Twenty-seventh session of the
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
Progress made in the
implementation of the
Nairobi work programme
Kishan Kumarsingh
Chair of the SBSTA
Content
• Structure and objectives
• Approach to implementation
• Activities and deliverables
• Involvement of Parties,
organizations and experts
• Delivering until Bonn, and the
way forward
• Concluding remarks
Structure and objectives
Methods & tools
Economic
diversification
Data & observations
Assist all Parties, in
particular developing countries,
including LDCs and SIDS, to
Technologies
for adaptation
Modelling, scenarios
& downscaling
Improve their understanding of climate
change impacts and vulnerability
Risks &
extreme events
Increase their ability to make
informed decisions on how to adapt
successfully
Adaptation planning
& practices
Research
Socio-economic
information
Approach to implementation
1. Mandated SBSTA activities
2. Furthering the reach of the
mandated activities
3. Catalysing action by Parties
and organizations
Approach to implementation
1. Mandated SBSTA activities
– Submissions from Parties and
relevant organizations
– Synthesis reports and web-based
interface on adaptation
– Workshops and expert meetings,
and subsequent reports
‘From Nairobi to Bali’
1.Mandated activities
Submissions on:
• Methods and tools
• Adaptation planning
and practices
Submissions on:
• Risks and
extreme events
February
May
18-20, Cairo,
Egypt: Workshop
on risks and
extreme events
June
‘From Nairobi to Bali’
1.Mandated activities
Synthesis of
information on:
• Adaptation planning
and practices
• Outputs from expert
groups
August
Cairo workshop report
10-12, Rome, Italy:
Workshop on
adaptation planning
and practices
Synthesis of information
on:
• Methods and tools
• Research
• Technologies for
adaptation
• Economic
diversification
September
Submissions on:
•Economic diversification
•Data and observation
• Climate modelling, scenarios
and downscaling
• Socio-economic information
• Group of experts
Rome workshop
report
Approach to implementation
2.Furthering the reach of mandated
activities
Generating expanded ownership and
ensuring expert input:
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•
Small preparatory meetings with experts
from different organisations
•
Expert consultancy
•
Invitation experts in addition to Party
nominees
Dissemination and outreach:
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–
Two issues of reader-friendly versions of Nairobi
work programme
–
Dissemination of products through NWP partner
organizations
–
Groundwork for NWP web portal
Approach to implementation
3.Catalyzing action by Parties and
organizations
– Engaging a wide range of
organizations in the different
activities, and encouraging them to
undertake their own activities
towards the Nairobi work
programme objectives
– Introducing Call for Action sheets
and encouraging Action Pledges
– Enhancing cooperation among
multiple partners
Engaging organizations and
stakeholders
Views
of
Parties
on
gaps
and
needs
‘Demand’ for
adaptation
activities
Workshops
and expert
meetings with
recommendations
Calls for
Action
Action
Pledges
‘Supply’ of
adaptation
activities
90
organizations
active in the
NWP with
focal points
Parties,
organizations,
experts,
civil society,
private
sector
active in
adaptation
Involvement of Parties,
organizations and experts
Attendance at the workshops in 29% from
Annex I Parties
Cairo and Rome
100 representatives from Parties
and relevant national experts
71% from
Non-Annex I Parties
17% from NGOs
96 representatives from a broad
range of organizations as well as
the three expert groups under the
UNFCCC (LEG, CGE and EGTT)
44% from UN
organizations and
other IGOs
39% from regional
and national
development/
research institutions
Delivering on the initial activities
‘From Bali to Bonn’
Expert meeting
on socioeconomic
information
February
Reports on the expert
meetings on socioeconomic information;
methods, tools, data and
observation; and the
informal meeting
Joint expert meeting
on methods and tools
Submissions on
and data and
further activities
observation
by 21 March
March
Informal meeting of
representatives from
Parties to consider
the outcomes of NWP
activities
April
Review of
the work programme,
and further activities
May
June SBSTA 28
Web-based interface
providing information on
existing adaptation practices
and local coping strategies
In-session
workshop on
climate modelling,
scenarios and
downscaling
December SBSTA 29
Summary report
consolidating the results
of the implementation of
the NWP by SBSTA 29
Expected way forward
UNFCCC SBSTA
Completed activities
prior to SBSTA 28
Informal meeting and
consideration at SBSTA 28
Possible input to
related adaptation
activities under the
UNFCCC SBI
Enhanced assistance to
all Parties, in particular
developing countries,
including LDCs and SIDS
New activities after
SBSTA 28
Findings of
IPCC AR4
Wide range of
organizations
undertaking
their own activities
Enhanced
capacity of
all Parties to
undertake
practical
adaptation
action
Concluding remarks
• Activities, deliverables and work
of involved organizations
constitute a solid foundation for
contributing to the main objective
of the Nairobi work programme
• The Nairobi work programme
could provide a valuable
contribution to the package of
adaptation activities in the future
regime
Thank you
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