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Events convened on Monday, 10 June |
Presentation of new national communications from non-Annex I Parties
Presented by the UNFCCC Secretariat
Carlos Mansilla, Guatemala, said that a total of 7.5 GG of CO2 were emitted in Guatemala in 1990. He explained that temperature and aridity are expected to increase by 2050. A vulnerability study on human health, grain production, and forest and water resources projected increases in breathing illnesses, diarrhoea and malaria, the loss of significant forest area, the decrease of maize, black bean and rice production, and the loss of water resources. Mansilla concluded that there is a need to build capacity and operationalize the CDM by adopting a legal and regulatory framework, identifying projects, and improving negotiating abilities.
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Climate change, adaptation and vulnerable communities Presented by IUCN - The World Conservation Union
Sálvano Briceño, UN Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), explained that UNISDR is an inter-agency body that coordinates agencies addressing risk and vulnerability reduction. He noted a shift from focusing on disaster management to integrating vulnerability reduction into sustainable development and sectoral plans. Pavel Kabat, International Dialogue on Water and Climate, highlighted efforts by the World Water Forum to establish a global programme of dialogues fostering communication between the climate science and water management sectors, and to incorporate climate change into integrated water management programmes. Liza Leclerc, Canadian International Development Agency, described adaptation projects being supported by the Canada Climate Change Development Fund, which examine how climate change can be integrated into regular development programming. She noted that Canada is advocating national adaptation programmes of action and a multi-disciplinary approach to climate change in the negotiations. Discussion: In the ensuing discussion, Kabat highlighted a paradigm shift from protection against natural disasters to accepting damage and loss from natural disasters, and stressed the need to consider local communities' coping strategies. Briceño recommended that the framework paper highlight existing research and capacity-building efforts to increase communities' resilience, and refer to UNISDR's ongoing work on terminology. Leclerc highlighted the need to identify obstacles to mainstreaming the environment into development, and to determine whether existing development processes, including development aid, help reduce vulnerability or exacerbate it. Participants highlighted the need for, inter alia: a toolkit of options to address climate change vulnerability rather than policy papers; acknowledgment that climate change is exacerbating natural disasters; engagement of the insurance industry; and participation by indigenous peoples.
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