Technical Workshop on Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction

The technical workshop on ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction is being organized in response to paragraph 7 of decision XII/20, with the support of the European Union, the Government of South Africa and the Government of Sweden.

Registration of participants will commence on site at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, 28 September 2015.

The workshop will be organized in plenary and breakout group sessions and will include presentations with question-and-answer sessions, and discussions in breakout groups. The Secretariat, in consultation with collaborating organizations, will nominate facilitators and rapporteurs for both plenary and breakout groups, based on the expertise and experience of the workshop participants.

The Government of South Africa has organized a field visit to a site near Johannesburg, to provide a practical example of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation (EbA) and ecosystem-based approaches to disaster risk reduction (eco-DRR). The field visit will take place on Monday 28 September 2015. The transport for the field visit will depart at 10:00 a.m. from the Sandton Convention Centre.

Objectives:

The Secretariat is also organizing the technical workshop on EbA and eco-DRR. The objectives of the workshop are:

• To review the draft synthesis report on experience, planned activities and national targets of Parties and other relevant information related to EbA and eco-DRR;
• To identify gaps in the information provided in the synthesis report, based on the knowledge and experience available at the national level, and to provide more information to strengthen the report;
• To facilitate sharing of experience and lessons learned on EbA and eco-DRR.