UNFCCC expert meeting on technologies for adaptation to climate change

Hotel Arnoma, Bangkok, Thailand, 5 April 2008

Mandate

The Conference of Parties, at its thirteenth session, requested the secretariat, to organize, as an input to the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, a meeting on technologies for adaptation with experts involved in this work and in the activities of the Nairobi work programme and national adaptation programmes of action, to be held before the twenty-eighth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (June 2008);

Objectives and scope

The main objective of the meeting is to identify next steps that could be undertaken to continue previous work on technologies for adaptation and provide input to the Nairobi work programme. Areas that could be discussed include further consideration of identified needs, concerns and experiences and lessons learned for successful development and deployment of technologies for adaptation, activities for enhancing technological cooperation to address technologies for adaptation to climate change and ways and means to encourage extensive communication and sharing of experiences using current technology.

Documents

• Agenda
• Workshop report
• List of participants
• Information for participants

Presentations

• • Introduction to the Nairobi work programme: Technologies for adaptation
    
  • Ms. Olga Pilifosova, UNFCCC secretariat
    
    
  • Overview of the work of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer for 2008-2009
    
  • Mr. Jukka Uosukainen, Chair, EGTT
    
    
  • Adaptation technologies identified in NAPAs
  • Mr. Bubu Jallow, Chair, Least Developed Country Expert Group (LEG)
    
    
  • Needs for and experiences with technologies for adaptation to climate change
    
  • Mr. Iulian Florin Vladu, UNFCCC secretariat
    
    
  • Technologies for adaptation to climate change: How to make them work?
    
  • Mr. Richard J.T. Klein, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
    
    
  • Possible elements for the EGTT future programme of work on technologies for adaptation
    
  • Mr. Jukka Uosukainen, Chair, EGTT
    
    
  • Overview of the conclusions of the Expert Meeting on technologies for adaptation
    
  • Mr. William Agyemang-Bonsu, EGTT