SBSTA 22

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TOWARDS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAMME FOR ADAPTATION

• SBSTA 22
• May 21, 2005
• Presentation by
• Ian Burton
• Independent Scholar and Consultant
• Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

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TOPICS

• The Adaptation Challenge
• Objectives
• Wider Context
• The SBSTA Work Programme
• Modalities
• Conclusions

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1. The Adaptation Challenge

• Adaptation Deficit
• All countries, developing and developed
• The story of climate and development
• Successes outweigh failures

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The Adaptation Deficit
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2. Objectives

• Overall Objective
• To reduce present and future losses
• Specific SBSTA
• To promote and facilitate adaptation
• To encourage research on ways to spread and share
  losses
• To integrate adaptation into development
• To create linkages beyond the Convention
• Others?

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3. The Wider Context

• Topics (Decision 1/CP.10) and domains or sectors
• Scope of the tasks
• Which belong inside and outside the Convention?
• Partnerships and cooperation
• Agriculture, CGIAR, FAO
• Insurance, public and private organisations

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The Matrix. Topics (Decision 1/CP.10) and sectors
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4. The SBSTA Work Programme

• Mitigation and Adaptation
• Coherence and focus
• Flexibility
• A phased approach
• Linkages beyond the Convention

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Mitigation and Adaptation
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5. Modalities

• Standard
• Workshops
• Expert groups
• Dissemination and exchange of information
• Synthesis of information
• Technical papers
• Others
• Taking stock
• Creative thinking
• Experimental modalities

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Conclusions

• Coherence
• Flexibility
• Phased approach
• Adaptation deficit
• Objectives
• Measures of progress
• Partnership and cooperation
• Integration into development
• Taking stock
• Creative thinking and analysis