Nairobi work programme (NWP): Partners, Action Pledges and Experts Database

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Partner	START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training)
Link	http://start.org/
Description	START is a framework of collaborating organizations that works to enable and support developing country research on regional aspects of global environmental change, including climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. In October 2007, START provided a booklet providing its first pledges of 19 new actions to support all nine work areas of the Nairobi work programme (2007 booklet). The START action pledges focus on three themes: Educating and training the next generation of vulnerability and adaptation researchers and practitioners; Building institutional capacity for accessing and using climate data and projections; and Expanding START decision-support research activities. This booklet was provided following preparation and submission to the secretariat of a detailed report by START that highlights the progress made on the activities pledged in the October 2007 booklet. In 2009, a revised booklet was published, providing information on 15 revised action pledges, building on the progress made from 2007-2009 in support of the objectives of the Nairobi work programme (2009 booklet). In September 2009 a second update was provided: 01/09/2009 START Action pledge 2nd update. Assessing impacts of, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. This September 2009 action pledge update was provided as a contribution to and is summarised in the Nairobi work programme publication "Action pledges: Making a difference on the ground. A synthesis of outcomes, good practices, lessons learned, and future challenges and opportunities"
Action pledges
	Better document and disseminate information about methods and tools for vulnerability and adaptation assessment from the AIACC and CLIMAG projects
	Seek opportunities and partnerships to build capacity for the use of vulnerability and adaptation assessment methods and tools through new education programmes, advanced study institutes, fellowships and small grants
	Implement an education programme with the University of Dar es Salaam targeted to convervation professionals that will help them to integrate climate change risks and adaptation measures into conservation planning and practices
	Seek support for and otherwise assist CSAG to identify and collect long-term observation data for additional weather stations in Africa, obtain permission from relevant authorities to integrate the data into its data archive...
	Seek support for and otherwise assist other START research centers to provide similar data services for researchers and stakeholders in Asia and Oceania
	Promote, develop, and implement a programme to support climate science education in developing country universities in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute; the Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and...
	Work with IPCC-TGICA to identify and promote regional mechanisms for building and institutional capacity for providing access to climate data and projections and assisting users to interpret and apply climate data and projections
	Make widely available lessons from AIACC and other START projects about climate related risks through new publications and the weADAPT platform (www.weADAPT.org)
	Promote, develop, and implement a programme to integrate climate risks and adaptation into graduate and undergraduate education in developing country universities in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)...
	Work with the IPCC to plan and develop donor support for a successor to the AIACC project that will build on the achievements of the AIACC to address remaining knowledge gaps and target Least Developed Countries for scientific and tech
	Assist the UNFCCC Secretariat to plan an expert workshop on socio-economic information for early 2008
	Join with UNESCO, SEI and AESEDA to organize an International Symposium on Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa and a Pan-African workshop on Strategic Planning for Future Social and Economic Development; a range of trajectories for...
	Assist the Joint Global Change Research Institute and the US Environmental Protection Agency in planning workshops in Africa and Asia that will provide developing country input to the development of socio-economic scenarios and...
	Join as partner of weADAPT (www.weADAPT.org) and contribute information about methods, tools, experiences, and lessons to the knowledge base
	Implement a new African Climate Change Fellowship Programme in partnership with the University of Dar es Salaam, the African Academy of Sciences and the International Development Research Center
	Develop research activities to explore the barriers to economic diversification as an adaptation strategy and strategies that have proven effective in diversifying economic activities
	Strategically plan future education, fellowship and capacity building programmes to develop the next generation of vulnerability and adaptation researchers
	Review future and capacity building programmes to assure that they allocate human and other resources to the development of technologies, know-how and practices for adaptation, and to their dissemination to relevant stakeholders
	Continue and expand START research activities designed to support decision making about climate change adaptation, environmental risk management and integration of environmental risk management with sustainable development
Further information	START Research and Capacity Building: Helping to Advance the Nairobi Work Programme Preliminary information on the programme Conserving Biodiversity in a Changing Climate START's ongoing works in education, training and public awareness Methods and Tools A Synthesis of Methods and Tools Developed by the AIACC Project http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/aiacc/ The AIACC Project Website – for additional information http://www.aiaccproject.org/ Climate Research Special Issue on results of the Climate Prediction and Agriculture project http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/cr/v33/n1/ Training in assessment methods provided by START Advance Study Institutes http://www.start.org/Program/advanced_institutes.html Data and observations and Climate modeling, scenarios, and downscaling The Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG), The University of Cape Town – long-term weather observations throughout sub-Saharan Africa http://data.csag.uct.ac.za/ The Temperate East Asia START Regional Center (TEA-START) – climatological data for the monsoon Asia region http://www.tea.ac.cn/english/index.asp The Miombo Network – land use and land cover change data for the Miombo region, Africa http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/GlobalNetworks/Africa/Miombo-2003.pdf The Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC/GOLD) project http://start.org/programs/gofc-gold Climate related risks and extreme events For Whom the Bell Tolls: Vulnerabilities in a Changing Climate, Working Paper No. 21, AIACC Working Paper Series http://www.aiaccproject.org/working_papers/Working%20Papers/AIACC_WP_21_Leary.pdf AIACC Working Paper Series – for other lessons about climate change vulnerability from the AIACC project http://www.aiaccproject.org/working_papers/working_papers.html Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study – project information, central climate-related risks and extremes http://www.mairs-essp.org/ Adaptation planning and practices ‘A Stitch in Time, Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from the AIACC Project’, Working Paper No. 48, AIACC Working Paper Series http://www.aiaccproject.org/working_papers/Working%20Papers/AIACC_WP48_Leary_etal.pdf weADAPT – a web-based program developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute and others to enhance the knowledge base of the adaptation community http://www.weadapt.org/ The African Climate Change Fellowship Program – to enable African researchers and practitioners gain capabilities for planning and implementing adaptation actions http://www.pass-africa.org/
Regional focus	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific
Sector	Education and training Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Human health Oceans and coastal areas Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Terrestrial ecosystems Tourism Water resources
Adaptation delivery activity	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Education Knowledge management Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Risk/vulnerability mapping Training
NWP work area	Adaptation planning and practices Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling Climate related risks and extreme events Data and observations Methods and tools Research Socio-economic information Technologies for adaptation
Climate hazards	Drought Flood Heatwaves Storms/tropical cyclones
Operational scale	Regional

Organizations, institutions and private sector companies at all levels and in a wide range of sectors can become engaged with the NWP by becoming a partner and making Action Pledges. Information about how organizations can become engaged with work on adaptation under the NWP can be found here.

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