The Consultative Group of Experts on national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CGE) is a constituted expert body of the Convention with the overall goal of improving the process of preparation of the second and subsequent national communications by providing technical advice and support to Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties). At its eight session, the Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP), mandated the CGE to provide technical advice and support, by organizing and conducting workshops, including hands-on training workshops at the regional or subregional level, on greenhouse gas inventories, vulnerability and adaptation, and mitigation for the preparation of second and subsequent national communications by non-Annex I Parties.

The COP, at the same session, also adopted the guidelines for the preparation of national communications from non-Annex I Parties (decision 17/CP.8). These guidelines are further elaborated through the publication, by the secretariat, of a user manual and the conduct of CGE regional hands-on training workshops.

This hands-on training workshop was aimed at assisting non-Annex I country experts in conducting vulnerability and adaptation (V&A) assessments when preparing their national communications by introducing them to a wide range of V&A assessment approaches, methods and tools and their relative strengths and weaknesses.

List of participants (31 kB)

Programme (18 kB)

DAY 1:  20 MARCH 2006

Overview of programme

• Presentation of workshop objectives and expectations,
  Ms. June Budhooram, UNFCCC Secretariat

Country experiences in vulnerability and adaptation assessments:

• Coastal Resources - Cook Islands, Ms. Pascha Carruthers
• Water Resources - Uzbekistan, Ms. T. Spektorman
• Agriculture - China, Mr. Xiong Wei

UNFCCC guidelines in reporting V&A

• V&A Reporting, Mr. Vute Wangwacharakul, CGE Member

Overview of frameworks for V&A assessments and its integration into sustainable development

• Overview of Methodological Frameworks for V&A Assessment, Ms. Xianfu Lu, NCSP/UNDP-UNEP-GEF
• Bottom-up Approaches to V&A Assessment: Practical Considerations, Mr. Youssef Nassef, UNFCCC Secretariat

Integration of V&A analysis

• Integration of V&A Analysis, Mr. Arthur Rolle, CGE

 

DAY 2:  21 MARCH 2006

• Overview of Climate Change Scenarios: Ms. Xianfu Lu, NCSP/UNDP-UNEP-GEF
  
  
  • Developing Climate Scenarios for V&A Assessments
  • Socio-Economic Scenarios Exercise: MAGICC/SCENGEN 4.1 
    
    
• Overview of socio-economic scenarios
  
  
  • Developing Baseline Socio-economic Scenarios for V&A Assessments
  • Hands-on practice: Socio-economic exercise, Socio-economic scenarios
    
    
• Impact, Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment for Coastal Zones, Mr. Robert Kay

 

DAY 3:  22 MARCH 2006

• •   Exercise in V&A Assessments for the Coastal Zones (154 kB)   - DIVA (2897 kB)
    
    
• Impact, V&A Assessments for the Water Sector
  
  
  • Decision Tools to Evaluate V&A Strategies, Mr. Chris Swartz
  • Exercise in V&A Adaptation Assessment for the Water Sector (18 kB) , WEAP

 

DAY 4:  23 MARCH 2006

• Impact, V&A Assessment for the Agriculture Sector, Ms. Ana Iglesias
  
  • Exercise in V&A Assessment for the Agriculture Sector  (1) (845 kB) , (2) (144 kB) , (3) (47 kB)
    
    
• Impact, V&A Assessment for Human Health, Ms. Kristie Ebi
  
  
  • Exercise in V&A Assessment for the Human Health Sector, Ms. Kristie Ebi

 

DAY 5:  24 MARCH 2006

• Exchange of Views on Technical Support Needs, Mr. Yolando Velasco and Mr. Youssef Nassef, UNFCCC secretariat
• Addressing Technical Support Needs for the Preparation of National Communications,
  Mrs. Martha Perdomo, NCSP/UNDP and Mr. George Manful, UNEP/GEF
• Workshop Assessment, Mr. Dominique Revet, UNFCCC secretariat