International cooperation Lars Haltbrekken, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

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International cooperationLars Haltbrekken,
UNEP/GRID-Arendal
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Why should we cooperate?

• Sharing products and information
• Cost efficient less double work
• Sharing experience and ideas
• Cooperation between international organisations,
  governments, NGOs, researchers could spread the
  word to a broader public.

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What could the UN do?

• - Needs assesments and surveys
• - Promote international cooperation and exchange
• Generate resources, both finances and materials
• We need your needs!

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Survey of current activities and needs

• What do we have and what do we need?
• Survey of activities helps to identify needs,
  opportunities and assets for sharing.
• Countries are encouraged to include art 6
  activities in their National communications
• Survey for this workshop
• Clearing house
• Need to continue to identify what exists and what
  is needed

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International cooperation and exchange

• Regional workshops
• Clearing house
• - Places to share ideas, experience and materials

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International cooperation and exchange

• Media cooperation
• - Workshops for journalists on IPCC reports
• Better exchange of information used for media
• UNFCCC website gives you an update of what the
  media writes about climate change

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International cooperation and exchange

• Simplify IPCC findings
• Leads to better understanding
• How could we cooperate and make better use of the
  IPCC findings?
• Simplified guides and Vital Climate Graphics are
  useless unless someone uses them

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Generate resources to developing countries

• Identify existing resources
• Strenghten and share these resources
• New Dehli work programme calls on GEF support
• Business sector?
• Need innovative ideas

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Impact of information

• Targeted information
• What kind of impact do we want our information to
  have?
• Climate change information needs to be targeted
  towards different groups, business,
  parliamentarians, NGOs, journalists etc.

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Impact of science based information

• IPCC findings have had a clear impact on the
  political agenda.
• - Climate change convention
• Kyoto protocol

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UN and article 6

• UNEP
• Public awarness
• UNESCO
• Education
• UNITAR/UNDP
• - Training

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UN and article 6

• UNU
• United Nations Universitys online Masters Course
  on Global Environment Assessment

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Some UNEP products

• Simplified guides
• Vital Climate Graphics
• Vital Climate Graphics for Africa
• Maps and emission graphics annex 1
• countries
• IPCC products
• Fact sheets