FCCC/SBSTA/2008/9

Report on the workshop on climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. Note by the secretariat.

This note provides a summary of the in-session workshop on climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. The workshop was held in Bonn, Germany, on 7 June 2008 during the twenty-eighth sessions of subsidiary bodies. Discussions at the workshop focused on opportunities for, and experiences in, applying climate model outputs and downscaled data to construct regional and subregional climate scenarios, as well as improving availability and applicability of climate model outputs and downscaled data for policymakers. This note also contains information on gaps and needs identified by participants in the area of work on climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling as well as a list of recommendations and issues for follow-up and further consideration

Item 3 of the provisional agenda

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), Twenty-ninth session, 1-10 December 2008, Poznan, Poland

workshop documents

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