• 30
    Jun
    2021

Time:

12:30 - 14:30
Adaptation Committee Webinar on Adaptation Communications
Constituted Body meetings and events

Event language

English

Organiser

UNFCCC

Description

The Adaptation Committee (AC) is hosting a webinar on adaptation communications: draft supplementary guidance for voluntary use by Parties in communicating adaptation information. During the webinar, the AC will present its progress to date on this work and invite reflections from Party representatives, practitioners, and other experts engaged in work relevant to the adaptation communications. The input received during this webinar will inform the AC’s efforts to refine and finalize this work by June 2022.

The webinar will be guided by the following objectives:

  1. Soliciting input on the draft supplementary guidance from Parties, practitioners, scientific actors, and other experts;
  2. Hearing experiences of Parties who have already prepared, or are in the process of preparing, their adaptation communications; 
  3. Hearing experiences of Parties or practitioners who have used other UNFCCC guidance materials relevant to adaptation or other workstreams. 

Agenda 

Total duration: 2:00hrs

Please note, the duration of the webinar has been extended by 30 minutes.

Time (CEST) Item
12:30-12:40 Welcome and introduction by the Adaptation Committee
12:40-12:45

Presentation by the Adaptation Committee on the draft supplementary guidance

  • Ms. Maria del Pilar Bueno, Adaptation Committee Member
12:45-12:50

Intervention by the IPCC

  • Mr. Hans-Otto Pörtner, Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group II  
12:50-13:40

Country experience with preparing adaptation communications

  • Ms. Angela Rivera, Contractor. Direction for Climate Change and Risk Management, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
  • Mr. Liam Robson, Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Mr. Tlou Ramaru, Chief Director Climate Change Adaptation, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, South Africa
  • Ms. Ayesha Constable, NAP Project Coordinator, Department of Environment, Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Ms. Radha Wagle, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Forests & Environment, Government of Nepal  
13:40-14:15

Other work related to the preparation of adaptation communications

  • Ms. Janka Szemesova, Consultative Group of Experts Member
  • Ms. Anne Hammill, Senior Director, Resilience, International Institute for Sustainable Development (NAP Global Network Secretariat) 
  • Mr. Maik Winges, Advisor, Climate policy Support Programme, GIZ
14:15-14:30 Final discussion, closing and next steps 

Joining the webinar

A recording of the webinar is available for on-demand viewing here. 

Email:

ac@unfccc.int

Related documents

Draft supplementary guidance for voluntary use by Parties in communicating information in accordance with the possible elements of an adaptation communication

On-demand webcast

A recording of the webinar is available for on-demand viewing here.