The UNFCCC secretariat has convened this workshop in accordance with  Decision 1/CP.10, under the guidance of the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation. The main objective of the workshop was to facilitate information exchange and integrated assessments to assist in identifying specific adaptation needs and concerns.

Report on the Latin American regional workshop on adaptation

Background paper on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Latin America  

Final agenda

Session 1  Introduction and background

Objectives of the workshop and recent developments on adaptation under the UNFCCC

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Youssef Nassef	UNFCCC Secretariat	Structure and objectives of the workshop
Mr. Roberto Acosta	UNFCCC Secretariat	Adaptacion en el contexto de la CMNUCC

Background paper on “Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Latin America”

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Carlos Nobre	Resource person	Impacts of climate change in Latin America
Mr. Luis Mata	Resource person	Vulnerabilidad y adaptacion al cambio climatico en Latinoamerica

Session 2  Vulnerability and adaptation assessments

Vulnerability and adaptation assessments, including possible needs and concerns

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Leonidas Osvaldo Girardin	Argentina	Vulnerabilidad y adaptacion en la Argentina
Mr. Abel Centella	Cuba	Vulnerability and adaptation in Cuba, the drought case
Ms. Mirza Castro	Honduras	Vulnerabilidad actual de la cuenca del rio Aguan en Honduras
Mr. Freddy Picado Traña	Nicaragua	Experiencias de Nicaragua en evaluacion de la vulnerabilidad y adaptacion al cambio climatico

Climate methods and tools - availability, applicability,  accessibility and training opportunities  

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Haroldo Machado Filho	Brasil	Modelo regional de cambio global del clima modelo eta CPTEC
Mr. Carlos Nobre	Resource person	Summary of recommendations
Mr. Yolando Velasco	UNFCCC Secretariat	Regional hands-on training workshop on vulnerability and adaptation assessments

Session 3  Adaptation planning and implementation

Adaptation planning and implementation, including possible needs and concerns

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Cesar Buitrago	Colombia	Proyecto piloto de adaptacion (INAP) (4694 kB)
Mr. Roberto Villalobos	Costa Rica	Estudio de caso vulnerabilidad actual del sistema hidrico de la zona noroeste del Valle Central
Mr. Juan Mancebo	Dominican Republic	Proyecto marco para las politicas de adaptacion al cambio climatico (7210 kB)
Mr. Luis Cáceres	Ecuador	La adaptacion al CC en Ecuador. Hacia donde vamos
Mr. Arnoldo Matus Kramer	México	Mexico ante el cambio climatico
Mr. Julio Garcia	Peru	Mainstreaming adaptation into development, the Peruvian experience (5761 kB)
Mr. Leopoldo Macera Mesones	Peru	El proceso de adaptacion en el Peru comunicacion y participacion ciudadana
Ms. Silvia Llosa	ISDR	Reduccion del riesgo de desastres y adaptacion al cambio climatico
Mr. Walter Vergara	World Bank	Activities, lessons learned, work in progress and recommendations for Latin America

 Support from the GEF and its IAs

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Ricardo Sánchez Sosa	UNEP/ROLAC	La sustentabilidad ambiental
Ms. Cecilia Falconi	UNDP	UNDP’s support for climate change adaptation
Mr. Walter Vergara	World Bank	Support through the World Bank on climate change in Latin America (11848 kB)

Session 4  Regional collaboration

Roundtable on south-south collaboration

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Emilio Sempris	CATHALAC	CATHALAC’s regional work on adaptation to climate variability and change
Mr. Oscar Paz	Bolivia	Cooperacion sur cambio climatico vulnerabilidad y adaptacion

Roundtable on north-south collaboration

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Julio Garcia Mr. Jose Ramon Picatoste Ruggeroni	Peru Spain	Experiencias de la RIOCC
Mr. Luis Cáceres	Ecuador	La cooperacion Norte – Sur. Una reflexion
Mr. Oscar Paz	Bolivia	The Netherlands Climate Assistance Programme