The National Adaptation Plan, for my country, has been one of the national policy frameworks that has worked so well to deliver effective and sustained benefits. The success of this has largely been because of the consultative form it takes, right from the grassroot to the top. The approach for the NAP, takes the bottow up approach, where communities, local level authorities, among others, actively participate in the process by letting their voices heard, and factored into the development of the NAP. This gives all the sense of ownership, and the urgency to contribute to achieve the NAP. The process is inclusive hence, everyone feels belonged and obligated to work towards its achievement.
The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) however, struggles a bit to deliver its mandate. This is largely because of resource constraints, low level of climate change awareness and its impacts, capacities of main agencies, technology and innovation, and power imbalances among government decentralized departments and agencies.
The current frameworks, such as the Paris Agreement is significant, but not sufficient to meet global climate change goals. This is because, the Paris Agreement though legally binding, it does not punish or penalize parties who default in their commitment to meet NDC commitments. In addition, the current financing gap makes it hugely impossible for these goals to be met as many developing and countries in transition are struggling to meet up with the financial requirements to fully implement their NDCs and NAPs. Moreso, capacity gaps, technological inadequancies, transparency and accountability, and political will and commitment issues, among others, are all affecting the ability of these global frameworks goals to be met.
The success or the failure of any country's NDC or NAP is largely based on political will and commitment. If ruling governments are not committed, it will surely fail. And it will succeed where there is high political commitment. Economically, it will succeed where there is alternative sources of livelihoods provided to those who mainly relie on deforestation, and exploitation of natural resources for survival. However, it will not succeed if these alternatives are absent because people must survive. Socially, where there is a general common sense and urgency that the climate change issues can only be won when we work collectively and in a more cohesive manner, the success will be high because everyone will contribute their own quota towards it, but in a situation where there is misalignment with the national's priorities, coupled with siloed work, it is bond to fail massively. Where the climate change issues are used to continue to enrich the rich and to continue to impoverish the poor, aamong others, it will surely fail.
One of the lessons I have picked from the Bangladesh climate policy is the political will and commitment to make it happen. Also, having clear national climate policy frameworks, and plans that outlines what to be done, and with the commitment resources is making it work. To add to that, the country is relying on internal funds coupled with institutional capacity strengthening, among others is working for the country.