Bangkok, Thailand
12-14 October 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 31 (December 2009) and involve representatives from Parties, relevant organizations, communities and experts. It should be held with a view to making informed decisions on integrated practical adaptation actions and measures at various levels and for various sectors and livelihoods.

The workshop will enable around 100 experts representing developed and developing countries, along with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to share information on approaches to and experiences in integrating and expanding adaptation planning and action at national, subnational, community and local levels and views on lessons learned, good practices, gaps, needs, barriers and constraints to adaptation.

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”.  

The meeting will take place in the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

The United Nations Building
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200
Thailand
Tel.:  +66 (0) 288 1234
Fax.:  +66 (0) 288 1000
Web-site:  http://www.unescap.org/

Workshop report

NWP workshop concept note (186 kB)

Final Agenda (111 kB)

Logistical information for participants (363 kB)

Submissions (available in document FCCC/SBSTA/2009/MISC.4) by Parties and relevant organizations on:

• Views and information on approaches to and experiences in integrating and expanding adaptation planning and action at national, subnational, community and local levels, including scaling up of local and community-based adaptation
• Views on lessons learned, good practices, gaps, needs, barriers and constraints to adaptation, including implementation of adaptation projects

SBSTA 28 conclusions (FCCC/SBSTA/2008/6), including activities for the second phase of the Nairobi work programme, up to the end of 2010

SBSTA 29 (FCCC/SBSTA/2008/12) conclusions, including relevant information and advice to the SBI emerging from the implementation of the Nairobi work programme in its first phase

DAY 1

Opening
Xianfu Lu	UNFCCC Secretariat	An overview of the Nairobi work programme and background information on this workshop (800 kB)
Setting the Scene
Golam Rabbani	BCAS	Advancing the integration of approaches to adaptation planning: practical perspectives (333 kB)
Heather McGray	WRI	Integration of Approaches to Adaptation Planning (2377 kB)
Festus Luboyera	UNFCCC Secretariat	A synthesis of views on approaches to and experiences in integrating and expanding adaptation planning and action (132 kB)
Integration of approaches to adaptation planning across levels
Lorena Santamaría R.	Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, Columbia	Colombia – Integration of adaptation across different administrative levels (1611 kB)
Chris West	UK Climate Impacts Programme	Nested Adaptation in the United Kingdom - Integration across administrative levels (1901 kB)
Shardul Agrawala	OECD Environment Directorate	Integrating Adaptation Across Different Administrative Levels (2724 kB)
Rachel Berger	Practical Action	Linking adaptation planning and implementation from community level to national level (554 kB)
Integration of approaches to adaptation planning across economic sectors
Jacqui Yeates	Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand	Integrating climate change adaptation across sectors in New Zealand (2236 kB)
Ajith Silva	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Sri Lanka	Climate Change and Sri Lanka (3017 kB)
Armi Susandi	National Council on Climate Change, Indonesia	Integration of adaptation planning across economic sectors: Indonesia Experiences (6145 kB)
Louis Bockel	FAO	Agriculture sector experiences in integrating adaptation planning at national and community level (1257 kB)
Carlos Fuller	CCCCC	Advancing the integration of approaches to adaptation planning - The Caribbean Experience (423 kB)

 DAY 2

Integration of approaches to adaptation planning across hazard types
Klaus Radunsky	Austria	Integration across hazards - Austria (1315 kB)
A. Vladimir Guevara Velazco	Cuba	The Cuban experiences in adaptation to weather and climate hazards (1826 kB)
Julio Garcia	ISDR	Climate change is a new problem.  Disasters are not! (1167 kB)
Gernot Laganda	UNDP	Integration of adaptation planning into the management of different hazard types (1136 kB)

DAY 3

Reporting back from Breakout Groups

Group A - Integration of Approaches across Levels (85 kB)

Group B - Integration of Approaches across Sectors (464 kB)

Group C - Integration of Approaches across Hazards (68 kB)

Perspectives for Adaptation Planning
Helen Plume	SBSTA Chair	Gender (75 kB)
Mozharul Alam	UNEP	Ecosystem Management (Oral presentation)
Espen Ronneberg	SPREP	Stakeholder Engagement (840 kB)
Fred Onduri Machulu	Chair of the LEG	NAPAs (148 kB)