TOWARDS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAMME FOR ADAPTATION

1. 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

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

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

4. The Adaptation Deficit

5. 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?

6. 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

7. The Matrix. Topics (Decision 1/CP.10) and sectors

8. 4. The SBSTA Work Programme • Mitigation and Adaptation • Coherence and focus • Flexibility • A phased approach • Linkages beyond the Convention

9. Mitigation and Adaptation

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

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