REPORT UNFCCC TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON ECOSYSTEM-BASED APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE UNDER THE NAIROBI WORK PROGRAMME ON IMPACTS,

VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOP HELD 21TH - 23RD MARCH, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA.

Summary: This report presents a summary of the UNFCCC Technical workshop on ecosystembased approaches to adaptation to climate change under the Nairobi Work Programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. Given the urgency of adaptation and often limited funding, available and cost effective adaptation solutions are often prioritized. Ecosystem based approaches to adaptation, sustainable management and restoration of ecosystem to help people adapt to impacts of climate change are gaining increasing attention, as they are accessible to rural community in developing countries and can cost effective. Such approaches include example Sustainable agriculture, integrated water resource management, and sustainable forest management interventions that use nature to reduce vulnerability to climate change. It then assesses whether and how international policy guidance on ecosystem based approaches to adaptation has based integrated into national level development, climate change and sector policies. Scope of workshop: Impacts and vulnerability: development and dissemination of methods and tools; access to and use of information and data, understanding of climate change impacts and vulnerability). Adaptation planning, measures and actions: development and dissemination of methods and tools; collecting, analyzing and disseminating adaptation actions and measures; and facilitating communication) Modality of work (assessment, planning, Implementation, monitoring and evaluation) and Knowledge Management & Stakeholder Engagement: Ongoing collaboration with Parties, partner organizations and other relevant stakeholders in implementation of the Nairobi work programme. Implementation of the Nairobi work programme i. Facilitating knowledge sharing and learning ii. Promoting dialogue and interaction through technical workshops and expert meetings iii. Enhancing knowledge base through; Online knowledge resources (including database of partner organizations and action pledges) Technical papers and synthesis documents Publications and Updates iv. Stakeholder engagement

Principles and benefits of ecosystem-based approaches Planning and practices of EbA in adaptation policies and programmes Methodological, technical and scientific aspects of EbA

CONCLUSIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED: Better integrated, cross-sectoral approaches to policy formulation , supported by multistakeholder institutional arrangements and adequate funding, will be critical in ensuring the delivering of effective, sustainable solutions on the ground that enable both ecosystems and the people to adopt in changing climate.

Knowledge management Guidance on developing indicators, including ecosystem functioning and resilience as well as adaptive capacity Compilation of lessons learnt good and bad Process for harmonizing goals and indicators related to the three Rio Conventions Review of Nairobi Work Progamme in light of Cancun Adaptation Framework, esp. para 12 on principles and para 14 on activities by Parties Develop strategies that will distinguish/address knowledge generation and dissemination Develop programmes that will serve to transfer knowledge into action and policy Create capacity (including institutional capacity) for sustainable self-reliance/ self improvement by providing access to information Evaluate the appropriateness of different research and methodologies to the creation of knowledge reflective of indigenous experiences Inventories/meta-databases that show provenance of data and products, linking to vulnerability assessments that identify fitness for purpose, information content, and limits of applicability in the context of Ecosystem based adaptation Review LDC Expert Group document and processes relating to NAPs for inclusion of NWP tools

Stakeholder engagement Guidelines on early and inclusive stakeholder engagement in project design phase

Application of existing tools guiding the process of obtaining Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) from communities, e.g. new REDD+ guidelines Guidelines for integration of local and traditional knowledge, relationship with others forms of knowledge and processes of validation Facilitation of South-South cooperation through learning exchange visits and sharing of information Better communications materials written/prepared to reach out to different communities (such as, Engineers, Economists, Youth Social Media) Stressing benefits to people socio economic and biophysical, Tangible and intangible, Short and long term benefits. Direct and Indirect Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) needs to be a two way process An environment (multiple stakeholder platform ) must be created so as to bring as many people as possible RESPECT for all Stakeholders

***** Pile up challenge on EbA 1. Do we really have a common understanding of EbA and what makes it different from the existing sustainable development ? 2. Getting rights & responsibilities RIGHT - key foundation (clarity, decentralization, gender, empowerment) 3. Knowledge Management & Stakeholder Engagement it is not just technical, but a political process 4. EbA reach out other sectors key: esp. agric., water, finance, private sector 5. Real importance of Indigenous and local community = building block to increase effectiveness 6. Different knowledge on EbA to different groups messaging 7. Low Knowledge Empowers at local level about Eba on Understanding what EbA really is 8. Difficulties of measuring EbA quantify ($$, Environmental. Social)

Without secure rights (tenure+) and responsibilities, EbA will be doomed

Prepared by Juma Ally Juma Youngo representative to the workshop Greener Impact International Tanzania