Montevideo, Uruguay, 20-23
August 2018
Regional TEM-A: Adaptation planning for vulnerable
groups, communities and ecosystems
Through specific regional,
national and local examples, this session organized within the contex of the LA&C Climate Week, presented and discussed the experiences, knowledge and
opportunities for adaptation action and optimising resilience in Latin America
and the Caribbean.
The technical examination
process on adaptation (TEP-A) is being conducted from 2016-2020, consisting of
technical expert meetings (TEMs), technical papers and summaries for
policy-makers (SPMs) with a view to identifying concrete opportunities for
strengthening resilience, reducing vulnerabilities and increasing the
understanding and implementation of adaptation actions. The two high-level
Climate Champions, leading the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate
Action, provide high‐level
strategic and overall guidance on the TEMs, during 2018 this is guided by SDGs
8, 9 and 12.
Paragraph 9 of UNFCCC
Decision 13/CP.23 invites Parties and non-Party stakeholders to organize
regional technical expert meetings, building on existing regional climate
action events, as appropriate, with a view to examining specific finance,
technology and capacity-building resources necessary to scale up actions in
regional contexts, including through regional mitigation and adaptation
initiatives, and to provide their reports thereon to the secretariat as input
to the technical examination processes.
The session
focussed on Gaps and needs for
adaptation planning (This first part of the session
looked at the importance of local governments, local communities
and indigenous peoples’ knowledge and examples of how this can be integrated
into adaptation planning and action); Adaptation
at the level of local communities and indigenous peoples (This second one examined how
information and knowledge gaps on adaptation are being addressed by different
actors at various scales. Case studies from national and regional perspectives
were featured) and Opportunities for advancing regional action
for adaptation planning for the vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems.
Cecilia
Hidalgo talked about “Enhancing interdisciplinary, interinstitutional,
intersectoral and multistakeholder engagement and cooperative action on
adaptation” in the context of this last part of the session that explored concrete and
pragmatic ways that may be used to increase capacity for resilience and
sustainability through cooperation, including through the formulation and
implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).
We
share a comment on the session:
Representatives from joint FAO-UNDP
NAP-Ag Programme connect sectoral adaptation plans with achievement of Paris
Goals and 2030 Agenda
27 August 2018, Uruguay - This year’s Latin
American and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW),
hosted in Uruguay from August 20 to 23, pushed global ambitions to address
climate change and facilitated important discussion between country
representatives, organizations and the private sector on moving forward on
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and synergies to reach the global
targets outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The project team from the Integrating
Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans Programme (Nap-Ag), a joint
initiative from FAO and UNDP, took part in the regional Technical Expert
Meeting on Adaptation (TEM-A), exploring gaps and needs for adaptation
planning, how to include indigenous peoples and vulnerable communities in
adaptation planning, and how to scale up adaptation efforts.
María del Pilar Bueno, Co-Chair of the
UNFCCC Adaptation Committee, and Ignacio Lorenzo, Director of Climate Change in
Uruguay, opened the TEM-A session, exploring experiences, knowledge and
opportunities for adaptation action in Latin America and the Caribbean.
During the discussion the need for
enhancing the link between science and policy was highlighted. Regional
coordination in adaptation monitoring and climate information services was also
identified as a pillar for adaptation action in the region. According to event
participants, inclusive approaches to adaptation through inter-disciplinary,
inter-institutional and multi-stakeholder action in adaptation – including the
assimilation of knowledge and concerns from indigenous peoples and local
communities in planning processes – will make adaptation planning more effective.
Uruguay´s approach for adaptation planning
was presented on the Pitch Hub. On August 21, Cecilia Jones, the National
Coordinator in Uruguay, shared impacts and lessons learned from the NAP-Ag
Programme. Jones summarized the results of the national consultation, held in
2017, that identified the need to strengthen rural livelihoods by promoting the
implementation of sustainable agricultural practices that manage climate risks
while preserving the ecosystem services in agriculture. The NAP-Ag programme promotes
a development path towards agriculture that is resilient and adapted to climate
change, working in 11 countries worldwide to promote informed adaptation
planning for the agriculture sector.
As part of the Pitch Hub presentation,
National Coordinator Myrna Campoleoni presented lessons learned from the Nap
Cities and Infrastructure sectoral plan, while National Coordinator Mónica
Gómez shared details from the Coastal NAP.
During the last day of the LACCW a Talanoa
Dialogue was organized to collect inputs from stakeholders on how to reach the
Paris Agreement goals in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. The NAP-Ag
team contributed to the event as facilitators of the participatory session.
Link: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-climate-week-galvanizes-climate-action
