Session 7 - Working Group II - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Editor's Notes

• #1: Good morning, and thank you for inviting me to speak at this webinar – it's a critical period of climate action and cities play an important role in it, so much so that 195 governments have approved a SR for Climate Change and Cities in this IPCC 7th assessment cycle,
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• #13: Section 1: Section 1 lays out the rationale, framing and purpose, and will look to referencing also relevant global frameworks such as the SDGs, GGA, and Sendai Framework on DRR. It distinguishes the guidelines from the assessment, especially in Ch2, 3, 4 of the main WGII report. The update of the TGIA was agreed at the first plenary session of the 7th assessment – at P60 (Istanbul) in 2024. The agreement was for “a distinct product revising and updating the 1994 IPCC Technical Guidelines on impacts and adaptation, including adaptation indicators, metrics and methodologies will be scoped, developed, reviewed and should be considered for approval and acceptance in conjunction with the WG II Report and will be published as a separate product” Section 2 Section 2 articulates the main purpose: servicing national decision-makers and practitioners, at the same time recognizing the important role the Guidelines play in guiding and signaling other users and groups (as discussed at the scoping meeting) Scoping experts were also keen to set the tone of the guidelines as based on some key principles that are important to successful adaptation in practice, including co-development, systems approaches, and learning and risk management. Key principles also include adaptation as a continuous, mainstreamed activity It also places adaptation in conversation with societal values and overall development needs Section 3 Scoping experts felt that a first step of scoping and goal-setting was necessary to capture the process of understanding the overall context within which climate change impacts to systems and communities occur, and the resources and knowledge available in these contexts, and the gaps, to address these. The latter four stages – impact, planning, implementation, MEL – are meant to resonate with the dimensional targets of the GGA. Section 4 This section addresses enabling instruments or conditions that are critical for supporting successful, effective and adequate adaptation. It delves into the practicalities of planning and implementation, including tools and methodologies, the application of co-development in practice, data and required services, issues around mobilising resources and finance for adaptation, and the policy and regulatory frameworks that govern adaptation implementation.