There is obviously a lack of guidance on climate change adaptation and also a lack of capital with which to put necessary adaptations into place.

The Age of Adaptation

Adaptation Fund

The Adaptation Fund Purpose The Adaptation Fund was created to assist developing country parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to meet the costs of adaptation.

The Adaptation Imperative

Acceleration and adaptation of existing programmes

Adaptation Adaptation has, since COP 8, emerged as a more central element of the climate change intergovernmental process.

He mentioned plans for an online database of adaptation options to share local knowledge and endogenous adaptation techniques.

Review of draft national adaptation programmes of action

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Adaptation Fund (Agenda item 9)

The programme of work on adaptation is another important activity that should take advantage of work done on technologies for adaptation to climate change.

The EGTT could contribute directly to the programme of work on adaptation in the area of technologies for adaptation and in related subject areas.

Possible areas of work on technologies for adaptation should be further discussed Mitigation and adaptation further understanding of the cross cutting nature of mitigation and adaptation technologies and to what extent they can be considered as complementary activities is recommended.

On adaptation, he pointed out that households have been implementing different technologies for adaptation for decades, and that many decisions on adaptation are taken at the community level through farm associations.

He also presented some examples of technologies for adaptation identified in TNAs completed by Albania and Mauritius and in national adaptation programme of actions (NAPAs).

Although the theme of the programme of work on adaptation on adaptation planning, measures and actions is the main place to address technologies for adaptation, technology components could be considered and actions could be identified also in its other main themes.

Adaptation occurs through the gradual modification of existing structures.

Mr. Bonduki said that the adaptation learning mechanism aims at maximizing global learning and contributing to the incorporation of adaptation strategies into development planning.

(d) Stimulating adaptation research and technology

Some Parties discussed and evaluated the costs of adaptation measures for various scenarios of sea level rise, and estimated the opportunity costs of undertaking no adaptation measures.

There are many examples of technologies that can be used to collect data, provide information and increase awareness for coastal adaptation to climate change, to plan and design adaptation strategies, to implement adaptation strategies and to monitor and evaluate their performance.

Of course, funding is not the only component of a successful adaptation strategy. As the adaptation report emphasizes, closing gaps in technology and knowledge is also crucial.

Innovation requires processes of adaptation, anticipation and openness to change.

Identification and evaluation of technologies for adaptation to climate change

Financing the transfer of technologies for adaptation to climate change

Identification and evaluation of technologies for adaptation to climate change

Financing the transfer of technologies for adaptation to climate change

Endogenous technologies for adaptation to climate change

There was an urgent need for adaptation.

Some Parties have included adaptation measures in their national action plans and or national environmental action plans as a first step towards implementation of adaptation, and others have reported that some legislative changes would help facilitate incorporation of climate change adaptation in the future.

Mr. Bonduki presented an overview of the UNDP Adaptation Policy Framework (APF), and said the framework treats technologies for adaptation as coherent packages of soft and hard responses.

(a) Basic adaptation of national legislation in accordance with the Protocol

(a) Basic adaptation of national legislation in accordance with the Protocol

Each of these applies to some extent to technologies for adaptation.

Part of the solution may be the adaptation of energy conservation measures.

He highlighted the APF project design, which involves assessing current vulnerability, characterizing future climate risks, developing adaptation strategies and continuing the adaptation process.

lack of a partner, or lack of willingness from partner.

Mr. Abdullatif Salem Benrageb, the Chair of the SBSTA, highlighted the importance of adaptation and technologies for adaptation, in addition to the need for immediate action to mitigate climate change.

Much less work has been devoted to adaptation.

But climate change mitigation and adaptation are costly.

Climate change impacts, adaptation measures and response strategies

Environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to climate change

Needs for technologies for adaptation to climate change

Needs for technologies for adaptation and TNA studies