3.1.2 From Evidence to Action: Maximizing the potential of climate risk and vulnerability assessments to scale-up adaptation action (UNDP, UNEP)

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There is a need to unlock the full potential of climate risk and vulnerability assessments (CRVA) as a powerful tool for countries to develop transformative strategies, make informed decisions, implement and evaluate robust adaptation measures, and safeguard communities against the impacts of climate change.

This session will provide an opportunity to understand key elements of climate risk and vulnerability assessments that can be used to build science-based NAPs, showcase innovative CRVA approaches by countries and share experiences.

Agenda

• Introduction
• Keynote: Using Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessments to generate information and to tell a story to identify climate adaptation measures – Jessica Troni, Chief of Climate Change Adaptation Unit, UNEP
• Countries experience-sharing, panel discussion

• • • Taala Tiaeki, Emergency Management Officer, Kiribati 
    • Arshad Samad Khan, NAP Project Coordinator, Pakistan
    • Pham Van Sy (Ph.D.), Adaptation Division – Department of Climate change, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, Vietnam

• Q&A, discussion
• Conclusion