The overall research is framed around a set of **research questions**: - How are TCARs mentioned and characterised policy documents? - Of those mentioned in policy dcouments, of which TCARs are the decision makers aware? - How are they prioritising and addressing these through the individual NAP processes, GGW strategies and activities, and the UNFCCC Negotiations? - What coordination mechanisms are (not) taking place between the NAP planners, the GGW architects and UNFCCC Negotiators around TCARs? - What are the potential implications of joint TCAR management to NAPs and pan-African natural resource and nature-based adaptation initiatives like the GGW? We will be focusing on the SPARC countries, including those who are party to the GGW (in bold): **Burkina Faso**, **Chad**, **Ethiopia**, Kenya, **Mali**, **Niger**, **Nigeria**, **Somalia**, South Sudan, **Sudan** and Uganda. The TA piece will gather the above information through: 1) A desk-based review to scope how TCARs are framed in policies such as: - NAPS and NAPAs - INDCs and NCDs - Great Green Wall policy documents and reports - Country: agriculture, environmental, rural and economic development, trade and climate policies - Regional agreements for managing natural resources or climate change - IPCC and Future Climate for Africa scientific literature 2) surveys of (30-60) decision makers. The survey will be in the style of the WEF risks survey and deployed on Survey Monkey. 3) ~15 Key Informant Interviews. **Project Workplan Snapshot** The following is a snapshot of the project workplan. A more detailed project workplan is located [here][1]. 1. **March-April**: a. Literature review. Documents to be analysed are stored under the 'Resources' component of this project. Analysis of the literature is stored under the 'Analysis' component. b. Map out individuals from each of the three target groups that we wish to have participate in the survey, and a sub-set of individuals who will later be interviewed. c. Develop the survey instrument and KII guide based on the literature review. Translate these into French for Francophone country participants 2. **May** a. Early May Submission of project methodology and instruments to ILRI ethics review board b. Test the survey on 5 ‘friendly’ individuals out of target groups with which we have existing relationships, and refine instruments. c. Finalising the literature review 3. **June to July**: Deployment of the survey online via Survey Monkey. Target 50-70 individuals (ideally a minimum of 5 per country). Total number may change depending on response rates. 4. **July**: Follow-up KII interviews with select survey respondents (15 to 20) 5. **April to October**: Analysis and outputs 6. **November**: dissemination at COP26 [1]: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C8RxJrALa7CzKL3tmPs7eQNL68Mn0aot/edit#gid=1161181868