Transcript Consultation on climate change and its implication on the

• Review concepts and methods of climate change impact
assessment;
• Evaluate the analyses carried out on the impact of climate
change on the tea sub-sector in selected countries and determine
methodologies to measure the impact of climate change on the
tea economy;
• Evaluate suitable technologies that could be adapted for
mitigation and adaptation strategies for the tea economy;
• Identify climate change databases and models to support
analysis related to the tea sub-sector and agree on collection and
collation of available research data on climate change in member
countries;
• Define the scope of the Proposed Working Group on Climate:
identify/suggest mitigation and adaptation strategies; and
• Develop appropriate long-term technologies for mitigation/
adaptation and agree on an Immediate Action Plan.
Consultation Recommendations
 Review concepts and methods of climate
change impact assessment (action point 1)
 India leads coordination
 Timeframe: 21st Session of the IGG/Tea
Consultation Recommendations
 Evaluate the analyses carried out on the
impact of climate change on the tea sub-sector
in selected countries and determine
methodologies to measure the impact of
climate change on the tea economy (action
point 2)
 Kenya to lead coordination
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Malawi to join
 Timeframe: 21st Session of the IGG/Tea
Consultation Recommendations
 Evaluate suitable technologies that could be
adapted for mitigation and adaptation
strategies for the tea economy (action point 3)
 Sri Lanka to lead coordination
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India will partner
Kenya will partner
China will partner
Malawi will partner
Bangladesh will partner
 Timeframe: 21st Session of the IGG/Tea
Consultation Recommendations
 Identify climate change databases and models
to support analysis related to the tea subsector and agree on collection and collation of
available research data on climate change in
member countries (merge with action point 1)
 India to lead; to merge with first point of action
Consultation Recommendations
 Define the scope of the Proposed Working Group on
Climate: identify/suggest mitigation and adaptation
strategies (merge with action plan 3)
 Related to third point of action and should be merged. Sri
Lanka to lead
 Timeframe: 21st
Consultation Recommendation
 Develop appropriate long-term technologies
for mitigation/adaptation and agree on an
Immediate Action Plan (to merge with action
plan 3)
 Sri Lanka to lead; to merge with third action plan
 Timeframe: 21st Session IGG/Tea