TEC workshop on technologies for adaptation

Date and venue

4 March 2014, Langer Eugen, Bonn, Germany

Photo: IISD

Mandate

In accordance with decision 1/CP.16, the TEC has the function to provide an overview of technological needs and analysis of policy and technical issues related to the development and transfer of technologies for both mitigation and adaptation.  In addition, the TEC is also mandated to seek cooperation with relevant stakeholders and organisations and promote coherence and cooperation across technology activities, including activities under and outside of the Convention.

The TEC identified priority areas and specific topics for collaboration with other relevant institutional arrangements under the Convention, including with the Adaptation Committee (AC). Subsequently, the TEC established a task force on adaptation and agreed to hold a workshop on technologies for adaptation in conjunction with the 8th meeting of the TEC scheduled to be held from 5 to 7 March 2014 in Bonn.

Objectives

• Share experiences and lessons learned from the development and implementation of technologies for adaptation, in particular identifying barriers to and enabling environments for the successful implementation of adaptation technologies;

• Identify potential areas of actions by the TEC and policy recommendations for the TEC to highlight in developing TEC Brief(s) that can help promote and accelerate the development and transfer of technologies for adaptation.

Documents

• Agenda
• Information for participants
• Background paper on Technologies for Adaptation
• List of participants

Reporting

• Coverage by International Institut for Sustainable Development
• Report of the workshop

Presentations

Session I: Roles of technology in adaptation – setting context and expectations

• Introduction to the workshop and expected outcomes
  Mr. Kunihiko Shimada, TEC member;
• Current and future work of the Adaptation Committee in the area of adaptation technologies
  Ms. Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe, Chair of the Adaptation Committee;
• Findings from third synthesis report on Technology Needs Assessment: technologies for adaptation
  Mr. Vladimir Hecl, UNFCCC Secretariat;
• Background paper on Technologies for Adaptation
  Dr. Saleemul Huq, Helena Wright;
• Session II: Experiences and lessons learned from development and transfer of technologies for adaptation
• Part I: Case studies, success/failure stories, barriers and enabling factors to the successful implementation of technologies for adaptation
• Implementing technologies for adaptation in agriculture in Asia
  Mr. Yukoh Satake, Yukiguni Maitake Co., Ltd;
• Development and transfer of water technologies for agriculture in Africa
  Mr. Nick Moon, KickStart International;
• Floating gardens and other case studies: lessons learned from Bangladesh
  Dr. Haseeb Irfanullah, Practical Action;
• Adaptation technologies based on indigenous knowledge which focuses on water resources - experiences from South America
  Mr. Mark Kowal, Climate-Insight;
• Part II: Panel discussion on Addressing gaps and challenges: How to sustainably upscale the development and transfer of technologies for adaptation
• Scaling up the transfer of adaptation technologies: GEF perspectives
  Mr. Roland Sundstrom, Global Environment Facility;
• The Power of Information and Communication Technology for Adaptation
  Mr. Michinori Kutami, Corporate Environmental Strategy Unit, Fujitsu Limited;
• Addressing gaps and challenges: How to sustainably upscale the development of adaptation technologies
  Mr. Emile Frison, Bioversity International;
• Adaptation to climate change in the cold tropics: challenges from the Andes
  Mr. Bert De Bievre, Andean Paramo Project, CONDESAN.