Transcript Presentation on Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change

Loss and Damage associated with Climate
Change:
Doha Decision and way forward
M. Hafijul Islam Khan
Policy Officer, Germanwatch
Work Program and the Key activities in 2012
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Theme 1: Assessment of risks of loss and damage
• Japan meeting, 27-29th of March
• Tech. Paper on assessment methodologies
• SBI 36 conclusions
Theme 2: Addressing loss and damage
• Regional expert meetings
• Africa: Addis 12-15th of June, Latin America 23-25th of June
• Asia L&D meeting 27-29th of August, SIDS meeting 9 - 11
October
Barbados
• Literature review, technical paper on slow onset approaches
Theme 3: Role of the convention
• Call for submission: due on 17th of September!!!
Work Program and the Key activities in 2012, cont.
Key Elements of Doha Decision
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Recognized the need of comprehensive, inclusive and strategic
responses
Importance of the continuation of the work programme
Fundamental role of the through promoting leadership,
collaboration and cooperation, at the national, regional and
international levels
Country-driven risk management strategies and approaches
including risk reduction, and risk transfer and risk-sharing
mechanisms
Considers the a range of approaches, methods and tools is
available to assess the risk of and to respond to loss and damage
associated with the adverse effects of climate change, and that
their selection depends upon regional, national and local capacity,
context and circumstances
Developed country parties to provide developing country parties
with finance, technology and capacity building
Key Elements of Doha Decision, cont.
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Doha decision acknowledged the necessity strengthening
institutional arrangements at the national, regional and
international levels to address loss and damage
associated with the adverse effects of climate change
and also decided to establish institutional arrangements,
such as an international mechanism
One expert meeting and
A technical paper on gaps in existing institutional
arrangements
SB-June, 2013: Further activities
Mandates to establish such institutional arrangements
including functions and modalities, at COP 19
Doha Decision and the Way Forward
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Establish an autonomous international mechanism with micro level
institutional arrangements, so that bottom up approach can assess
and redress the real loss and damage
A Compensation Fund can be adopted at the international level to
meet the financial needs of these institutions (including micro level
institutions at the national level) to deliver their functions with
executive authority
A quasi judicial authority an Independent Dispute Settlement Body
can be formed to response with compensation and remedial
measures in dealing with the claims of loss and damage cases
And off course, fundamental role needs to played by the UNFCCC
with due collaboration with other relevant actors
The basic foundation needs to be built in 2015