Background
The SBI requested the secretariat to organize, before its thirty-seventh session, an expert meeting to address issues related to a range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow onset events, taking into consideration experience at all levels.
The expert meeting took into account the following questions in accordance with the mandate:
1. What is the full range of approaches and tools that can be used to address the risk of loss and damage, at all levels and for a broad range of sectors and ecosystems, considering both extreme weather events and slow onset events? Such approaches and tools include, inter alia, conventional, non-conventional and innovative instruments to address specific types of loss and damage in the context of this thematic area, especially those driven by the multiplying, magnifying and intensifying effects of climate change at the national, subnational and local levels. What is known about the relative cost-effectiveness of these tools
2. What are the foundational resource requirements (e.g. budget, infrastructure, and technical capacity for implementation) in order for different strategies and tools to be effectively applied?
3. What are the lessons learned from existing efforts within both the public and private sectors, considering elements of design, limitations, challenges and best practices?
4. What are the links and synergies between risk reduction and other instruments such as risk transfer? How can comprehensive risk management portfolios or toolkits be designed?
5. How can risk management approaches be tailored to national contexts? How can
Parties and other stakeholders evaluate which tools might be most appropriate for their particular risks and circumstances?
Thematic areas of the work programme on loss and damage
The following broad thematic areas were considered in the implementation of the work programme on loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change:
I - Assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change and current knowledge on the same
II - A range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow onset events, taking into consideration experience at all levels
III - The role of the Convention in enhancing the implementation of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change
For additional information see the SBI 34 report (paragraphs 106-116) and decision adopted by the COP at its 17th session.
Agenda, documents and logistical information
Agenda (25 kB)
Background paper (611 kB)
Information for participants (190 kB)
Compilation (1087 kB) of the information sheets
Information sheets and presentations on a range of approaches to address loss and damage provided by participants of this meeting.
A range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts related to slow onest events
A range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts at the local/subnational levels
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Info Sheet
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Party / Organization
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Prepare I-Kiribati people for eventual relocation through targeted vocational trainings and labour mobility schemes (176 kB)
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Strategic National Policy Unit, Office of Te Beretitenti, Kiribati
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Loss and damage associated with the adverse impacts of coastal erosion on housing in Kosrae, The Federated States of Micronesia (141 kB)
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Iris Monnereau (UNU-EHS)/ UWI-CERMES
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Reinforcing an emergency shelter to withstand intensified wind speeds, ensuring functioning during and after a hurricane (128 kB)
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Sustainable Development and Environment Division,
Ministry of Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology
NormanFrancis Building, Balata, Castries, Saint Lucia
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Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organisation (MiCRO) (246 kB)
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Caribbean Risk Managers Ltd
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A range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts at the national levels
A range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts at regional/international levels
Presentations
Session 1 – Framing the discussion on loss and damage
Session 2 – A range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts related to slow onset events
Session 3 – A range of approaches to address loss and damage at the local and national levels
Session 4 – A range of approaches to address loss and damage at the regional and international levels
Session 5 – Links and synergies between approaches, regional priorities and key messages
Relevant previous workshops and expert meetings
Regional expert meetings under Thematic area II of the work programme on loss and damage:
Expert meeting under Thematic area I of the work programme on loss and damage. Tokyo, Japan, 26-28 March 2012
Workshop to identify challenges and gaps in the implementation of risk management approaches to the adverse effects of climate change. Peru, 10-12 October 2011
Workshop on integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and DRR strategies into national policies and programmes.
Cuba, 10-12 March 2009
In-session workshop on risk management and risk reduction strategies.
Poland, COP 14
Workshop on climate related risks and extreme events under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. Egypt, 18-20 June 2007
Workshop on insurance and risk assessment in the context of climate change and extreme weather events. 12-13 May 2003
Relevant UNFCCC resources
Cancun Adaptation Framework
Work area on climate-related risks and extreme events under the Nairobi work programme
Technical papers:
- Mechanisms to manage financial risks from direct impacts of climate change in developing countries.
- Integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and strategies for DRR into national policies and programmes.
- Physical and socio-economic trends in climate-related risks and extreme events, and their implications for sustainable development