Activities The Adaptation Partnership initiated a Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action in the fall of 2010. Its purpose is to provide a baseline understanding of who is doing what on adaptation in three developing regions—Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean—and in priority adaptation sectors. Based on available resources, it seeks to provide a rapid assessment of: priority interests and adaptation needs; efforts by governments to support adaptation though policy and planning; the scope of international support for adaptation efforts in different countries and sectors; and potential gaps in adaptation efforts at the country and regional levels. In total, 12 regional and 114 individual country profiles were completed and may be accessed here: Africa: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania Middle Africa Regional Overview Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, São Tomé e Principe North Africa Regional Overview Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen Southern Africa Regional Overview Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nambia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote dIvoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Asia and the Pacific: Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan East and Southeast Asia Regional Overview Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Soloman Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Latin America and the Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago Central America Regional Overview Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, Nicaragua South America Regional Overview Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela Adaptation Partnership Regional Outreach Workshops: The Adaptation Partnership has the power to draw together practitioners to serve as a laboratory for seeking good approaches to adaptation. The Partnership will convene working meetings to address adaptation challenges, whether regionally- and/or thematically-based, identified by Facilitative Group members of the Partnership. • Adaptation Partnership Workshops - summary Adaptation Partnership Iberoamerican Workshop, Montevideo, Uruguay: September 23, 2010 • Iberoamerican Adaptation Partnership Workshop Summary • Iberoamerican Adaptation Partnership Workshop Summary (Spanish) Lessons for Future Action Conference: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Small Island Developing States: Samoa, May 23-26, 2011 • Pacific Workshop Agenda: Lessons for Future Action Conference: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Small Island Developing Nations (SID) - May 23-26, 2011. • Pacific Workshop Summary of Outcomes: Over 120 representatives from small island developing states and key stakeholders met in Apia, Samoa from the 22‐26 May 2011 to share lessons for future action on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Participants came from small island developing states (SIDS) in the Pacific and East Timor, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean, as well as regional and international non‐governmental organisations and development partners. The conference was opened by the Prime Minister of Samoa, the Honourable Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi. • Pacific Workshop Meeting Notes • Pacific Workshop Lessons for Future Action: Lessons for Future Action Conference: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Small Island Developing Nations (SID) - May 23-26, 2011. West Africa Regional Adaptation Workshop: Climate Services for Development: Dakar, Senegal, June 29 - July 1, 2011 • West Africa Climate Services for Development Workshop Agenda Himalayan Workshop: Knowledge Exchange Field Expedition and Workshop: September 3-28, 2011 • Andean-Asian Knowledge Exchange Field Expedition and Workshop Agenda: The first eight‐day workshop on “Adapting to a World without Glaciers‐‐Realities, Challenges, and Actions,” was sponsored by USAID and the National Science Foundationa and held in in July 2009 by the Mountain Institute (TMI) and other partners in Lima and Huaraz, Peru. The workshop participants included Peruvian and other Andean researchers, graduate students, and policymakers; international researchers and graduate students, primarily from the US; and ICIMOD. Following the workshop, all the participants expressed keen interest in conducting a follow‐up conference in the Hindu Kush‐Himalaya (HKH) region. An HKH workshop would not only advance contemporary understandings of climate change challenges in the region, but would also increase opportunities for exchange and collaboration between Andean, Central Asian, and HKH scientists, graduate students, and policymakers. • Andean-Asian Glacial Lake Partnership Workshop Summary: Priority recommendations and next steps were developed by breakout working groups during the field expedition and Kathmandu workshops. • Imja Lake Video – The Mountain Institute: Reflections from an Expedition: A short video about the 2011 scientific expedition to the rapidly growing and potentially dangerous Imja lake, lead by Alton Byers of the Mountain Institute and involving specialists from 13 different countries. Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation in Iberoamerica: Catagena, Colombia September 20-23, 2011 • Mainstreaming Adaptation Workshop Agenda (Spanish): Taller de capacitación regional sobre “INTEGRACIÓN DE LA ADAPTACIÓN AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO EN LA FORMULACIÓN DE PLANES Y PROYECTOS • Mainstreaming Adaptation Workshop in Iberoamerica Presentation: Presentation: Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change in the forumlation of plans and projects • Mainstreaming Adaptation Workshop Report: The main objective of this workshop is to strengthen the capacity of countries in the Latin American region in the mainstreaming of adaptation within the process for the formulation of public policies and adaptation projects, as well as in the knowledge and access to the financial instruments available for putting them into place. • Mainstreaming Adaptation Workshop Report (Spanish): El objetivo del taller es fortalecer la capacidad de los países de la región paraintegrar la adaptación en el proceso de formulación de políticas públicas y deformulación de proyectos de adaptación, así como en el conocimiento y acceso a los instrumentos financieros disponibles para su ejecución. International Conference on Climate Services: New York, NY October 17-19, 2011 • ICCS Conference Statement: The first International Conference on Climate Services met in New York on October 17-19, 2011. Already involved in a range of activities to develop and utilize climate services, participants agreed to form an open and informal Climate Services Partnership (CSP). Workshop on the Climate Services Partnership (CSP): New York, NY October 20, 2011 • Agenda for the first meeting of the Developing Country Taks Team of the CSP: Inaugurating the Climate Services Partnership: First Meeting of the CSP Developing Countries Task Team. New York, NY. October 20, 2011. • Climate Services Partnership Workshop Report • Climate Services Partnership Summary: Climate Services Partnership: Developing Countries Task Team. Workshop Summary. Regional Climate Scenarios Workshop: Lima, Peru October 25-28, 2011 • Provisional Schedule for Regional Climate Scenarios in Relation to Impact Studies: Course on “Generation of regional climate change scenarios and their application to Impact Studies”: Provisional Organization and Program. • Climate Scenarios Workshop Report: Workshop on “Creation of regionalized climate change scenarios and their application on impact studies”: Lima (Peru), headquarters of the SENAMHI: October 25-28 2011. • Informe Taller Escenarios Climaticos: Taller sobre “Generación de escenarios regionalizados de cambio Climático y su aplicación a estudios de impactos” Lima (Perú), 25-28 Octubre 2011. CAADP Climate-Smart Agriculture Program Design Workshop: Nairobi, Kenya October 24-27, 2011 • CAADP Workshop Agenda: Climate-Smart Agriculture Program Design Workshop Agenda. Nairobi, Kenya, October 24-27, 2011. • CAADP Workshop Context: Key CAADP Priorities: Over the past 18 months, 22 countries and one Regional Economic Community (REC) in Africa have developed detailed agriculture and food security strategies and investment plans within the framework of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). At least 20 of these have undergone, or are undergoing, a technical peer review process and are moving forward with program design and implementation. Recognizing the need for continued support during this critical period, the 7th CAADP Partnership Platform meeting, held in March 2011 in Cameroon, identified several key priorities for 2011. These priorities are: (1) sustaining CAADP implementation momentum in countries and RECs, (2) addressing CAADP’s Transformational Objectives, and (3) organizing expert support to countries for medium- to long-term strategic planning. • CAADP Meeting Documents • NEPAD Climate-Smart Agriculture Program Design Workshop Western Indian Ocean Workshop for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas: Cape Town, South Africa February 8-10, 2012 • Workshop for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in the WIO - Workshop Agenda: Establishing Capacity Building Needs for Addressing Climate Change Impacts: A Workshop for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in the WIO. Workshop Agenda. • Workshop for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in the WIO - Workshop Report: Through the Adaptation Partnership, 39 participants from nine Western Indian Ocean (WIO) countries and the United States gathered in Cape Town, South Africa to identify climate change capacity building needs for coastal and marine protected areas in the WIO region. The workshop took place February 8-10, 2012 and was organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United States Department of State (DOS), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on behalf of the Adaptation Partnership, with regional assistance provided by the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA). • Workshop Presentation: Comoros: WIO Workshop presentation on marine protected areas - Comoros. • Workshop Poster: Kenya: Workshop poster on marine protected areas - Kenya • Workshop Poster Madagascar: WIO Workshop poster on marine protected areas in Madagascar. • Workshop Presentation: Mauritius: WIO Workshop presentation on marine protected areas - Mauritius. • Workshop Poster: Seychelles: WIO Workshop presentation on marine protected areas in Seychelles. • Workshop Poster: Tanzania: WIO Workshop poster on marine protected areas in Tanzania. Strategy Meeting for the Implementation of the Global Climate Observing System in South America: Improving Observations to Support Better Climate and Adaptation Strategies: Guayaquil, Ecuador March 13-14, 2012 • Agenda GCOS South America Guayaquil 2012 (English) • Agenda GCOS Sudamerica Guayaquil 2012 (Spanish) • Strategy Meeting for the Implementation of the Global Climate Observing System in South America: Workshop Summary Report (English): Strategy Meeting for the Implementation of the Global Climate Observing System in South America: Improving Observations to Support Better Climate Services and Adaptation Strategies. Workshop Summary Report. Guayaquil, Ecuador March 13-14, 2012. English version. • Strategy Meeting for the Implementation of the Global Climate Observing System in South America: Workshop Summary Report (Spanish) • Report of the GCOS Workshop for South America 2012 (English) • Informe Taller GCOS para Sudamerica 2012 (Spanish) Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability and Building Resilience in the Agriculture Sector to Promote Economic Development and Food Security: San Jose, Costa Rica March 27-29, 2012 • Costa Rica Workshop Report (English) • Costa Rica Workshop Agenda (Spanish): Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability and Building Resilience in the Agricultural Sector to Promote Economic Development and Food Security. March 27-29, 2012 San Jose, Costa Rica. Agenda, Spanish version. • Costa Rica Workshop Agenda (English): Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability and Building Resilience in the Agricultural Sector to Promote Economic Development and Food Security. March 27-29, 2012 San Jose, Costa Rica. Agenda, English version. • MINAET press release (Spanish) Tracking Successful Adaptation - Smart Monitoring for Good Results: Bonn, Germany May 7-8, 2012 • Worshop website: Access presentations, results, photos and other materials • National Level - Key Messages and Recommendations • Portfolio Level - Key Messages and Recommendations • Project Level - Key Messages and Recommendations A Community for Building Urban Climate Change Resilience in Asia: Bangkok, Thailand July 31 - August 2, 2012 • Workshop Presentations: Presentations made at the Adaptation Partnership Workshop, A Community for Building Urban Climate Resilience in Asia, July 31 - August 2, 2012. Climate Change Adaptation and Peacebuilding in Africa
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