UNFCCC expert meeting on adaptation for small island developing States (SIDS)

Part I for Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean SIDS
5 to 7 February 2007, Kingston, Jamaica

Presentations

Session 1: Introduction and Background

Recent developments on adaptation under the UNFCCC

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Kishan Kumarsingh	Chair of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)	The Nairobi Work Programme on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change (NWP)
Ms. Annett Möhner	UNFCCC Secretariat	Other recent developments on adaptation under the UNFCCC

Objectives and Background

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Festus Luboyera	UNFCCC Secretariat	Decision 1/CP.10 and the objectives of the expert meeting
Mr. Clifford Mahlung, on behalf of Mr. Graham Sem	Jamaica	Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in SIDS

Session 2: Integrated vulnerability and adaptation assessments

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Arthur Rolle	Bahamas	Integrated vulnerability and adaptation assessments
Mr. Abel Centella Artola	Cuba	Impacts and vulnerability studies in Cuba
Mr. Kam-biu Liu	Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research	Hurricane risk and societal vulnerability in the Caribbean region

Session 3: Adaptation planning and implementation

Adaptation planning and implementation

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Edmund Jackson	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Adaptation planning and implementation
Mr. Oliver Hillel	Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)	Biodiversity and climate change adaptation in tourism
Ms. Ana Treasure	Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)	Climate variability: Health effects

Community-based adaptation approaches

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Earl Green	CARICOM Climate Change Center (CCCCC)	Community-based adaptation approaches
Mr. Espen Ronneberg	Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)	Community-based adaptation in the Pacific ( Presentation ) ( Paper )

Support for adaptation in the context of sustainable development

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Ms. Charmaine Gomes	Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)	Support for adaptation to climate change in SIDS
Mr. Rawleston Moore, on behalf of Ms. Bonizella Biagini	GEF	GEF support to adaptation
Mr. David Smith	UNDP	UNDP climate change adaptation strategy
Ms. Seraphine Haeussling	World Bank	Adaptation to climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Linkages with the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Espen Ronneberg	Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)	Linkages with the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation
Mr. Festus Luboyera	UNFCCC Secretariat	Current agenda items under the UNFCCC

Session 4: Risk management and risk reduction

Risk management and risk reduction

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Leo Brewster	Barbados	Coastal Erosion Risk Mitigation Strategies applied in a SIDS: The Barbados Model
Mr. Carlos Fuller	Belize	Warning system in the Caribbean
Ms. Nicole Alleyne	Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)	Climate change and disaster risk management and reduction
Ms. Patricia Ramirez	UN-ISDR	Adapting to climate change and reducing disaster risk

Roundtable on Insurance

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Nick Silver	United Kingdom	Climate change, SIDS and insurance
Ms. MJ Mace	Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD)	Insurance mechanisms for SIDS to address the impacts of climate change
Mr. Al Binger and Ms. Christine Duncan	Jamaica	Insurance coverage in Caribbean SIDS and implications for adaptation to climate change

Session 5: Regional collaboration

Roundtable on regional SIDS collaboration

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Michael Taylor	Jamaica	Lessons from the PRECIS Caribbean Climate Change Project
Mr. Emil Cherrington	Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC)	The role of data and information infrastructures in supporting climate change adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mr. Espen Ronneberg	Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)	Adaptation activities in the Pacific region
Ms. Kakuko Nagatani	UNEP/ROLAC	Regional collaboration

Roundtable on North-South collaboration

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Ms. Pascale Babillot	France	France’s support to North-South collaboration for adaptation to climate change
Mr. Adrian Butt	United Kingdom	North-South collaboration on climate change adaptation
Mr. John Furlow	United States of America	Collaboration and capacity-building