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REPORT UNFCCC TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON ECOSYSTEM-BASEDAPPROACHES TO ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE UNDER THE NAIROBIWORK PROGRAMME ON IMPACTS, VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION TO

CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOP HELD 21TH - 23RD MARCH, DAR ES SALAAM,TANZANIA.

Summary:

This report presents a summary of the UNFCCC Technical workshop on ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation to climate change under the Nairobi Work Programmeon impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change.

Given the urgency of adaptation and often limited funding, available and cost effective

adaptation solutions are often prioritized. Ecosystem based approaches to adaptation,sustainable management and restoration of ecosystem to help people adapt to impactsof climate change are gaining increasing attention, as they are accessible to ruralcommunity in developing countries and can cost effective. Such approaches includeexample Sustainable agriculture, integrated water resource management, andsustainable forest management interventions that use nature to reduce vulnerability toclimate change.

It then assesses whether and how international policy guidance on ecosystem basedapproaches to adaptation has based integrated into national level development, climatechange and sector policies.

Scope of workshop:

Impacts and vulnerability: development and dissemination of methods andtools; access to and use of information and data, understanding of climatechange impacts and vulnerability). Adaptation planning, measures andactions: development and dissemination of methods and tools; collecting,analyzing and disseminating adaptation actions and measures; and facilitatingcommunication)

Modality of work (assessment, planning, Implementation, monitoring andevaluation) and Knowledge Management & Stakeholder Engagement:Ongoing collaboration with Parties, partner organizations and other relevant

stakeholders in implementation of the Nairobi work programme. Implementation of the Nairobi work programme

i. Facilitating knowledge sharing and learningii. Promoting dialogue and interaction through technical workshops and

expert meetingsiii. Enhancing knowledge base through;Online knowledge resources

(including database of partner organizations and action pledges)Technical papers and synthesis documentsPublications and Updates

iv. Stakeholder engagement


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Principles and benefits of ecosystem-based approaches

Planning and practices of EbA in adaptation policies and programmes Methodological, technical and scientific aspects of EbA

CONCLUSIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED:

Better integrated, cross-sectoral approaches to policy formulation , supported by multi-stakeholder institutional arrangements and adequate funding, will be critical in ensuringthe delivering of effective, sustainable solutions on the ground that enable bothecosystems and the people to adopt in changing climate.

Knowledge management

Guidance on developing indicators, including ecosystem functioning andresilience as well as adaptive capacity

Compilation of lessons learnt good and bad

Process for harmonizing goals and indicators related to the three RioConventions

Review of Nairobi Work Progamme in light of Cancun Adaptation Framework,esp. para 12 on principles and para 14 on activities by Parties

Develop strategies that will distinguish/address knowledge generation anddissemination

Develop programmes that will serve to transfer knowledge into action and policy

Create capacity (including institutional capacity) for sustainable self-reliance/ selfimprovement by providing access to information

Evaluate the appropriateness of different research and methodologies to thecreation of knowledge reflective of indigenous experiences

Inventories/meta-databases that show provenance of data and products, linkingto vulnerability assessments that identify fitness for purpose, information content,

and limits of applicability in the context of Ecosystem based adaptation

Review LDC Expert Group document and processes relating to NAPs forinclusion of NWP tools

Stakeholder engagement

Guidelines on early and inclusive stakeholder engagement in project designphase


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Application of existing tools guiding the process of obtaining Free, Prior andInformed Consent (FPIC) from communities, e.g. new REDD+ guidelines

Guidelines for integration of local and traditional knowledge, relationship withothers forms of knowledge and processes of validation

Facilitation of South-South cooperation through learning exchange visits andsharing of information

Better communications materials written/prepared to reach out to differentcommunities (such as, Engineers, Economists, Youth Social Media)

Stressing benefits to people socio economic and biophysical,

Tangible and intangible,

Short and long term benefits.

Direct and Indirect Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) needs to be a two

way process

An environment (multiple stakeholder platform ) must be created so as to bringas many people as possible

RESPECT for all Stakeholders

***** Pile up challenge on EbA

1. Do we really have a common understanding of EbA and what makes it differentfrom the existing sustainable development ?

2. Getting rights & responsibilities RIGHT - key foundation (clarity, decentralization,gender, empowerment)

3. Knowledge Management & Stakeholder Engagement it is not just technical, but apolitical process

4. EbA reach out other sectors key: esp. agric., water, finance, private sector

5. Real importance of Indigenous and local community = building block to increaseeffectiveness

6. Different knowledge on EbA to different groups messaging

7. Low Knowledge Empowers at local level about Eba on Understanding whatEbA really is

8. Difficulties of measuring EbA quantify ($$, Environmental. Social)


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Without secure rights (tenure+) and responsibilities, EbA will be doomed

Prepared by

Juma Ally JumaYoungo representative to the workshopGreener Impact International Tanzania

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