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making science work for climate adaptation

17 May 2021

12:30-14:00 CET

The webinar features presentations and discussion of the key findings of Adaptation Gap Report 2020. It presents conclusions from the report's assessment of progress on three central elements of the adaptation process: planning, financing, and implementation. It also provides an overview of progress on the same three elements for Nature-Based Solutions to adaptation.

In view of the Global Stocktake coming up in 2023, the webinar will provide a snapshot of where the world stands in its collective efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change. It also has the special focus selected for the Adaptation Gap Report 2020 based on the growing connections and the potential for synergies between the climate and biodiversity agendas, and the urgent need for policy and action to secure and harness nature’s benefits.

 

Programme


12:30-12:40 PM  Special Address

  • Atul Bagai, Head India Country Office, UNEP

12:40-12:45 PM  Setting the Frame: The Adaptation Gap Report: Lars Christiansen, UNEP DTU Partnership

12:45-13:15 PM  Presentations of key findings of the report

  • Global progress on adaptation planningAnnett Moehner, UNFCCC
  • Global progress on financing for adaptation Romain Weikmans, Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Global progress on implementation Timo Leiter, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
  • Nature based solutionsManishka de Mel, Columbia University, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
  • Outlook on outcomes of adaptation effort Lars Christiansen, UNEP DTU Partnership

13:15-13:45 PM  Panel Discussion and Q&A

Linking national adaptation efforts to the global goal on adaptation - perspectives from policymakers

  • Moderator: Henry Neufeldt, UNEP DTU Partnership
  • Sebastian Vicuña D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
  • Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana
  • Saleemul Huq, ICCCAD, Bangladesh
  • Suruchi Bhadwal, TERI, India

13:55-14:00 PM  Closing

  • Henry Neufeldt, UNEP DTU Partnership

 

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