Bonn, Germany
7 June 2008

The SBSTA requested the secretariat, under the guidance of the Chair of the SBSTA, to organize an in-session workshop under this sub-theme at its twenty-eighth session (Bonn, June 2008), with the participation of experts from Parties and representatives from the IPCC and other relevant organizations, and taking into account submissions under this area of work.

The in-session workshop took place from 10-13:00 in the Maritim Hotel, Bonn.

Workshop report (in progress)

IISD coverage of the workshop

Agenda (107 kB)

Information note for participants (66 kB)

Report on the workshop

Five organizations made submissions (IPCC, IRI, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute and the World Climate Research Programme).

FCCC/SBSTA/2007/MISC.24 and Add.1
Ways to contribute to climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling. Submissions from relevant organizations.

Development of regional/subregional climate scenarios and improvement of access to, and application of climate model outputs

Opportunities for, and experiences in applying climate model outputs and downscaled data to construct regional/subregional climate scenarios

Presenter	Party/ Organization	Subject
Mr. Ghassem Asrar	World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)	Improving delivery of climate model results & capacity building (4485 kB)
Mr. Jose Marengo	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)	Climate modelling and downscaling under the Nairobi work programme (1188 kB)
Mr. Luis Paz-Castro	Cuba	Climate modeling, scenarios and downscaling. The PRECIS-Caribbean initiative (115 kB)
Mr. Haroldo Machado Filho	Brasil	Activities in Brazil relating to regional modeling and climate change scenarios (237 kB)

Options to fill the gaps

Presenter	Party/ Organization	Subject
Mr. Hiroki Kondo	Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan	Regionally detailed climate modelling applied to adaptation studies (145 kB)
Mr. Joseph Intsiful	Met Office Hadley Centre, UK	PRECIS: Facilitating capacity building and technology transfer to enable climate change mitigation and adaptation activities worldwide (192 kB)
Mr. Carlos Fuller	Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre	Workshop on climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling under the NWP (83 kB)
Mr. Lawrence Flint	Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA)	To identify practical opportunities to improve access to and use of outputs of different models, including assessment of their applicability and training opportunities (84 kB)
Ms. Hanna Cambell	The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)	Statement made by the United States of America on development of climate modeling, scenarios and downscaling (153 kB)

Availability and applicability of climate model outputs and downscaled data for policy makers at all levels

Presenter	Party/ Organization	Subject
Ms. Xianfu Lu	United Nations Development Programme	Availability and applicability of climate model outputs and downscaling data for policy makers: Key issues for discussion (93 kB)
Ms. Karen Smith	Barbados	In session workshop on climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling under the Nairobi work programme. An Intervention by Barbados (293 kB)
Mr. John Furlow	the United States of America	Improving access to climate information: the SERVIR-Viz Climate Mapper (393 kB) Statement made by the United States of America on access to climate data (54 kB)