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16.11.05 L.A.ogallo
Thanks for the
attachment. I think the text is quite good. I have no
Major issue to add or subtract. The only aspect i see missing is
how
To incorporate 'the use of indigenous knowledge(ik)'
Many livelihoods have
survived n various locations since they have
Been able to adapt to past climate visibilities and changes. What
Lessons can we learn from ik. This could be addressed in any of
the Relevant sections.
Regards
L.A.ogallo
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16.11.05 Marcus Moench
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see tracked changes in the document)
Statement to be used as a basis for an intervention by the Inter-Agency
Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
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16.11.05 Valentin Bartra
Comments from Valentin Bartra, Instituto Andino, Perú Nov.
2005
Question 1: Please provide specific comments on the structure
of the statement
A agree and support the structure as is.
Question 2: Are there other background elements to be added or
expanded in the introduction, such as the ISDR system, the Conference
preparations and holding, or Yokohama and its review
I suggest including the latest surge of weather related disasters like the
exacerbated hurricane season in the Caribbean, Central America and southern
USA.
Taking account of the next section, should more be said on the technical aspects
of the link in this paragraph?
Question 3: Are there other elements/events to be included to
reinforce the case for the political acceptance of the links between
adaptation to climate change and disaster risk reduction?
looks ok
Question 4: Taking account of the next section, should more be
said on the technical aspects of the link in this paragraph?
It seems that there needs to be more technical basis that the discussion paper.
Question 5: Please comment on the clarity/logic of the explanation
of the nature of the link. Are elements missing or redundant?
it is clear
Question 6: Should the five Priorities for Action be quoted? Have
some activities been overlooked? Which ones could be removed? How
can readability be improved?
The adoption of the Hyogo Declaration and Hyogo Framework for Action
represent a significant source of support and strengthening for
the implementation of the Convention and Kyoto Protocol. The Hyogo
Framework for Action, building on other relevant multilateral frameworks
and declarations, provides a clear and authoritative framework
for strengthening preventive measures to reduce substantially the
loss of human lives and social, economic and environmental assets
of communities and countries over the next ten years.
The UN sponsored MDGs should guide and orient the Action Plan.
Question 7: Are the aspects of follow-up sufficiently developed?
Should the development of indicators be reflected? Should the synergy
among the many reporting requirements falling upon governments
and organizations be addressed? Should the commitments matrix be
explicitly presented?
Indicators are more objective and help compare and track progress. All synergies
should be addressed
Question
8: Should ongoing activities of the WG and secretariat
be included or the statement be left to the WCDR outcomes? If description
of these activities is kept, should they be integrated to above
paras on Priorities for Action? As we are talking about ongoing activities of the WG and secretariat,
I would leave it to be enriched by the WCDR outcome
Question
9: How to conclude? Is the summary of Hyogo redundant
or should it be shortened? What are the priority areas for the
two years to come? What specific proposals can be made by the ISDR
system?
a. I would highlight the need to collaborate between climate
change and
disaster reduction practitioners.
b. We need to integrate the views and approaches to climate change
adaptation with disaster reduction management
c. Education at all levels must plan an important role.
d. Professional curricula must incorporate between climate change
and
disaster reduction topics across the board.
OK:
The Hyogo Framework for Action recommends the integration of risk
reduction associated with existing climate variability and future
climate change into strategies for reduction of disaster risks
and adaptation to climate change; use by decision-makers, engineers
and planners of climate-related risk information, and the mainstreaming
of disaster risk reduction measures appropriately in adaptation
to climate change.
Cheers,
Valentin Bartra
Instituto Andino
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see tracked changes in the document)
Statement to be used as a basis for an intervention by the Inter-Agency
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14.11.05
Rajib Shaw
Dear Colleagues,
This is an exciting and important issue. To me, the climate change
adaptation is the missing link between environment and disaster
management. Adaptation measures are increasingly having more attention,
since the limitation and complexities of mitigation measures are
getting prominent. The document shows very nicely different issues
of the climate change adaptation. I would like to focus on two
specific issues related to HFA and CC adaptation:
- It requires
certain emphasis on how knowledge management can facilitate
climate change adaptation at different levels. There
are different
levels of knowledge management. We need enhanced research
to scale down climate scenario to local level. We need to study
the traditional
and communities coping mechanisms, and analyze its relevance
to changing climate risks. We also need to make training,
awareness
raising programs
on climate change adaptation at national, local and community,
and school levels.
- The other
point is climate change adaptation at community level. While
NAPA has been successful at certain aspects
to sensitize
the governments at national level, more emphasis is required
to bring
the climate change adaptation issues in local government
and community levels. A two-way approach is required:
to implement
certain adaptation
projects in the community, and try to integrate these interventions
with the local government development policies and plans.
GEF (Global Environment Facility) is initiating a Community Based
Climate Change Adaptation Project is different countries, where
100 of small projects will be implemented in the communities,
and these
will be linked to the national priorities and actions on climate
change adaptation. It may worth to explore the possibilities
of cooperation with GEF.
Best regards,
Rajib Shaw, D. Sc.
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
KYOTO UNIVERSITY
Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, JAPAN
Tel/ Fax: 81-75-753-5708 (Direct)
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11.11.05
Juan Carlos Villagrán de León
Dear all,
I found the draft document very comprehensive, and thus will add
only a few comments. I am including with this message
a paper I prepared for UNU-EHS on the linking of the
notion of vulnerability as seen by the disaster-risk
community with the view of how hazards are expected to be
modified by climate change in terms of higher intensity and more frequency.
It is a first attempt at looking at this issue from both
perspectives.
Unfortunately, the government actors are different in both
communities. Perhaps a strategy is to start linking both types of actors
in
national or regional meetings, so that when international meetings
or consultations come up, the merging of notions becomes
easier.
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DRAFT (Comments)
Statement to be used as a basis for an intervention by the Inter-Agency
Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(ISDR) on behalf of the ISDR system |
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Vulnerability in the context of Climate Change
J. J. Bogardi, J. C. Villagrán, J. Birkmann, F. Renaud, D. Sakulski,
X. Chen,B. Affeltranger, A. Mensa, M. Kaplan
UNU - EHS |
Best regards,
Juan Carlos Villagrán de León, Ph.D.
Scientific Advisor
Institute for Environment and Human Security
United Nations University
UNU-EHS
Goerresstr 15
D- 53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel (49) (0) 228) 4228 5513
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09.11.05 Climate
Change Online Consultation Moderator
Dear colleagues,
Welcome to the online consultation to draft a statement conveying
the relevance of the Hyogo Framework for Action, adopted at the World
Conference on Disaster Reduction, to the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol.
The consultation will be held Wednesday 9 - 16 November.
The website address where you will find all the background information
and draft statement is http://www.unisdr.org/CCconsultation/introduction.htm.
Please also find the draft
statement attached for your convenience.
Comments received by all participants will regularly be posted on
the website so as to allow maximum interaction.
To send your comments and suggestions on the document, please use
the following address: CCconsultation@un.org.
We would be grateful if comments addressed the specific questions
inserted in the draft statement and were kept short and concise.
Any background material to back up suggestions is always appreciated.
We look forward to your active participation in the coming week.
Should you need clarification or help, do not hesitate to send a
message to the address above.
Best regards
Climate Change Online Consultation Moderator
ISDR secretariat
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