Date: Nov 13, 2013
Time: 8:15pm-9:45pm
Discussants: WMO, AfDB, UNECA/ACPC, AUC, ICPAC, AGRHYMET, ACMAD, SADC (did not make it) and CARE. The regional centers are sharing a programme from a support of AfDB towards for mitigation of loss and damages and how to tackle these.
ACMAD - introduces the subject by Dr Alhasanne Diallo.
WMO – Dr Kumar Koli, global climate risk. Importance of extreme events, affecting SED, specially infrastructure. Reliable early warning is important. WMO has recognized the importance of climate on risk, through CLIPS project actually. Africa has been a success story and a challenge. It is useful to consider how Africa has given good example. GFCS, institutional coherence at national levels, etc. Implementation will be exciting, and there is big expectations.
AUC- thanks ACMAD. Use of Earth Observation for SED. Virtually all sectors are affected. All regions of Africa affected. AUC is responsible for policy framework, coordination and harmonization. Four policy framework. 1) HOS met in 2007 had summit on climate change and declared for cooperation among regional centers 2) Implementation of Africa regional strategy 3) Addis Ababa declaration on GFCS, in 2012 4) Establishing framework for climate information and framework strategy is approved. We have building blocks such as regional centers, ClimDev-Africa, MESA programme, oceanographic studies and coastal areas, early monitoring of drought and drought outlook, monitoring of crops, yields and pastoral; wild fire, flash flood forecast, water levels and balance.
ACPC- provided the broad ClimDev-Africa programme and ACC2013 outcomes as one of the R&D component of GFCS
AGRHYMET- provided presentation related to West Africa’s work, including pastoralist areas, climate information.
ICPAC –set up good database, RS, climate risk atlas. These data are used to develop climatology baselines. Since 1998, 5 CoFs are organized. Users develop mitigation strategies. On application has been providing regional food security and malaria outlooks. Piloting community adaptation with K-MET. Awareness creation, capacity building etc.
CARE-working in adaptation learning programme. Resilience and adaptive capacity, north eastern Kenya, pastoralist, Muslim area. Planning decision making, CI is not used at all. They get most information from community forecasters. CARE is trying to bring scientist and traditional knowledge. In Islam, it is also difficult to preach forecast due to religious reasons. Since 2011, there have not been significant differences as synergies are established. Advisories are established based on LLH and DRR through participatory planning.
Comments and Questions
Date: Nov 12, 2013
Time: 10am
The current state of scientific knowledge on how to enhance the adaptation of ag in climate change impacts while promoting rural development, sustainable development and productivity of ag systems and food security in all countries, particularly in developing countries
First workshop on issues relating to agriculture is an important milestone achievement on its own. The workshop had two major parts: Presentations and panel discussions
Presentation
Two presentations from IPCC and FAO on issues of: Agriculture and climate change; and adaptation in agriculture – experiences of FAO.
Climate Change and agriculture – IPCC report
Overview of Agriculture and SSD- FAO
Questions and discussion points:
Next Assessment Report coming in March will have two parts for WGII: Global and regional, and sectoral. The report will also contain WGI and WGIII relevance to WGII
Panel discussion:
Panelist constitute Columbia, India, EU, Japan, Malawi and Switzerland. The following three questions were responded to:
Date: Nov 12, 2013
Time: 1:15pm-2:45pm
The theme of the side event was Climate Action in Developing Countries: Case Studies from South Asis and Africa. Panelists include LEAD, TERI, ACPC, MAPS from UCT, UNDP and CAN-South Aisa.
I have stepped in and made presentation and discussion on ACPC’s experience on climate work in Afirca, customizing my presentations on the three result areas, and also detailing the low carbon development issues in Africa (as the focus of the side event), and the countries strategies in these regards.
After presentations of panelists, questions and discussions are made on the following major areas:
The raised issues are adequately responded by panalleists.