Call for Abstracts for Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability special issue on “Slow Onset Events related to Climate Change
October 2019 - Present
Scoping paper on slow onset events (SOEs) as reported by partners in the SOEs database, as of February 2018
February 2018
What are you doing to address the risks of slow onset events? (Photo campaign)
November 2017 (COP 23)
Side event 'Breaking new ground: Risk financing for slow onset events'
November 2017 (COP 23)
Work towards slow onset events (Poster for the 8th Research Dialogue)
May 2016 (SB 44)
Work towards catalyzing further action (Poster for the 8th Research Dialogue)
May 2016 (SB 44)
Letter to the Chair of the SBSTA requesting to consider slow onset events as a possible topic for the research dialogue to be held at SBSTA 44 or for future research dialogues
2016 (SB 44)
Invitation to relevant organizations and experts to collaborate with the Executive Committee to facilitate access to information, including through collaborative channels or databases, and technologies to track the impacts, and enable approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including slow onset events.
Set of recommendations adopted at COP 24 based on an assessment provided by the TFD as part of the first phase of implementation
December 2018 (COP 24)
Side event: Recommendations of the Task Force on Displacement
December 2018 (COP 24)
Meeting report on the Task Force on Displacement Stakeholder Meeting on Recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimize and address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change
Mapping Human Mobility and Climate Change in Relevant National Policies and Institutional Frameworks (Mapping and analysis report)
August 2018
Synthesizing the state of knowledge to better understand displacement related to slow onset events (Synthesis report)
August 2018
Mapping Human Mobility and Climate Change in International Processes, Policies and Legal Frameworks (Mapping and analysis report)
August 2018
Mapping of existing international and regional guidance and tools on averting, minimizing, addressing and facilitating durable solutions to displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change (Mapping and analysis report)
August 2018
Systematic data collection and monitoring of displacement and its impacts at local, national, regional and international levels to inform comprehensive needs and risk assessments for the formulation of policy and plans (Analysis report)
August 2018
The UN system’s mandates with respect to averting, minimizing and addressing displacement related to climate change: considerations for the future (Mapping and analysis report)
July 2018
Current landscape of the work on displacement in the context of workplans of bodies and work programmes under the UNFCCC (Information paper)
Invitation to relevant organizations and experts to provide knowledge, data and scientific information on both internal and cross-border migration, displacement and other forms of human mobility owing to factors related to climate change impacts, including in combination with other factors
Determination of the scope of the technical paper elaborating the sources of and modalities for accessing financial support for addressing loss and damage
Call for submissions on type and nature of actions to address loss and damage for which finance may be required
2017
2016 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance on the topic of Financial instruments that address the risks of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change
September 2016
Letter to public institutions and funds and private investors to incorporate climate risk and resilience into development projects and into investment criteria and decisions and encourage, promote and coordinate with research and development processes on financial instruments and tools that address the risks of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change
August 2016
Best practices, challenges and lessons learned from existing financial instruments at all levels that address the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change (Information paper)
April 2016
Call for submissions on best practices, challenges and lessons learned from existing financial instruments at all levels that address the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change
2016
Call for inputs in response to the key messages in the context of Action Area 7 of the initial two-year workplan, including making recommendations for addressing any gaps and challenges