Workshop om klimatilpasning i praksis

The workshop is organised by the Climate Change Task Force in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Convenors are ENRECA HEALTH – Danish Research Network for International Health, DWF – Danish Water Forum and DDRN – Danish Development Research Network.

Issues to be discussed:

• How will climate change affect economic growth in developing countries?´

The workshop is organised by the Climate Change Task Force in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Convenors are ENRECA HEALTH – Danish Research Network for International Health, DWF – Danish Water Forum and DDRN – Danish Development Research Network.

Issues to be discussed:

• How will climate change affect economic growth in developing countries?´
• What are key lessons from and recommendations to climate change adaptation in developing countries?
• Which tools, methods and policies are recommended for Danish development assistance to improve adaptation to climate change in developing countries?

Time: Monday 22nd November and Tuesday 23rd November from 08.30 (Mon) to 13.00 (Tues)

Venue: Eigtveds Pakhus, Asiatisk Plads 2, Christianshavn, Copenhagen

Deadline for registration: Monday, November 1, 2010

Det er ikke opgivet, hvortil man skal tilmelde sig, men et bud er
Marianne Forti, Communications officer i DDRN
tlf. 35 32 25 22 og e-mail: [email protected]

PROGRAMME

Day 1: Monday 22 November 2010, Eigtveds Pakhus

Chair: John Christensen, Head of Centre, UNEP Risø Centre and Chairman, DDRN

08.30
Registration and coffee

09.00
Welcome by Nanna Hvidt, Director, Danish Institute for International Studies

09.20
CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT
Sergio Margulis, Lead Environmental Economist, Climate Change Team, The World Bank•
Youba Sokona, Executive Secretary, Sahara and Sahel Observatory, Tunisia•
Fatima Denton, Program Leader, Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Program, International Development • Research Centre, Senegal

11.20
ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AND LESSONS FROM THE APPLICATION OF SCREENING TOOLS
Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, Senior Technical Advisor, UNDP •
Anne Hammill, Senior Researcher, International Institute for Sustainable Development •

12.30
Lunch

13.30-17.00
WORKING GROUPS
A: Water resources and coastal zones – Facilitator: Dinne Smederup Hansen, COWI
Ben Ampomah, Executive Secretary, Water Resources Commission, Ghana: ‘Experiences in Climate Change • Adaptation through IWRM for improved livelihoods: the three northern regions of Ghana’.
Karsten Havnø, Managing Director, DHI Solutions, Denmark: ‘Capacity building in climate change adaptation, • Bangladesh’.
Jan Dietrich, Director, NIRAS Egypt: ‘Meeting the challenges of sea level rise and coastal erosion, experiences from Egypt’.

B: Agriculture and food security – Facilitator: Elsebeth Tarp, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nickey L. Gaseb, National Coordinator, UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme, Namibia: ‘Community based adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons from small farmers in Namibia’.
Bruce Campbell, CGIAR Challenge Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security: ‘What could a low-carbon development strategy for agriculture look like?’
Poul Erik Lauridsen, Climate Programme Coordinator, Care Denmark: ‘Community-based adaptation – linking policy and practice from local to global’.

C: Disaster Risk Reduction – Facilitator: Karen Villholth, GEUS
Antonio Queface, Climate and Disaster Risk Studies Group, Mozambique: ‘Recent initiatives on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation training at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique’.
Bhanu Neupane, UNESCO Programme Specialist for Water Resources and Hydrology for South Asia: ‘The role of groundwater in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Cases from around the world’.
Karsten Sten Pedersen, Chief Project Manager, Economics, Management and Planning, COWI: ‘Making transport climate resilient – findings from Sub Saharan countries’.

DAY 2: Tuesday 23 November 2010, Eigtveds Pakhus

Chair: Mike Speirs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

09.00
Finalising the conclusions and recommendations in working groups

10.00
Reporting from the working groups

11.00
PANEL DISCUSSION on tools, methods, and policies for Danish development assistance to support adaptation
to climate change in developing countries

Facilitator: Kurt Mørck Jensen, Senior Analyst, Danish Institute for International Studies
Panelists: Anne Hammill, Antonio Queface, Ben Ampomah, Bhanu Neupane, Fatima Denton, Nickey Gaseb,
Youba Sokona

12.30
Summing-up & key messages

13.00
Lunch