Workshop to identify challenges and gaps in the implementation of risk management approaches to the adverse effects of climate change

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Workshop to identify challenges and gaps in the implementation of risk management approaches to the adverse effects of climate change

10-12 October 2011
Lima, Peru

Background

The SBI at its 33rd session requested the secretariat to organize, before its thirty-fifth session, a workshop to identify gaps and challenges in the implementation of risk management approaches to the adverse effects of climate change, building on the lessons learned and practical experience of international, regional and national organizations and the private sector.

The workshop enabled representatives from Parties, relevant organizations, regional centres and networks, academia, civil society and the private sector, to share information on the current practices, approaches and institutional frameworks for different stages of managing climate-related risks at different levels, sectors and regions in order to identify region-specific gaps and challenges as well as those related to risk management cycle. It also aimed to enhance understanding on a possible range of options to address various climate-related risks that countries are facing.

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Agenda, logistical information and the report

The workshop took place at Sonesta Hotel El Oliver in Lima, Peru.

Pancho Fierro 194, San Isidro
Lima, Peru
Tel: 511.712.6000
Fax: 511.712.6099
Block booking for the workshop participants has been made at a preferential rate (see the Information for Participants for details).

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Agenda (135 kB)

Report on the workshop

Session 1 - Introduction: Framing the discussion

Background notes (960 kB) of the presentations, sessions and side event submitted to the UNFCCC secretariat.

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Ms. Miwa Kato UNFCCC secretariat	Evolution of the climate risk management in the context of the UNFCCC process (533 kB)
Mr. Allan Lavell, Programme for Disaster Risk Management Latin America Social Science Faculty	Disaster risk management: Concept and practice (717 kB)
Ms. Matilde Rusticucci, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)	IPCC Special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation (584 kB) (SREX)
Ms. Rosa Morales Saravia Peru	La gestión del riesgo en el marco de la planificación e inversión del desarrollo (2185 kB)
Mr. Olivier Overney and Mr. Roberto Mendez Switzerland	Switzerland's approach and implementation in the integral risk management (2621 kB) Switzerland's approach and interventions in the integral risk management. At international level, examples of Andean initiatives (3761 kB)

Side event - Lunch time

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Mr. James Leslie UNDP Peru	Climate risk management in high Andean communities of Cusco and Puno - Peru ( Spanish version (1637 kB) - English version (1639 kB) )

Session 2 - Assessments for informed decision-making

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Mr. Omar-Dario Cardona Consortium Evaluación de Riesgos Naturales – America Latina (ERN-AL)	Disaster risk assessment and stratification using the hybrid loss exceedance curve (10708 kB)
Mr. Andrew Maskrey United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction secretariat (UNISDR)	Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Revealing risk - redefining development (2406 kB) (GAR 2011)
Ms. Maryam Golnaraghi, World Meteorlogical Organization (WMO)	Meteorological, hydrological and climate services for DRR and adaptation (5055 kB)
Mr. Carlos Fuller, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)	The development and use of the Caribbean risk management guidelines for climate change adaptation decision making (435 kB)
Ms. Pamela Kertland, Canada	The application of risk management tools in Canada (316 kB)

Session 3 - Risk reduction: Planning, preparation and decision-making

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Mr. Pablo Suarez, International Federation of Red Cross, Red Crescent Climate Centre	Paying for preparedness: A game on disaster risks in a changing climate (1117 kB)
Mr. Jerry Collymore, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)	Integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction: Intent and practice
Mr. Espen Ronneberg, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)	Climate change adaptation and disaster risk management: Partnership in mainstreaming (1125 kB)
Mr. Jacob Tio, Philippines	National experience on tools/approaches on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: The Philippines experience (2156 kB)

Side event - Lunch time

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Ms. Koko Warner, Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII)	What can insurance deliver for adaptation: Frequently asked questions, opportunities, challenges (468 kB)

Session 4 –Risk sharing, pooling and transfer: Relevance to adaptation and examples of current experience

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Ms. Koko Warner, Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII)	Risk sharing, pooling and transfer: Relevance to adaptation and examples (269 kB)
Mr. Jerry Skees, Global AgRisk	Introduction to risk sharing and risk transfer with examples from Mongolia and Peru (748 kB)
Mr. Manuel Almenara, Willis Re Latin America and the Caribbean	Roles for public and private sector in risk sharing, pooling and transfer (734 kB)
Mr. Simon Young, The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF)	CCRIF: Sovereign climate risk management in practice (1947 kB)
Ms. Fatima Kassam, African Risk Capacity	African Risk Capacity (ARC) : Africa transitioning from managing crises to managing risks (2561 kB)

Session 5 – Way forward

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Mr. Nicholas Silver, Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment Mr. Rajib Shaw, Kyoto University	GET Framework for gaps and challenges and way ahead (236 kB)
Mr. Akio Takemoto, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)	Contribution by APN (38 kB)

Side event - Lunch time

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Mr. Andres Velasquez, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction secretariat (UNISDR)	Accounting for loss and damage from climate related events - Spanish (2546 kB)

International week of climate risk management

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Relevant UNFCCC resources

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Workshop on insurance and risk assessment in the context of climate change and extreme weather events.
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Useful links

The Global Framework for Climate Services

Hyogo Framework for Action

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility

Munich Climate Insurance Initiative