Assessing adaptation needs: findings from the contribution of IPCC Working Group II to its Sixth Assessment Report

1. Background

Decision 1/CMA.3, para. 13 invited the IPCC to present to CMA 4 the findings from the contribution of Working Group II to its Sixth Assessment Report, including those relevant to assessing adaptation needs, and calls upon the research community to further the understanding of global, regional and local impacts of climate change, response options and adaptation needs. Representatives of IPCC Working Group II will share their findings around a set of three guiding questions, and engage the audience in a subsequent discussion.

This mandate is thematically related to decision 11/CMA1, para. 17, which requested the Adaptation Committee, with the engagement of the IPCC Working Group II, as appropriate, to prepare a technical paper on methodologies for assessing adaptation needs and their application, as well as on the related gaps, good practices, lessons learned and guidelines, for consideration and further guidance by the SBSTA at its 57^th session in the context of its consideration of the report of the AC.

Draft agenda