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Mr Batu Uprety, Chair of the LEG, formally closed NAP Expo 2015: “I would like to recognise the contribution and very active participation of the Parties for sharing their valuable initiatives to address the impacts of climate change adaptation at the national and local levels.”  “Your initiatives in formulating the medium and long-term implementation strategies, integrating […]

Responding to popular demand, the Secretariat of the UNFCCC will be conducting a session on the use of NAP Central for interested participants. It will be held in the Plenary room immediately after the closing of the NAP Expo. 

Piet Dircke of Rotterdam University presented on Flood risks in a changing climate, starting on a high note with an idyllic vision of adaptation in New York city that combines building resilience to projected impacts of climate change with increases in liveability. After screening the video based on sentiments and dreams in post-Hurricane Sandy New York, he presented current real […]

Rapporteurs in today’s eight parallel discussion groups shared the messages that emerged. Formulating medium-to long-term implementation strategies Financial needs assessment at various stages of the NAP process could help identify relevant sources of funding (including private sector) and the mobilization of resources Programmatic approaches provide an opportunity to address adaptation through a multi-sectoral, multiple-scale approach, with a  longer […]

Many people have been asking us for the presentation slides from the sessions. We’re happy to let you know that they’re now available online, under the various sessions in Schedule.

Snapshots of presenters and participants in the four plenaries. After this round of parallel sessions, it’s back to the plenary room to report back. There’ll be two keynote speeches, and then the Chair of the LEG will wrap up. Of course, we will be posting from the plenary room; but if you missed any of our blog entries […]

These sessions will take place simultaneously after lunch, after which there will be a summary presentation to the plenary of key issues or messages that emerged in those sessions.  I. Considerations of gender and vulnerable groups facilitated by Aarjan Dixit, CARE Country experiences highlighting tools and methods II. A focus on agriculture and water sectors, GWP […]

“Global and regional networks are vital for adaptation,” Professor Masataka Watanabe, Chair, Global Adaptation Network Successes in capitalising on regional synergies and shared vulnerabilities to find adaptation solutions featured in this morning’s plenary session at this year’s NAP Expo.  Regional networks and organisations set up to address climate change and climate change and climate change […]

Moderators of yesterday’s parallel sessions presented reflections to the plenary first thing this morning. The session on data and information requirements for adaptation led by UNESCO yielded three key messages: that national data planners still face data gaps and a lack of access and availability to data; that scenarios should be developed for user groups (e.g., […]

The first round of parallel sessions for today are underway. These are as follows. I. Formulating medium- to long-term implementation strategies facilitated by Bubu Jallow, The Gambia  Defining national criteria for prioritizing implementation of adaptation, Ugyen Tshering, Bhutan Quantifying costs of adaptation, Isatou Camara, The Gambia Lessons learned from developing adaptation programmes under the GEF, Roland […]