Download Adaptation to Climate Change

WMO Technical Conference on
Changing Climate and Demands for Climate Services for
Sustainable Development
Antalya, Turkey
16 – 18 February 2010
Nairobi Work Programme on Impacts, Vulnerability
and Adaptation to Climate Change:
catalyzing action and facilitating learning for adaptation
Xianfu Lu
Adaptation sub-Programme
Adaptation, Technology and Science Programme (ATS)
UNFCCC Secretariat
[email protected]
http://www.unfccc.int
In the next 20 minutes or so…
1.
From assessments to policy and planning: the Changing demands
for climate services
2.
Adaptation as a process of complexity: need for partnerships and
collaboration
3.
The Nairobi work programme: mechanism for collaboration and
learning on adaptation under the UNFCCC
4.
Emerging opportunities
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The Changing demands for climate services:
scope of climate information
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The Changing demands for climate services:
feature of climate information
Single climate variables
Set of climate variables
Set of climatic variables with compatible
non-climatic environmental variables
Integrated environmental (including climatic)
and socio-economic information
Integrated environmental and socio-economic information
at appropriate temporal and spatial scales
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The Changing demands for climate services:
Delivery of climate services
data exchange with
met system
Technical information and products for
met/climate specialists
early warning and
other weather
services
Technical information and products for
non-met/climate specialists
public education and
decision support for
adaptation
Accessible information and products for
non-specialist users
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Adaptation as a complex process…
Adaptation is characterized by
• Trans-disciplinary;
• Multi-scale;
• Multi-stakeholder;
• Decision making under uncertainties
Biophysical
Engineering
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Socio-economic
Cascade of uncertainties associated with char acterizing future climate change and its
impacts (Source: modified from Jones et al. 2004)
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Climate Services in Support of Adaptation:
the need for partnerships and collaboration
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The Nairobi work programme
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The Nairobi work programme:
Facilitating knowledge sharing and learing
• Technical workshops
• Expert meetings
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Facilitating knowledge sharing and learning…
• Twelve Submissions of Information
…
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Facilitating knowledge sharing and learning…
• Reports, technical and synthesis papers
…
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Facilitating knowledge sharing and learning…
• Calls for Action
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Facilitating knowledge sharing and learning…
• Online resources and other knowledge products
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The Nairobi work programme:
facilitating knowledge sharing and learning
• Online resources and other knowledge products
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The Nairobi work programme:
Catalyzing targeted actions
• 90 Action Pledges from 39 organizations;
50
40
30
20
10
Work area
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TE
C
ES
R
P
AP
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SE
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Number of action pledges
60
The Nairobi work programme:
Catalyzing targeted actions
•
First synthesis of results, good practices, lessons
learned from pledged actions
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Emerging opportunities:
well defined priorities
•
Priority areas of work identified under the
NWP
o
Systematic observations, data archiving and
rescuing;
o
Provision of and access to climate scenarios at the
appropriate scales;
o
Dialogue between the providers and users of climate
datasets and scenario information;
o
Provision of technical guidance on the application of
climate data and scenarios products;
o
Technical capacity building and training of in-country
experts
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Emerging opportunities:
synergistic initiatives
•
Ongoing and planned initiatives
o
The Nairobi work programme (UNFCCC)
o
The Global Framework for Climate Services (WMO)
o
Global Adaptation Network (GAN) (UNEP)
o
Adaptation Learning Mechanism (GEF-UNDP-UNEP)
o
WeAdapt/Adaptation Explorer (SEI)
o
AfricaAdapt (IDS, ENDA etc)
and many more…
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Emerging opportunities:
financial resources
•
New and additional financial resources under the
UNFCCC process
o
Fast start up funds pledged at COP15;
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Target of $100 billion per year by 2020 (Copenhagen
Accord);
o
Existing funds for adaptation (LDCF, Adaptation Fund, …)
And
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Other multilateral and bilateral funds
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Thank you
Xianfu Lu
Adaptation sub-Programme
Adaptation, Technology and Science Programme
UNFCCC Secretariat
[email protected]