UNFCCC expert meeting on adaptation for small island developing States (SIDS)

26 Feb. - 01 Mar. 2007

01:00h - 00:59h

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Cook Islands

Rarotonga

English

UNFCCC expert meeting on adaptation for small island developing States (SIDS)

26 Feb. - 01 Mar. 2007

01:00h - 00:59h

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Cook Islands

Rarotonga

English

Part II for Pacific and Indian Ocean SIDS
26 to 28 February 2007, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Presentations

Session 1: Introduction and background

Recent developments on adaptation under the UNFCCC

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Ms. Annett Möhner	UNFCCC	Recent developments on adaptation
Ms. Olga Pilifosova	UNFCCC	The Nairobi Work Programme on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change

Objectives and Background

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Youssef Nassef	UNFCCC	Decision 1/CP.10 and the objectives of the expert meeting
Mr. Clifford Mahlung	Jamaica	Outcomes of Part I of the SIDS expert meeting on adaptation for Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean SIDS
Mr. Graham Sem	Resource Person	Background paper “Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in small island developing States”

Session 2: Integrated vulnerability and adaptation assessments developing States

Integrated vulnerability and adaptation assessments, including impacts and risk assessments

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Philip Hall	South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring	South Pacific Sea Level & Climate Monitoring Project
Mr. Joseph Konno	Federated States of Micronesia	Integrated vulnerability and adaptation assessments
Mr. Peter Kouwenhoven	International Global Change Institute, University of Waikato, New Zealand	Adapting to change in climate and climate variability
Ms. Pepetua Latasi	Tuvalu	Integrated vulnerability and adaptation assessments
Mr. Arona Ngari	World Meteorological Organization	WMO and the SIDS Programme of Action

Session 3: Adaptation planning and implementation

Adaptation planning and implementation

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Riibeta Abeta	Kiribati	Adaptation planning and implementation: a perspective from Kiribati Adaptation Project
Mr. Robert Kay	Coastal Zone Management Pty Ltd	Adaptation planning and implementation in the coastal zone
Mr. Zac Morse	World Health Organization	Climate change and human health
Mr. Kevin Palmer	World Health Organization	WHO Support for Adaptation in the Context of Sustainable Development in SIDS

Community-based adaptation approaches

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Ms. Pasha Carruthers	Cook Islands	Lessons learnt piloting Community Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in the Cook Islands
Ms. Anne Rasmussen	Samoa	Samoa's NAPA experience
Mr. Taito Nakalevu	Pacific Regional Environment Programme	Community based adaptation approaches

Support for adaptation in the context of sustainable development

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Rainer Blank	Germany	Aiming at Sustainable Forest and Land Management: Examples from the SPC/GTZ Pacific-German Regional Forestry Project
Mr. Mahendra Kumar	Nauru	Assessments of Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change (AIACC): Lessons for SIDS Sustainable Development
Mr. Arthur Webb	South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission	Coastal & hydrological vulnerability and monitoring in Central Pacific Atoll's
Ms. Tagaloa Cooper	South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission	Planning and implementation of adaptation

Linkages with the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Espen Ronneberg	Pacific Regional Environment Programme	Linkages with the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation

Session 4: Risk management and risk reduction

Risk management and risk reduction

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Mac Mokoroa	Cook Islands	Risk management and risk reduction
Ms. Padma Lal	Pacific Islands Forum	Risk reduction and risk management: mainstreaming adaptation to climate change
Mr. Charles Bernimolin	UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction	Adapting to climate change and reducing disaster risk

Role of insurance

Presenter	Party/Organization	Subject
Mr. Nick Silver	United Kingdom	Climate change, SIDS and insurance
Ms. M.J. Mace	Federated States of Micronesia	Insurance-related mechanisms for SIDS