There was an urgent need for adaptation.

That makes the need for an adaptation and revitalization of this Organization more than evident.

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.

Several participants from developing countries highlighted the need to focus on the means to transfer technology, provide concrete examples of transferring technologies for adaptation, and promote stakeholder participation in defining needs for technologies for adaptation in TNAs.

Most participants agreed that information on adaptation technologies is useful, but some questioned the need for a compendium guide.

We need to take into account the increase in emissions that adaptation will cause.

Parties mentioned perceived changes in water availability, and the need for redistribution of available supplies between agricultural and industrial uses, as an adaptation option.

Stressing the need to increase the research on technology for adaptation, Ms. Beckles acknowledged the importance of partnerships to promote sustainable development in SIDS.

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.

Needs for technologies for adaptation to climate change

Needs for technologies for adaptation and TNA studies

Many Parties expressed the need for more work to be carried out on integrated assessments, socio economic assessments, identification of adaptation options and costing implications.

Some Parties (e.g. Mongolia) recognized the need for adequate policies and strategies both at the national and the local levels, and the need for adequate legal, regulatory and standardization frameworks to effectively implement adaptation and mitigation policies.

Endogenous technologies for adaptation to climate change

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

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Environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to climate change

We note the urgent need for new technologies, better resources and new methods for the integrated management of water resources, the adaptation to climate change and the management of waste.

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Should any of this stop us from using adaptation strategies? To arrive at an informed answer, we need to work out how the planet will look in 2100 if we invest different amounts in adaptation and carbon cuts.

This applies to many services that are non tradable , but may also be relevant for manufactured goods that need adaptation to local conditions. In such situations, outward FDI is

The economic case for focusing more on adaptation is clear.

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

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.

The Adaptation Imperative

He pointed out that conducting a TNA for technologies for adaptation is more complex and challenging than for mitigation technologies and highlighted several key aspects in the identification of technology needs for adaptation.

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).

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

Access to information on technologies for adaptation and a raising awareness

For coping with climate change and health issues, Mr. Agyemang Yeboah underscored the need for socio economic adaptation, capacity building initiatives, coordinated health policies, evaluation and monitoring, strong institutions, cost effective technologies, and financial resources.

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.

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.

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.

The Age of Adaptation

(c) Adaptation and strengthening of the United Nations machinery for human rights.

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.

Ms. Izumi Kubota, Japan, urged discussion on improving TNAs, exchanging and disseminating information on existing technologies for adaptation, and mainstreaming adaptation in sustainable development policies at national levels.

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.

She said that Uruguay developed a programme of measures for mitigation and adaptation that includes vulnerability analysis, and identified adaptation measures for agriculture, biodiversity, coastal resources, water resources, fishery resources, and human health.

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Would access to information on country experiences with technologies for adaptation be useful?