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Background

The workshop is oriented towards three types of participants from Latin America and the Caribbean: practitioners working on urban and environmental planning; decisionmakers formulating urban growth policies and scientists working on urban and climate issues. The workshop will have capacity for 25 participants.

The Adaptation Forum 2010 will provide opportunity to share practices, knowledge and experiences on mainstreaming adaptation to climate change into development planning in Asia and the Pacific.

The Youth Forum, 1-6 October 2010, is being organized recognising the far reaching consequences of climate change in the Himalaya and to make aware young professionals in the region about how parts of these problems can be addressed though application of modern day technologies, like earth observation (EO).

Conference Details

During recent years, “Climate Change” has been on the top of national as well as international agendas. United Nations have established the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the reports of its International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have provided strong scientific evidence on the causes and impacts of climatic change.

Adapting to Climate Change 1: The Community Focus. What is climate change adaptation? What does this mean at the community level? What practical tools are available today for communities to use in adaptation? For practitioners who wish to begin working now at the community level to successfully adapt to the challenges that face us.

To see a syllabus, learn about course fees and to register please click here.

Objective:

Who needs to do what differently in order to tackle the complex challenges posed by climate change? Climate adaptation requires many professionals to develop a new and dynamic combination of knowledge and skills – utilising theoretical, methodological and empirical knowledge from both the natural and social sciences and applying it to foster collaborative learning and support organisational change at various levels. It is in response to this clear need that we are developing the Adaptation Academy and invite you to participate in this year’s Foundation Course.

The objective of the fellowship programme is to contribute to building capacity for addressing climate change in non-Annex I Parties, in particular small island developing States (SIDS) and least developed countries (LDCs) Parties, through the development of local professional expertise by:

• Supporting innovative analytical work on climate change in the context of sustainable development;
• Promoting a network of experts who can bring creative and innovative options to bear on questions of climate change;
• Encouraging the leadership potential of young and promising professionals in their fields.

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UNDP would like to invite you to a lunchtime side event

Africa Adaptation Programme: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Integrating Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction into Adaptation

Date: 1 June 2010, 1 – 2:30 pm

Venue: Solar Room, Ministry of Environment, Bonn

The Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) is a three year, $92.1 million project funded by the Government of Japan operating in 20 countries across Africa.

The Assembly is the governing body of the GEF, in which representatives of 177 member countries participate. It meets every three to four years and is responsible for reviewing and evaluating the GEF’s general policies, the operation of the GEF, and its membership. The Assembly is also responsible for considering and approving proposed amendments to the Instrument, the set of rules by which the GEF operates.

For more information: GEF Events

Coping with Climate Change - Side Event at SBSTTA14 CBD in Nairobi - the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research

The South African Ministry of Environment, the National Museums of Kenya (NMK), the World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP) and Bioversity International together with the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR) and Partners cordially invite you to their Side Event "Coping with Climate Change: How are Indigenous Peoples and Rural Communities Using Agrobiodiversity" being held during the Fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technolo

5th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands: Ensuring Survival, Preserving Life, and Improving Governance

The fifth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands will address the challenges and opportunities posed by the emerging international consensus on a new climate regime, as developed through the UNFCCC in Copenhagen, in December 2009. Mitigation, adaptation, and financing issues will affect oceans, coasts, and small island States, which are at the frontline of climate changes.

For more information: Global Oceans

This is a joint expert meeting of IPCC WGs II and III to address issues related to human settlements and infrastructure as an input to the Fifth Assessment process.

Meeting details

Convened by the UN Global Compact, the second meeting of the Caring for Climate Signatories will take place at UN Headquarters in Geneva.

As the negotiations for a global climate agreement are entering the next round, the UN Global Compact is seeking to build on the momentum generated in the past years to both deepen the engagement of companies in Caring for Climate and win over more companies to take climate action. The Second meeting of Caring for Climate Signatories will bring together some 150 corporate practitioners, climate experts and civil society leaders. Participants will be invited to share cutting edge practices in managing risks and opportunities associated with climate change action.

The meeting will focus on (i) advancing mitigation efforts and promoting the diffusion of innovative low-carbon technologies in particular in developing markets and emerging markets as well as (ii) enhancing the understanding of the role of business in adapting to the impacts of climate change.

More specifically, the event intends to achieve the following:

• Provide a platform for Caring for Climate signatories to showcase cutting-edge practices and solutions in addressing climate change, learn from each other and inspire a larger number of companies to take action.

• Review the implications of COP15 for business and ensure that business leaders remain at the forefront of climate action ahead of this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP 16) in Mexico.

• Collect comprehensive information on efforts by Caring for Climate signatories to address climate and development as well as recommendations on the future of the initiative ahead of the Global Compact Leaders Summit, scheduled to take place on 24-25 June 2010 in New York

Workshop Details

The Global Unions Research Network (GURN) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) organise a workshop on “Climate Change, impacts on employment and the labour market”, which will be held next 25-26 March, in the International Trade Union House, 5, Boulevard du Roi Albert II, Brussels, Belgium.

The workshop aims at discussing concrete case studies and research papers exploring different aspects of employment and climate change relationships, and possible responses by the labour movement. A provisional agenda is attached to this message.

The agenda for the second Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, hosted by the Asian Development Bank, will be developed jointly with the CIF stakeholder community through close cooperation with the civil society and private sector observers of the Trust Fund Committees and Sub-Committee(s).

This workshop is targeted for the ADRRN members in South Asian Countries to raise their awareness about the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction. There will be around 30 participants from Indonesia, Phillipines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Maldives, Taiwan. This workshop is organized by Save The Earth Cambodian ADRRN member with the support of AusAID. This workshop is also supported by Cambodian government through their Disaster Management cell.

ADRRN

The Second all-Africa Carbon Forum will include a conference, trade fair and capacity development to demonstrate the potential for clean development mechanism (CDM) projects in Africa. The forum is being organized by the UNFCCC Secretariat, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).

For more information: UNFCCC

The UNFCCC secretariat is convening this workshop under the guidance of the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), in accordance with the conclusions of the SBSTA at its twenty-eighth session.

Workshop Details

The International workshop on the "Social Dimension of Adaptation to Climate Change" was organized on 18-19 February 2010 in Venice, Italy. Over 30 participants from very different disciplines and backgrounds (e.g. academia, development practitioners) joined this workshop, including representatives from OECD, WB, UNISDR, UNICEF, IIED, DFID and Red Cross.

This workshop was one of the first ones to discuss the social dimension of adaptation to climate change, including adaptive capacity, human behavior and cognitive capacity of individuals. The workshop focused on the following 3 key topics:

• The social and behavioural dimension as key factors to adapt to climate change;
• The flexibility of social systems in adapting to climate (institutional and social capability, multistakeholder engagement, including governments, NGOs, the private sector, communities, and individuals.)
• The learning capacity as a means to overcome behavioural and social constraints to changing technologies (development and adoption of new technologies).

This meeting will share expertise on food security issues expected to be impacted by climate change and identify mechanisms for cooperation between national, regional and international organizations. The meeting is organized by the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), in partnership with regional agricultural institutions. It will be hosted by Jordan’s Ministry of Agriculture.

For more information: International Conference on Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas

This meeting is being organized based on decisions from the World Climate Conference 3 (WCC-3), which convened in Geneva from 31 August-4 September 2009, calling for the establishment of the High Level Taskforce on the Global Framework for Climate Services.

For more information: Event

How can we ensure access to adequate energy services in the context of climate change?

Short presentations and exchange with the participating organisations.

Come and collect a copy of HELIO's new publication: Climate-proofing Energy Systems.

www.helio-international.org

Water is a key issue when it comes to climate change. This is already quite apparent in many places. The Seminar will focus on how to adapt to the changes in this context as illustrated in the attached programme.

The seminar is organised in collaboration with COWI and will provide an opportunity to meet key experts, attend the presentations and participate in the discussions. Furthermore there will be an opportunity to see our hydraulic laboratories.

For more information: COP-15 Events

Cities and Climate Change Resilience Event at COP-15 from the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network and the Rockefeller Foundation. Supporting cities to lead local adaptation: Experiences from the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience network.