The Summary Report of the 15th meeting of the Research Dialogue is now available.
The research dialogue provides a forum between the scientific community, Parties and non-Party stakeholders to convey research findings and lessons learned and discuss needs for research and research capacity building, particularly those of developing countries, to support the implementation of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. Themes for each meeting of the dialogue are guided by submissions, as well as the mandates and ongoing work under the UNFCCC, including the global stocktake, the global goal on adaptation work programme and the mitigation work programme. Information on past meetings of the research dialogue is available online.
The synthesis report of the IPCC sixth assessment report (AR6) has been published since the last meeting of the research dialogue in June 2022. A SBSTA-IPCC special event on the synthesis report is held in conjunction with SBSTA 58 on Monday 5 June in advance of the fifteenth meeting of the research dialogue.
The fifteenth meeting of the research dialogue, as identified in the annotations and the scenario note for SBSTA 58, will inform the negotiations on research and systematic observation that will take place under agenda item 8(a). I encourage Parties to use the information highlighted by this year’s dialogue as well as other relevant events in that work.
The information note can be found here.
Preliminary agenda:
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Time
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Session
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Facilitator/presenter
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11:00-11:05
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Opening
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Harry Vreuls, SBSTA Chair
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11:05-11:40
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Transformational Adaptation
What are the latest research findings and additional research needs regarding:
- Transformational adaptation vis-à-vis incremental adaptation
- The operationalization and assessment of transformational adaptation
- Transboundary climate risks and cascading climate impacts
2 short presentations followed by discussion
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Facilitator: Binyam Yacob Gebreyes, Ethiopia
Experts:
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11:40-12:15
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Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases
What are the latest research findings and additional research needs regarding:
- The role of non-CO2 GHGs in the multiple pathways of limiting warming to 1.5°C and 2°C, net zero GHG emissions and associated policy implications
- Co-benefits of limiting non-CO2 GHGs
1-2 short presentations followed by discussion
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Facilitator: Frank McGovern
Experts:
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12:15-12:50
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Negative emissions technologies, including carbon dioxide removal (CDR)
What are the latest research findings and additional research needs at national and regional level regarding:
- Current application and future potential of negative emissions technologies, barriers, opportunities and support needs
- Measuring, monitoring and reporting CDR activities
1-2 short presentations followed by discussion
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Facilitator: TBC
Experts:
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12:50-13:00
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Closing
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Harry Vreuls, SBSTA Chair
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Background information
| Transformational adaptation - Nation-wide flood risk assessment with large-ensemble and high-resolution climate projection datasets |
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan |
| Transformational adaptation - The Global Transboundary Risk Report 2023 |
Adaptation Without Borders, IDDRI, ODI, SEI |
| Transformational adaptation - Multilateral adaptation finance for systemic resilienceL Addressing transboundary climate risks |
SEI |
| Negative emissions technologies - Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) technology to combat nitrification in agricultural production systems: a nature-based solution |
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) & International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) |
| Non-CO2 GHG - Toward the evaluation of CH4 flux in tropical rain forests and mangrove forest |
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) |
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Negative emissions technologies, including carbon dioxide removal (CDR) - IPCC WG III Fact Sheet Carbon DioxIde Removal
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IPCC |
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Negative emissions technologies, including carbon dioxide removal (CDR)
Chapter 3: Mitigation pathways compatible with long-term goals
Chapter 7: Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)
Chapter 12: Cross sectoral perspectives
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IPCC AR6: WGIII Chapter 3,7 and 12 |
| Negative emissions technologies, including carbon dioxide removal (CDR - The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal - 1st Edition |
University of Oxford/SWP/MCC/University of Wisconsin-Madison/IIASA |
| Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases -Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System |
IPCC/TEAP (2005) |
| Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases - Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions |
UNEP |
| Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases - Global Methane Assessment 2030: Baseline Report |
UNEP |
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Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases -
Chapter 5: Global Carbon and other Biogeochemical Cycles and Feedbacks
Chapter 6: Short lived climate forcers
Chapter 7: The Earth’s Energy Budget, Climate Feedbacks, and Climate Sensitivity
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IPCC AR6: WGI Chapter 5, 6 and 7 |
| Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases -
Chapter 2: Emissions trends and drivers
Chapter 3: Mitigation pathways compatible with long-term goals
Chapter 4: Mitigation and development pathways in the near- to mid-term
Chapter 5: Demand, services and social aspects of mitigation
Chapter 6: Energy systems
Chapter 7: Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)
Chapter 8: Urban systems and other settlements
Chapter 9: Buildings
Chapter 10: Transport
Chapter 11: Industry
Chapter 12: Cross sectoral perspectives
Chapter 13: National and sub-national policies and institutions
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IPCC AR6: WGIII Chapter 2-13 |