578 ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications In order to guide countries in their overall adaptation planning and implementation, a national adaptation plan (NAP) process has been put in place under the UNFCC. The NAP process allows countries to develop their adaptation activities in a coherent and strategic manner. Based on the NAP process, countries can reduce their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and build adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change. This process also helps to facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation into the already existing development planning processes within all the sectors in a city. In conclusion, this report gives a general overview of the enabling role of ICTs in climate change adaptation plans and policies. It aims at suggesting a guiding framework to support cities in the challenging process of adapting to climate change. In the interest of harmonization, the proposed framework and checklist could also serve as baseline for future standardization activities to be carried out within Question 15/5 of ITU‐T Study Group 5. This Technical Report also provides several case studies from developed and developing countries which would serve to encourage other countries to develop climate change adaption plans along similar lines.