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The purpose of this workshop is to launch a pilot project in selected countries
of Southern and Eastern Africa on the integration of vulnerability and adaptation
(V&A) to climate change into sustainable development planning with an emphasis
on policy implementation. This integration will focus at the broad policy level
as well as in priority areas of sectoral planning such as water and agriculture.
The target audience is the non-climate change community of experts who are involved
in development planning so as to raise awareness about issues related to development
and climate change. Workshop Agenda.
The project is being proposed based on country needs to understand and test
tools and methods for this purpose as well as to further engage policy makers,
analysts and decision makers in both developing counties and donor organizations.
In addition to the participating countries, a number of aid agencies are being
invited to participate in the workshop and project in order to strengthen north-south
partnerships to reduce vulnerability through improved development planning.
The objective is to foster collaboration and partnerships to support and to
provide a forum to further the policy processes underway in donor organizations
in support of adaptation needs in developing countries.
A series of technical documents are currently being prepared to support the
workshop discussions and the subsequent country level activities. These five
short papers will explain general concept situating environment in the context
of sustainable development; mainstreaming environment into development, emphasizing
the regional policy arena; vulnerability, adaptation and poverty; tools and
methodologies for integrating vulnerability to climate change into development
planning; and, climate predictions in the selected countries.
Workshop Resource Material:
This first phase of the project is being executed by the Kenya Institute for
Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA). The contact person at KIPPRA is
Dr. Moses Ikiara,Tel. 254-20-2719933/4; Fax. 254-20-2719951; or email: mmikiara@kippra.or.ke,
or clive_mutunga@hotmail.com
Project Contact Information:
Please send comments and questions to the UNEP project contact person, Liza
Leclerc, who can be reached at Liza.Leclerc@unep.org.
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