Dates: 22-24 June 2010
Madrid, Spain

The SBSTA at its 28th session requested the secretariat to organize, under the guidance of the Chair of the SBSTA and before SBSTA 32 (June 2010), a technical workshop on costs and benefits of adaptation options involving representatives from Parties, relevant organizations, communities and experts with a view to facilitating the identification of appropriate adaptation practices and measures and avoiding maladaptation.

The workshop will take into account:

• Submissions (available in document FCCC/SBSTA/2009/MISC.9/Rev.1) by Parties and organizations on efforts undertaken, including methods used to assess the costs and benefits of adaptation options, as well as their views on lessons learned, good practices, gaps and needs
• Synthesis report on efforts undertaken to assess the costs and benefits of adaptation options, and views on lessons learned, good practices, gaps and needs based on above submissions and other relevant sources (FCCC/SBSTA/2010/3)
• Technical paper reviewing the existing literature on the potential costs and benefits of adaptation options (FCCC/TP/2009/2) 

The workshop will be held under the area of socio-economic information, under which activities are undertaken with a view to advancing sub-theme a (v) of the Nairobi work programme, “Promoting the availability of information on the socioeconomic aspects of climate change and improving the integration of socio-economic information into impact and vulnerability assessments”.

Final agenda (163 kB)

List of participants (215 kB)

Summaries of efforts undertaken by Parties and organizations to assess the costs and the benefits of adaptation options

Report on the workshop

Session 1 - Introduction