Progress made in the implementation of the Nairobi work programme

1. Twenty-seventh session of theSubsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice Progress made in theimplementation of theNairobi work programme Kishan Kumarsingh Chair of the SBSTA

2. Content • Structure and objectives • Approach to implementation • Activities and deliverables • Involvement of Parties, organizations and experts • Delivering until Bonn, and the way forward • Concluding remarks

3. Structure and objectives Methods & tools Economicdiversification Data & observations Assist all Parties, in particular developing countries, including LDCs and SIDS, to Modelling, scenarios & downscaling Technologies for adaptation Improve their understanding of climate change impacts and vulnerability Increase their ability to make informed decisions on how to adapt successfully Socio-economic information Risks & extreme events Adaptation planning& practices Research

4. Approach to implementation • Mandated SBSTA activities • Furthering the reach of the mandated activities • Catalysing action by Parties and organizations

5. Approach to implementation • Mandated SBSTA activities • Submissions from Parties and relevant organizations • Synthesis reports and web-based interface on adaptation • Workshops and expert meetings, and subsequent reports

6. ‘From Nairobi to Bali’ 1.Mandated activities • Submissions on: • Methods and tools • Adaptation planning and practices • Submissions on: • Risks and extreme events 18-20, Cairo, Egypt: Workshop on risks and extreme events February May June

7. ‘From Nairobi to Bali’ • Synthesis of information on: • Methods and tools • Research • Technologies for adaptation • Economic diversification • Synthesis of information on: • Adaptation planning and practices • Outputs from expert groups 10-12, Rome, Italy: Workshop on adaptation planning and practices August September Cairo workshop report • Submissions on: • Economic diversification • Data and observation • Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling • Socio-economic information • Group of experts Rome workshop report 1.Mandated activities

8. Approach to implementation 2.Furthering the reach of mandated activities • Generating expanded ownership and ensuring expert input: • Small preparatory meetings with experts from different organisations • Expert consultancy • Invitation experts in addition to Party nominees • Dissemination and outreach: • Two issues of reader-friendly versions of Nairobi work programme • Dissemination of products through NWP partner organizations • Groundwork for NWP web portal

9. Approach to implementation 3.Catalyzing action by Parties and organizations • Engaging a wide range of organizations in the different activities, and encouraging them to undertake their own activities towards the Nairobi work programme objectives • Introducing Call for Action sheets and encouraging Action Pledges • Enhancing cooperation among multiple partners

10. Engaging organizations and stakeholders ‘Demand’ for adaptation activities Views of Parties on gaps and needs Workshopsand expert meetings withrecommendations Calls for Action Parties,organizations,experts,civil society,privatesectoractive inadaptation 90 organizationsactive in theNWP withfocal points Action Pledges ‘Supply’ of adaptation activities

11. Involvement of Parties, organizations and experts Attendance at the workshops in Cairo and Rome 29% from Annex I Parties 100 representatives from Parties and relevant national experts 71% from Non-Annex I Parties 17% from NGOs 96 representatives from a broad range of organizations as well as the three expert groups under the UNFCCC (LEG, CGE and EGTT) 44% from UN organizations and other IGOs 39% from regional and national development/ research institutions

12. Delivering on the initial activities ‘From Bali to Bonn’ Informal meeting of representatives from Parties to consider the outcomes of NWP activities Joint expert meeting on methods and tools and data and observation Expert meeting on socio-economic information Submissions on further activities by 21 March March February April Reports on the expert meetings on socio-economic information; methods, tools, data and observation; and the informal meeting Review of the work programme, and further activities June SBSTA 28 May December SBSTA 29 In-session workshop on climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling Web-based interface providing information on existing adaptation practices and local coping strategies Summary report consolidating the results of the implementation of the NWP by SBSTA 29

13. Expected way forward Possible input torelated adaptationactivities under the UNFCCC SBI UNFCCC SBSTA Enhanced capacity ofall Parties to undertake practical adaptation action Completed activities prior to SBSTA 28 Enhanced assistance to all Parties, in particular developing countries, including LDCs and SIDS Informal meeting and consideration at SBSTA 28 New activities after SBSTA 28 Wide range oforganizationsundertakingtheir own activities Findings ofIPCC AR4

14. Concluding remarks • Activities, deliverables and work of involved organizations constitute a solid foundation for contributing to the main objective of the Nairobi work programme • The Nairobi work programme could provide a valuable contribution to the package of adaptation activities in the future regime

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