Havana, Cuba
10–12 March 2009

Background

The SBSTA requested the secretariat to organize this workshop under the guidance of the Chair of the SBSTA, to take place before SBSTA 30 (June 2009) and involve representatives from Parties, relevant organizations and experts with a view to facilitating the identification of successful examples of using tools and integrating practices for climate risk assessment and management and disaster risk reduction strategies into national policies and programmes.

The workshop will be held in collaboration with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) and enable around 100 experts representing developed and developing countries, along with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to share their practices and lessons-learned in the integration at  international, regional, national and subnational levels, and to identify gaps and needs and how to overcome barriers in order to facilitate successful integration.

The workshop is held under the Nairobi work programme work area of adaptation planning and practices with the objectives, as contained in the annex to decision 2/CP.11, to advance sub-themes b (ii), “Collecting, analysing and disseminating information on past and current practical adaptation actions and measures, including adaptation projects, short- and long-term adaptation strategies, and local and indigenous knowledge” and b (iv) “Facilitating communication and cooperation among and between Parties and relevant organizations, business, civil society, and decision makers, and other stakeholders”.

Technical papers:

• Integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and DRR strategies into national policies and programmes (FCCC/TP/2008/4)
• Physical and socio-economic trends in climate-related risks and extreme events in the context of the sustainable developments (FCCC/TP/2008/3)
• Mechanisms to manage financial risks from direct impacts of climate change in developing countries (FCCC/TP/2008/9)

Decision 2/CP.11   Five-year programme of work of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change

SBSTA 28 conclusions   Activities for the second phase of the Nairobi work programme, up to the end of 2010

SBSTA 29 conclusions, including relevant information and advice to the SBI emerging from the implementation of the Nairobi work programme in its first phase

UNISDR workshop webpage with links to relevant publications

DAY 1. Tuesday 10th March

Session 1:  Introduction

Presenter	Organization	Subject
Ms. Xianfu Lu	UNFCCC Secretariat	Objectives of the Nairobi Work Programme, background and expected outcomes of the Workshop (459 kB)
Mr Andrew Maskrey Coordinator, Global Risk Assessment Report	UNISDR secretariat	Disaster risk and poverty in a changing climate: the policy challenge (2314 kB)
Mr. Paul Venton Mr. Jeremy Collymore	Co-authors of the technical paper "Integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and DRR strategies into national policies and programmes"	Introduction to the technical paper “Integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and disaster risk reduction strategies into national policies and programmes” (136 kB)

Session 2:  Available tools and experiences from current practices for facilitating integration

A. International and regional experiences

Presenter	Organization	Subject
Ms. Maryam Golnaraghi Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction Division	World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	Integrating Climate Risk Management and DRR Strategies (3339 kB)
Ms. Bo Lim Principal Technical Advisor, Capacity Development and Adaptation Ms. Susan McDade Resident Coordinator, Cuba country office	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	UNDP’s experience integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and DRR strategies into national policies and programmes (462 kB)
Mr. Christpher Oludhe Climate Scientist	IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC)	Activities at ICPAC on Climate Risk Assessment, Management and Disaster Risk Reduction within the GHA Sub-region (847 kB)
Mr. Mozaharul Alam Research Fellow	Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)	Experiences of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) (3058 kB)
Mr. Carlos Fuller Deputy Director	Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)	Tools & Current Practices on Integration of Climate Change Risk Assessment & Management and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies (1508 kB)

B. National experiences

Presenter	Organization/ Party	Subject
Mr. Ramon Pérez Head of Climate Centre	Meteorological Institute, Cuba	Climate monitoring and extreme climate events (2336 kB)
Mr. Guy Midgley Chief Director	Climate Change and BioAdaptation, Kirstenbosch Research Center, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa	Integrating climate risk assessment/ management/ DRR into national policies, programmes and sectoral planning (1674 kB)
Mr. Dadang Hilman Head of Division Adaptation to Climate Change, Ministry of Environment	Indonesia	National experiences on integrating climate risk assessment (CRM) and DRR into national policies and programmes (1961 kB)
Mr. Gerd Tetzlaff Chairman of the scientific advisory board and 2nd Chairman of the Committee	German Committee for Disaster Reduction, Germany

Session 4:  Recommendations and possible next steps

A. Reporting back from breakout sessions

Presenter                                                                                                   Group
Mr. Leon Charles	Group 1:  Integration of climate risk assessment/management and DRR into national policies and programmes in the context of different climate-related hazards (3732 kB)
Mr. Don Lemmen	Group 2:  Integration of climate risk assessment/management and DRR into national policies and programmes in the context of sectoral planning (150 kB)
Ms. Anne Hammill	Group 3:  Integration of climate risk assessment/management and DRR into national policies and programmes in the context of different levels (141 kB)

B. Working together:  Catalysing action by Nairobi work programme partner organizations

Presenter
Mr. Julio Garcia, UNISDR	Action Pledge (137 kB)
Mr. Lawrence Flint, ENDA	Progress on the implementation of ENDA's Action Pledge and ideas on scaling up of NWP Focal Point activities (71 kB)
Mr. Vicente Barros, IPCC	Information on the scoping meeting on possible special report on 'Extreme events and disasters: Managing the risks' (401 kB)