Research Dialogue 5, SBSTA 38 | CMNUCC

04

Jun

2013
04

Jun

2014

Expert meeting

Research Dialogue 5, SBSTA 38

Time:

15:00 - 18:00

Event language

English

Room:

Saal Bonn

Venue:

Hotel Maritim

City:

Bonn

Country:

Germany

Chair: Mr. Richard Muyungi, Chair of the SBSTA

Summary report by the Chair

Recent developments in global climate information

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice Chair of the IPCC	Towards the Fifth Assessment report of the IPCC
Dr. Sybil Seitzinger, on behalf of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)	Global science updates from international research programmes and organizations - Including on global carbon budget, regional temperature timelines, sea-level rise, climate predictions, black carbon

Emerging scientific findings: ecosystems and GHG emissions and removals from sources, sinks and reservoirs, including terrestrial ecosystems

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Prof. Dmitry Zamolodchikov and Prof. Andrey Sirin, Russian Federation	Management of different terrestrial ecosystems under a changing climate
Prof. Mitsuru Osaki, Japan	Estimation of carbon and their fluxes in tropical peatlands: Results from a Japan-Indonesia joint project
Dr. Sybil Seitzinger, on behalf of the IGBP, the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) and DIVERSITAS	Overview of findings and results from international research programmes and organizations, including on terrestrial and coastal and marine ecosystems - Including on seagrass habitats and their decline; integration of biodiversity and ecosystems into climate change modelling
Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)	Carbon fluxes in tropical dry forests and savannas: Human, ecological and biophysical dimensions

Needs for climate change research and developments in research-related capacity-building

Presenter and Organization	Presentation
Dr. Andrew Matthews, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)	Regional capacity development, new opportunities on adaptation
Dr. Sybil Seitzinger, on behalf of the IGBP, WCRP and START	Regional capacity development and use of regional climate information - Including on downscaling (CORDEX, Africa), use of climate information for agriculture; START capacity-building workshops and activities
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, PROVIA	Research priorities for vulnerability, impacts and adaptation

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