These activities increase Parties' understanding of the possible impacts of climate change and prepare Parties for developing sound climate change strategies.

Table 7 Parties requesting change of previously reported baseline

Parties identified barriers for effective coordination and communication of climate change activities.

For many Parties, climate change would reduce land cover, displace change ecosystems and species composition, and lead to loss of biodiversity.

Political parties everywhere must now become an agent for similar change.

Overview of information Climate change impacts and vulnerability Most Parties reported in various degrees of detail on baselines (climate and socio economic) and climate change scenarios, although many Parties indicated difficulties in using socio economic scenarios.

After its foundation, the party joined the National Change Current (a coalition of smaller opposition parties).

Many Parties also provided information on their national action plans for climate change.

In 2007, in Bali, the 192 Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change committed themselves to launching negotiations on strengthened action against climate change.

Her delegation did indeed recognize the importance of participation in political parties as a conduit for change.

He further encouraged the Parties to improve their understanding of the links between climate change and biodiversity.

Most Parties described the institutional structure and arrangement to foster integration of climate change considerations into development.

Few Parties considered reducing water pollution as an option for adapting to climate change.

Some Parties indicated the need to re examine and assess planned or ongoing structural change in energy and industry from a climate change perspective.

Examples of needs identified by non Annex I Parties for effective integration of climate change considerations into sustainable development

Water resources Almost all reporting Parties provided information on the impacts of climate change on their water resources.

Several Parties in the Caribbean are researching climate change and related issues under the Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to Global Climate Change project in Guyana.

Human health Many Parties carried out the assessments of climate change impacts on human health, with various levels of detail.

Table 3. Examples of types of adaptation to climate change envisaged for key vulnerable sectors in non Annex I Parties

Recognizing also that the submission of national communications is very important for Parties to better understand climate change issues,

Most Parties reported that future climate change would affect the production yield of common crops such as grains, cotton, fruits, vegetables, sugar cane and grapes, under various climate change scenarios.

States parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality.

States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality.

States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality.

As climate change cuts across other environmental issues, many Parties recognized the benefits of, and emphasized the need for, an integrated approach in dealing with overall environmental issues, including climate change.

Malaria, which is currently endemic in many non Annex Parties, is expected to increase with the advent of climate change.

Recalling paragraph 4 of the financial procedures of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,

Most Parties reported on developing climate change scenarios with time horizons extending through 2050, 2075 and 2100.

Parties expected an increase in hyper arid, arid or semi arid areas under all climate change scenarios.

(a) State Parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality.

1. States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality.

Parties with particularly high or low populations reported on factors that render them vulnerable to climate change.

Most Parties provided information on their national development plans and or national action plans on climate change.

Recognizing the potential impacts of environmental degradation and climate change on sustainable socio economic growth, most Parties mentioned their efforts to pursue development programmes that also benefit the environment and climate change.

3. Takes note of the Delhi Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its eighth session

Some Parties also provided a detailed breakdown of research initiatives and results of research studies into climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation.

Fishery resources Some Parties examined the possible climate change impacts on fisheries as a part of their vulnerability and adaptation assessments.

Many Parties reported that they have special national research plans and long term strategies in different areas of climate change research.

Integrating climate change into national development planning processes Mainstreaming climate change into national policies and development planning processes is one of the strategies that most Parties identified as a means to ensure that climate change is given prominence at the national level.

Article 9 States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality.

Research Most Parties addressed domestic and international research activities and identified priority areas for national climate change research.

Some Parties, such as Chad, Gabon and Haiti, have implemented activities that have climate change and biodiversity components.

Needs and constraints Most Parties reported on their needs to integrate climate change considerations into sustainable development plans.

Many Parties reported the need to improve capacity for implementing programmes and undertaking work relating to climate change.

It supports the work of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CGE) and training of non Annex I Parties' national climate change coordinators.