent adaptation needs of the LDCs to be reported so that support could be provided for their implementation. This need gave rise to the NAPA. The concept of NAPAs was developed through a series of meetings and workshops and through the COP process. At COP 7 in Marrakech, Morocco in 2001, decision 5/CP.7 established the L
