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The "Development and
Adaptation Days at COP-10" event
took
place at the Castelar Hotel in Buenos
Aires, Argentina from 11-12 December
2004. The event
was
organized
by the International Institute for
Environment and Development (IIED) in
collaboration with the Regional and
International Networking Group (RING), a
global alliance of research and policy
organizations. Taking place alongside
the tenth Conference of the Parties
(COP-10) to the UN Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the
Development and Adaptation Days event
was convened to raise the profile of
adaptation and its linkages with
development concerns, with a particular
focus on the effects of climate change
on the world's poor – the group that
will be most affected by the impacts of
climate change. Recognizing that issues
of poverty, development and climate
change are connected, the event featured
more than 40 speakers on these issues,
as well as extended discussions and
question-and-answer sessions.
Approximately 100 people attended the
two-day meeting, including
representatives of governments,
international and intergovernmental
organizations, academia, business, and
non-governmental organizations.
On the first day of the meeting,
designated as "Development Day,"
sessions were held on climate change and
development, food security and disaster
planning, and water and health. The
second day, which focused
on adaptation, will include discussions on the science of adaptation, funding adaptation, and "adaptation in action." Both days will include high-level discussions.
The event, which is the third of its
kind to be held so far,
attracted negotiators, academics,
journalists, and representatives of the
UN, intergovernmental organizations and
civil society.
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