AGENDA
Climate change and disaster risk management |
Day 1: Thursday 28 February 2008, morning
8.30 – 9.15- Registration and Information: FAO Main Lobby, Building A (Joyce)
- Opening Remarks: Mr José M. Sumpsi Assistant-Director General Technical Cooperation Department
- Meeting Overview: Purpose and Expected Outputs
9.30 – 11.15
Session 1: Climate Change, Food Security and Disaster Risk Management: Issues Paper
11.15 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 – 13.00
Session 2: Good Practice for DRM: Implications of Climate Change on Food Security and Livelihoods
- Implications of Climate Change for DRM: Preparedness and Early Warning in Sudden Onset Disasters (Gentiloni)
- Good practice in Fisheries: Climate Change Adaptation and Livelihoods: Perspectives from Peru (Badjeck)
- Good Practice in Addressing Climate Change Adaptation Deficits due to Extreme Climatic Events: Perspectives from Asia (Ramasamy)
13.00– 14.00 Lunch Break
Day 1: Thursday 28 February 2008, afternoon
14.00 – 15:30- Working Groups and Group Reports
15:30 – 15.45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17.30
Session 3: Emerging Trends in Disaster Risk Management: Local, National and International Strategies to Address the Consequences of Climate Change on Food Security
- Local/Community-based Strategies: Perspectives from CARE (Van Til)
- New Trends in DRM: National Strategies to Address Climate Change, Food Security and Livelihoods (Suarez)
- Strategies to Enhance International Cooperation: Global Assessment, International Cooperation, and Voluntary Guidelines for Fire Management (Goldammer)
- Critical Trends in Global Information and Early Warning: Food Security (Josserand)
17.30 – 18.00 FAO DRM Working Group
- Overview: FAO DRM Working Group (Nyberg)
- Climate Change, Livelihoods and Adaptation: Overview of Case Studies (Baas)
- Good practice in Fisheries: Community-based Strategies, Vulnerability and Adaptation in Coastal Areas (Hermes and Brown)
20.00 Group Dinner
Day 2: Friday 29 February 2008, morning
8.30 – 9.00 Meeting Overview: Summary – Day 1 and Expected Outputs – Day 29.00 – 10.30
Session 4: Emerging trends in Financing Modalities for Disaster Risk Management: Local, National and International Strategies to Address the Costs and Consequences of Climate Change on Food Security.
- Financing Modalities for Disaster Risk Management: Climate Change and Adaptation Funds (Pingali)
- GFDRR Perspectives: International Financing Modalities to Support Capacity-Building – Climate Change, Food Security and DRM (Chiapparino)
- Role of Risk Transfer and Risk Sharing Instruments: Climate Change Adaptation and DRM (Subran)
- Innovative Financing and Land Degradation: Perspectives from IFAD (Weill-Hallé)
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30
Session 5: Key Messages and Recommendations
- Summary Conclusions – Session Leaders presentations and discussion
12.30– 13.30 Lunch Break
Day 2: Friday 29 February 2008, afternoon
13.30 – 15.00 Working Groups and Group Reports15:00 – 15.15 Coffee Break
15.15 – 17.00 Plenary Session – Key Messages and Recommendations term
- What are the key messages and recommendations that participants at this Expert Meeting want to convey to the global community at the High Level Conference in June 2008?
- What is are our statement and agenda for priority actions?
- How can FAO and partners best use DRM to support member states’ efforts to address climate change and food security? For example, through capacity building, institutional structures, technical advice and/or other considerations?
17.00 – 17.30 Closing Remarks