Reporting on vulnerability assessment, climate change impacts and adaptation, and research and systematic observation Olga Pilifosova UNFCCC Secretariat

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Reporting on vulnerability assessment, climate
change impacts and adaptation, and research and
systematic observationOlga Pilifosova UNFCCC
Secretariat
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Vulnerability assessment, climate change
impacts and adaptation

• Purpose/mandate
• Article 4.1(b) and 4.1 (e) All Parties shall
  formulate, implement, cooperate in, publish and
  regularly update national and regional programmes
  containing measures to facilitate adequate
  adaptation to climate change ...
• Reporting and problems
• good representation of information on impacts
  ASSESSMENT based on climate change scenarios,
• a lack of information on adaptation and
  formulation and implementation of measures
• more information available during IDR
• good practices reporting on measures designed
  to target other current needs but which
  facilitate adaptation to cc

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Vulnerability assessment, climate change
impacts and adaptation

• New reporting guidelines
• request to include information on the expected
  impacts of climate change and an outline of the
  action taken to implement Article 4.1(b) and (e)
  with regard to adaptation
• specify sectors and methods for VA assessment
• use mandatory language (shall) and encourage to
  report in more detail on
• A. Expected impacts of climate change
• B. Vulnerability Assessment
• C. Adaptation measures
• Conclusion
• reporting on VA assessment and implementation
  becomes very important

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Research and systematic observation

• Purpose/mandate
• Articles 4.1 (g) and (h), 5
• ...shall promote and co-operate in research and
  systematic observation and development of data
  archives, fully participate in the Global
  Climate Observing System (GCOS) process, and
  support international programs and networks...
• Decisions 14/CP4 requests submit information on
  national plans in re- participation in GOS
• Decisions 5/CP5 adopts UNFCCC reporting
  guidelines on global climate observing systems.

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Research and systematic observation

• Status of reporting
• Research specific problems raised by climate
  change - GHG mitigation and VA building
  research capacity in developing countries,
  participation in international research
  programmes
• Systematic observation data monitoring,
  collection and archives involvement in relevant
  international programmes promoting regional
  co-operation
• Problems
• no problems in reporting
• scope, coverage and level of detail of the
  reporting varied considerably, that made analysis
  pursuant 14/CP4 difficult

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Research and systematic observation

• New reporting guidelines
• Parties shall communicate information on their
  actions relating to research and systematic
  observation and action taken to support related
  capacity-building in developing countries
• Outline for reporting
• A. General policy on and funding of research and
  systematic observation
• B. Research
• C. Systematic observation.
• To guide reporting under, parts A and C, Parties
  should refer to the UNFCCC reporting guidelines
  on global climate observing systems.
• Parties shall submit separate report on GCOS
  according to the guidelines and provide summary
  information in their NCs.

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Research and systematic observation

• UNFCCC reporting guidelines on global climate
  observing systems
• Purpose to assist Parties in reporting their
  actions with regard to global climate observing
  systems, development of observational networks
  and, as appropriate, support for non-Annex I
  Parties to the Convention,
• Outline for reporting
• A. General approach to systematic observation
• B. Meteorological and atmospheric observation
• C. Oceanographic observations
• D. Terrestrial observations
• E. Space-based observing programmes
• Conclusion
• reporting according to new guidelines would allow
  to more adequately identify the existing
  deficiencies in observational networks and
  address Articles 4.1(g) and (h), 5 and 12.1(b)