Transcript Summary of Recommendations on Data Availability, Access and Use

Summary of Recommendations
on Data Availability, Access and
Use
by
Leisa Perch
MACC PDF-B Technical Coordinator,
Organization of American States
Linkage Between CPACC and MACC Activities
CPACC Activities1
Economic Valuation of
Coastal and Marine
Resources (c7)
Formulation of economic/
regulatory Proposals (c8)
Formulation of policy framework
for Adaptation to GCC (c4)
First Communication
for St. Vincent (c9)*
Coastal Vulnerability (c6)
Establishment of
Databases (c2)*
Inventory of Coastal
Resources (c3)
MACC Activities
Data for policy analysis
Basis for overall
Policy framework
Basis for prep of
2nd
Comm.
Facilitates identification of
demonstration projects
Feeds into modeling work
Baseline for future studies
Component 1: Mainstreaming
of Climate Change in
National Planning
Tourism and other main econ sectors
Infrastructure development
Water resources
Fisheries
Agriculture and Forestry
Land-use planning
Component 2: Supporting the
Formulation of Specific Adaptation
Options and of a Regional Position
On Adaptation:
Feasibility studies for demonstration projects
Prep. Of 2nd National Communication
Component 3:
Expanded GCC Monitoring
and Modeling:
Sea level and Climate
Monitoring Network (c1)*
Basis for strengthening
monitoring network
Coral Reef Monitoring (c5)*
1
CPACC component number shown in parenthesis
* Indicates completed CPACC activities. The remainder are in progress.
Strengthen climate monitoring network
Downscaling models
Modeling scenarios
Component 4:
Cross-regional
Dissemination
and Replication
Data Needs - Concern
• To obtain from countries, departments and
regional institutions what are and continue
to be the challenges with data
• What challenges do countries presently feel
they experience in addressing an issue such
as climate change?
Assessing Needs
• As part of the sectoral consultation process, the
issue of data needs and challenges were raised:
– The review of linkages between climate and key
economic sectors (Issues Papers)
– during the workshop themselves; and
– As part of the working group discussions
• Determining what activities MACC could support
and mechanisms it could develop to address these
concerns
What do Countries Need
Information for?
• Improved understanding of the impacts of climate
variability and change – the science of these
impacts;
• The economic and social parameters of the
impacts at the national, local and community
level; and
• A better understanding of the ecology and ecosystems that would be affected and the level at
which climate impacts on their operation.
Current Challenges Experienced
by countries
• Availability of data
• The lack of applications that allow them to
manipulate the data to apply to a given situation;
• The lack of capacity to use and manipulate the
data; and
• The capacity to determine what is the minimum set
of parameters they need to make a feasible
decision.
Concerns: availability
 Persistent challenges of accessing data in country
and from various departments;
 No reasonable assessment of what data exists and
how often it was collected
 Issues of data quality – no standard formats were
used or practiced;
 Limits to data use by the lack of ability to compare
data sets
 Inability to access data sets from studies carried
out by consultants;
Concerns: Use and Integration
• The type of data available and how to use it to
present the type of information needed to convince
decision-makers and politicians of the need to act;
• The lack of or capacity to produce data to public
awareness and education;
• No common framework for the use of data and
inability to combine sets of data ; and
• The persistent lack of attention to data collection
at the policy level and the need for a long-term
and consistent programme.
Data/Information Needs: Disaster
and Insurance
• Impact scenarios
• Assessment and determination of critical
hazards e.g. storm surge, wave and wind
• Climate forecasts
• Documentation of successful practices
• Implications of ENSO on key sectors and
the probability of disasters
Data/Information Needs: CC and
Fisheries
• Ability to distinguish changes in stocks from other
kinds of environmental degradation and climate
induced changes;
• The role of wetlands as buffers for the coast;
• Impacts of temperature change on fish populations
and the productivity of fishery habitats;
• Socio-economic baseline conditions of fishermen
• Data on the dependency of communities and
households on fishing and associated activities
• Traditional practices addressing changes in fishing
Data Needs: CC and Tourism
• Industry needs (accurate
climate forecasting):
– Average daily and annual
temperature
– Seasonal rainfall patterns
– Hot and cool days per year,
sunny days
– Windspeed
– Site elevation
– Wave data
• Policy Needs:
– Levels of visitation and use
of coastal and marine
resource (in economic
terms)
– Vulnerability assessments
of yachting sector
– Challenges posed to health
– Risk and vulnerability of
property due to location
– Risks of coastal flooding
– Implications for land-use
Data Needs: IRM
• Impacts of climate change
on water availability and
food production
• Agricultural productivity
• Defining social impacts
and social vulnerability
• Projections of food and
water needs
• Population projects
transposed against
available resources
• Projections for
precipitation
• Soil moisture as a
contribution to
productivity
• Mapping of hazards I.e.
drought, erosion, land
degradation
• Baseline indicators for
critical variables
Potential Recommendations and
Actions
• Mapping and GIS of land
use and allocation
• Development of integrated
data systems
• Development and
maintenance of resource
inventory systems
• Development of land
evaluation systems
• Design and
implementation of
information policies
• Assessment of traditional
knowledge on past
changes in climate and
their effectiveness
• Compilation of lessons
learnt and success stories
• Using Statistics as a
management tool
• Data credibility needs to
be be focused on
• Financial resources need
to be allocated for data
collection
CPACC to MACC Critical Path
CPACC
(1997-2001)
MACC
(2003-2008)
CPACC
Closure
Jan – May.02
ACCC
(Jul. 01Mar .04)
PDF-B
(Oct. 01Aug.02)
CCCC
(Sep.02 - )