Presentations from Day 1 of NAP Expo 2014
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FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014: Opening Session
| Batu Uprety, Chairman of the LEG: Opening Statement |
Youssef Nassef, Coordinator, UNFCCC: ‘Adaptation under the UNFCCC’ |
| Thingley Namgyel, Member of the LEG: ‘Introduction to the NAP Process’ |
Prakesh Mathema, LDC Group Chair, Nepal: ‘Evolution of Adaptation Needs and Gaps for LDCs under the UNFCCC’ |
Session 1: Plenary: Setting the scene
| Anand Patwardhan, GEF/STAP: ‘Adaptation in the development context’ |
Benjamin Preston, ORNL/IPCC: ‘Assessing and managing climate change risk’ |
Session 2: Plenary: Building capacity for the NAP process
| Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, UNDP-GEF: ‘Mainstreaming climate change into planning’ |
Hassan Virji, START: ‘Research driven capacity building’ |
Session 3: Parallel thematic sessions on the NAP process
Group 1: Experiences, key issues and gaps and needs as countries embark on the NAP process
| A. R. Pokharel & B.Bhattarai: Ministry of Science, Technology, Environment: ‘Learning from local adaptation actions in Nepal’ |
Sato Chiro, JICA: JICA’s support for climate change adaptation in Indonesia |
| HENG Chan Thoeun, Ministry of Environment: ‘Road Map for Advancing Cambodia’s National Adaptation Plan Process’ |
Julie Amoroso, Philippines: ‘Gender Considerations in the NAP process in the Philippines’ |
| Alejandra Martínez – Geophysical Institute of Peru: ‘NAP process: Challenges and capacity needs from a non‐LDC country’ |
Group 2: Multiple stakeholder dialogues: Effective institutional arrangements for NAP formulation and implementation
| Mariana Rojas-Laserna, Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia: ‘Adaptation to Climate Change in Colombia’ |
John Furlow, USAID: ‘USAID support for adaptation planning’ |
| Vositha Wijenayake, CANSA/Southern Voices: ‘Strengthening southern voices in advocating climate policies that benefit poor and vulnerable people’ |
Fred Kossam, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Malawi: ‘Experiences in initiating multi-stakeholder engagement for the NAP process in Malawi’ |
Group 3: Framing adaptation plans: Pros and cons of integrated, sectoral, regional approaches
| Andreas Vetter, Federal Environment Agency: ‘Experiences and lessons in integration, from the German Adaptation Strategy’ |
Kirsi Mäkinen, Finish Environment Institute: ‘Tools for mainstreaming adaptation into policy making – a Finnish perspective’ |
Ephraim Mwepya Shitima, Zambia: ‘Experiences in Framing Adaptation from PPCR Activities in Zambia’
Group 4: Science, policy interaction aiming for effective decision making: Where do we stand and what more is needed?
| Nand Kishor Agrawal, Coordinator, Himalayan Climate Adaptation Programme (HICAP): |
Mosuoe Letuma, Ministry of Energy, Meteorology and water affairs: ‘Capacity development plan for adaptation to climate variability and change in Lesotho’ |