INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY MEETING TOWARDS COP16 ON ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE Setting the scene for actions September 29 and 30 ORGANIZERS National Institute of Ecology National Water Commission Mexican Academy of Sciences Avenue: International Conference Center Headquarters, located at 50 Porfirio Diaz, San Jeronimo, Mexico City. OBJECTIVES The objectives of the meeting are to establish a dialogue to: 1. Identify adaptation actions by sectors and regions in the short and long term; 2. Discuss possible international cooperation activities between developed and developing countries; 3. Identify international financial needs to implement projects as well as integrate a document that provides scientific and technology elements to support the discussion of the adaptation framework in the context of COP16. DYNAMICS Each speaker will be covering a subject in 20 minutes followed of 20-30 minutes discussion and question. At the end of each day, a task force group will be presenting the conclusions and agreements reached In this meeting, we expect to benefit from the participation of academic researchers and experts on climate change adaptation at national and international levels. 1
TIME 8:00-8:30 Registry PROGRAMME Wednesday, September 29 OPENING SESSION Eng. Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada Minister of Environment and Natural Resources 8:30-9:30 Eng. Jose Luis Luege Tamargo General Director National Water Commission PhD. Adrian Fernandez Bremauntz President National Institute of Ecology PhD. Arturo Menchaca Rocha President Mexican Academy of Sciences 9:30-9:50 9:50-10:10 10:10-10:30 10:30-10:50 ADAPTATION AND COSTS Climate Change Adaptation Costs and Co-Benefits. PhD. Antonina Ivanova Boncheva. Researcher the University Autonomy of Baja California Sur. Member of the IPCC Bureau. Support and Finance for National Adaptation PhD. Simon Billet, UNDP. Modeling Adaptation Costs and Integrating Adaptation in Environmental Assessments: Insights from recent OECD Analysis. PhD. Shardul Agrawala, Environment Directorate, OECD. PhD. José Eduardo Alatorre Bremont 10:50-11:20 Moderator: PhD. Edmundo de Alba Relater: PhD. Kristie Ebie 11:20-11:40 COFFEE ACTION AND PROGRAMS The use of regional climate change scenarios for risk management. PhD. Victor Magaña Rueda, Researcher of National Autonomous University of 11:40-12:00 Mexico. Shortcomings to effective adaptation actions 12:00-12:20 PhD. Osvaldo Canziani, ExCo-Chair from Working Group II IPCC. ARGENTINA. State-level action programs to face climate change. 12:20-12:40 PhD. Adrian Fernandez Bremauntz, President National Institute of Ecology. Challenges and Opportunities in Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector: Elements for a Regional Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean. 12:40-13:00 Eng. José Luis Luege Tamargo, Director General. National Water Commission. 2
13:00-13:30 Moderator: Biol. Julia Martinez Relater: PhD. Diana Liverman 13:30-14:30 LUNCH OPPORTUNITIES AND SYNERGIES 14:30-14:50 Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Finance PhD. Alfred Grunwaldt, IDB. 14:50-15:10 Adaptation beyond UNFCCC - Using Synergies across Conventions PhD. Jean Kappen, UNEP. 15:10-15:30 15:30-15:50 Adaptation Program for the Latin American ecosystems. PhD. POR CONFIRMAR, World Bank, Washington D. C. Scenarios of rainfall in the country and its trends Dr. Angel R. Teran Cuevas. Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring Assistant at the National Weather Service. 15:50-16:20 Moderator: Biol. Julia Martinez Relater: PhD. Julio Garcia 16:20-16:40 COFFEE RISK REDUCTION AND TECNOLOGY 16:40-17:00 17:00-17:20 17:20-17:40 17:40-18:00 18:00-18:30 Climate change adaptation through risk reduction: towards an integral framework. PhD. Fernando Aragón. Researcher the Center Mario Molina. Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change: Sharing a Common Agenda PhD. Julio Garcia Vargas. Regional Officer. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. UN. Technology for Adaptation? PhD. Edmundo de Alba. Assessor the National Institute of Ecology. MÉXICO. PhD. Roberto Sanchez-Rodriguez, Emeritus Professor, University of California. UNITED ESTATES Moderator: PhD. Andrés Flores Relater: PhD. Antonina Ivanova WRAP UP FOR THE DAY BY THE TASK FORCE GROUP 18:30-18:50 Chair: PhD. Adrian Fernandez Co-Chair: Biol. Julia Martinez The presentation will include time for questions (5 min) 3
Thursday, September 30 REGIONS NEEDS LATIN AMERICA Using current resources of public policy to adapt to climate change. PhD. Carlos Gay, Researcher the National Autonomous University of Mexico. 8:30-9:50 ASIA Tasuku Ishibashi, JICA. NORTH AMERICA America's Climate Choices: implications for adaptation PhD. Diana Liverman. Researcher the University of Arizona. UNITED ESTATES 9:50-10:20 AFRICA Gender and Climate Change Sra. Hannie Meesters. UNDP. 10:20-10:40 COFFEE 10:40-11:00 11:00-11:20 11:20-11:40 11:40-12:10 12:10-12:30 12:30-12:50 12:50-13:10 Chair: PhD. Blanca Jimenez Co-Chair: PhD. Alfred Grunwaldt WATER RESOURCES Vulnerabilidad y Gestión Adaptativa del Agua Urbana en la Región Transfronteriza de México PhD. Margaret Wilder, Researcher the University of Arizona. UNITED ESTATES Methodology and data needs to estimate the cost for the climate change impacts on the water services in developing countries PhD. Blanca Jimenez Cisneros, Researcher the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Programa de la CONAGUA para enfrentar el Cambio Climático PhD. Felipe Ignacio Arreguin Cortes. CONAGUA. Chair: MSc. Estrellita Fuentes Co-Chair: MSc. Miguel Angel Altamirano AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY Global Environmental Change and Food Systems: lessons from GECAFS, looking towards CCAFS PhD. Diana Liverman, Researcher the University of Arizona. UNITED ESTATES Climate Change and Agriculture in Mexico PhD. Cecilia Conde, Researcher the National Autonomous University of Mexico. 13:10-14:10 LUNCH Chair: PhD. Carlos Gay Co-Chair: PhD. Leticia Gomez 4
HUMAN HEALTH 14:10-14:30 14:30-14:50 14:50-15:10 15:10-15:30 15:30-15:50 15:50-16:10 16:10-16:40 Climate Change and Health: Present situation and perspectives in Mexico. PhD. Horacio Riojas. Researcher the National Public Health Institute, Adaptation to the Health Risks of Climate Change PhD. Kristie Ebie, IPCC. Chair: PhD. Margaret Wilder Co-Chair: PhD. Ana Rosa Moreno CITIES AND ENERGY Feed-back between urban and global climate changes: risks and opportunities. PhD. Adalberto Tejeda Martinez, Researcher the University Veracruzana. Cancun Declaration. Local Governments for Climate Protection MSc. Edgar Villaseñor Franco, Executive Director. ICLEI. Sector energético mexicano: en proceso de adaptación al cambio climático. PhD. Claudia Scheibaum, Researcher the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Chair: PhD. Verania Chao Co-Chair: PhD. Fernando Aragon 16:40-17:00 17:00-17:20 17:20-17:40 17:40-18:10 ECOSYSTEM AND FORESTRY Challenges in socioecosystems adaptation: land use change Vs climate change PhD. Leticia Gómez. Researcher of National Autonomous University of Mexico. Xxxxxxxxxxxx PhD. Angela Andrade. Conservation International. COLOMBIA. POR CONFIRMAR Desarrollo de Programas Piloto de Adaptación al Cambio Climático en Áreas Naturales Protegidas del Sureste de México PhD. Ignacio J. March Mifsut. Science Coordinator. The Nature Conservancy. Chair: PhD. Edward M. Peters Co-Chair: PhD. Cecilia Conde 18:10-18:30 COFFEE PREPARATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSION AND THE DRAFT POSITION PAPER TO PRESENT DURING COP 16 18:30-19:00 Task group Chair and Co-Chair of all sessions PRESENTATION OF CONCLUSION AND THEMES 19:00-19:20 Chair: PhD. Adrian Fernandez Co-Chair: Biol. Julia Martinez 19:20-19:30 CLOSING The presentation will include time for questions (5 min) 5