Breakout Group D: presentation by Jane Ellis

1. Climate Change Expert Group www.oecd.org/env/cc/ccxg.htm
Communicating global
progress on adaptation
Jane Ellis (OECD), jane.ellis@oecd.org
Based on a draft discussion document: “Communicating
progress in national and global adaptation to climate change”
by Taka Kato and Jane Ellis
CCXG Global Forum on the Environment
15-16 March 2016

2. 2 Climate Change Expert Group
Presentation outline
 Aims of the adaptation component of “global
stocktake”
 Possible options to meet these aims
o … and their feasibility
 Conclusions
 Discussion questions

3. 3 Climate Change Expert Group
Adaptation-related aims of global
stocktake
 Recognising adaptation efforts (dvp’ing countries)
 Enhancing implementation of adaptation action
 Reviewing adequacy and effectiveness of
adaptation and adaptation support
 Reviewing overall progress in achieving the global
adaptation goal
 AC & LEG to develop methods and make
recommendations for consideration

4. 4 Climate Change Expert Group
Recognising adaptation efforts of
developing countries
 Qualitative overview
 Summary report
 Collated adaptation info
(e.g. in registry) that
has been submitted by
countries
Feasibility Resource
requirements
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5. 5 Climate Change Expert Group
Enhancing adaptation
implementation
 Summary & synthesis of Party
submissions
 Above + info from other sources
 Increased links, e.g. to adaptation
info, sources of finance
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Feasibility Resource
requirem’ts

6. 6 Climate Change Expert Group
Reviewing adequacy, effectiveness
of adaptation & adaptation support
 Assessing adaptation effort
(qualitative)
 Assessing support, needs
(qualitative)
 Proxy information, e.g. trends in
costs of extreme events
 Reviewing adaptation effort,
adequacy (quantitative)
 Reviewing effectiveness
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Feasibility Resource
requirem’ts

7. 7 Climate Change Expert Group
Reviewing overall progress to
adaptation goal
 Qualitative self-assessment
(scorecard)
 Qualitative self-assessment
(report to UNFCCC)
 Use of 3rd Party info (e.g. IPCC)
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Feasibility Resource
requirem’ts

8. 8 Climate Change Expert Group
Conclusions
 Feasibility of objectively meeting the 4 aims of
adaptation part of global stocktake vary
o Qualitative assessments more feasible than
quantitative/comprehensive assessments
o Assessing adequacy and effectiveness
particularly challenging
 More information is needed to undertake global
stocktake than countries are asked to report
individually
o Increases information needs from third parties

9. 9 Climate Change Expert Group
Thank you!
For more information:
www.oecd.org/env/cc/ccxg.htm
www.oecd.org/env/cc/adaptation.htm

10. 10 Climate Change Expert Group
Discussion questions
 What is expected from the global stocktake vis a
vis adaptation?
 What information would be needed and from
whom in order to produce such outputs?