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Conference of the Parties
Eighteenth session Doha, 26 November to 7 December 2012
Agenda item 3(b)
Reports of the subsidiary bodies Report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation
Approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to enhance adaptive capacity
Revised proposal by the President Draft decision -/CP.18
Approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to enhance adaptive capacity
The Conference of the Parties
,
Recalling
the relevant provisions of the Convention,
Also recalling
decisions 1/CP.16 and 7/CP.17 and the relevant conclusions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its thirty-fourth and thirty-sixth sessions,
Recognizing
the need to strengthen international cooperation and expertise in order to understand and reduce loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow onset events,
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Highlighting
the important and fundamental role of the Convention in addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts, especially in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, including by promoting leadership, collaboration and cooperation, at the national, regional and
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Decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 25.
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international levels and for a broad range of sectors and ecosystems, in order to enable coherent and synergistic approaches to address such loss and damage,
Noting
the relevant work undertaken by other bodies, work programmes and workplans, and processes under the Convention,
Taking note
of the relevant knowledge and ongoing work outside of the Convention, including the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
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the
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
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the Hyogo Framework for Action
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and the Global Framework for Climate Services of the World Meteorological Organization,
Reaffirming
the need for Parties to take precautionary measures, in accordance with the principles and provisions of the Convention, to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects, and underlining that the lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as reason for postponing action,
Appreciating
the progress made in the implementation, and the importance of the continuation, of the work programme to address the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change,
Acknowledging
ongoing initiatives relevant to loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change at the national, international and regional levels and that there is a need to scale up these efforts, including by enhancing support and coordination in the broader context of climate-resilient sustainable development, 1.
Acknowledges
the need to enhance support, including finance, technology and capacity-building, for relevant actions; 2.
Notes
that a range of approaches, methods and tools is available to assess the risk of and to respond to loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, and that their selection depends upon regional, national and local capacity, context and circumstances, and involves the engagement of all relevant stakeholders; 3.
Also notes
that there are important linkages between extreme weather events and slow onset events, and the importance of building comprehensive climate risk management approaches; 4.
Agrees
that comprehensive, inclusive and strategic responses are needed to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change; 5.
Also agrees
that the role of the Convention in promoting the implementation of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change includes, inter alia, the following: (a)
Enhancing knowledge and understanding of comprehensive risk management approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including slow onset impacts; (b)
Strengthening dialogue, coordination, coherence and synergies among relevant stakeholders; (c)
Enhancing action and support, including finance, technology and capacity- building, to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change;
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<http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/>.
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<http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2011/en/home/index.html>.
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<http://www.unisdr.org/eng/hfa/hfa.htm>.
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6.
Invites
all Parties, taking into account common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities and specific national and regional development priorities, objectives and circumstances, to enhance action on addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, taking into account national development processes, by undertaking, inter alia, the following: (a)
Assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including slow onset impacts; (b)
Identifying options and designing and implementing country-driven risk management strategies and approaches, including risk reduction, and risk transfer and risk-sharing mechanisms; (c)
The systematic observation of, and data collection on, the impacts of climate change, in particular slow onset impacts, and accounting for losses, as appropriate; (d)
Implementing comprehensive climate risk management approaches, including scaling up and replicating good practices and pilot initiatives; (e)
Promoting an enabling environment that would encourage investment and the involvement of relevant stakeholders in climate risk management; (f)
Involving vulnerable communities and populations, and civil society, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders, in the assessment of and response to loss and damage; (g)
Enhancing access to, sharing and the use of data, at the regional, national and subnational levels, such as hydrometeorological data and metadata, on a voluntary basis, to facilitate the assessment and management of climate-related risk; 7.
Acknowledges
the further work to advance the understanding of and expertise on loss and damage, which includes, inter alia, the following: (a)
Enhancing the understanding of: (i)
The risk of slow onset events, and approaches to address them; (ii)
Non-economic losses and damages; (iii)
How loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change affects those segments of the population that are already vulnerable owing to geography, gender, age, indigenous or minority status, or disability, and how the implementation of approaches to address loss and damage can benefit those segments of the population; (iv)
How to identify and develop appropriate approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including to address slow onset events and extreme weather events, including through risk reduction, risk sharing and risk transfer tools, and approaches to rehabilitate from loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change; (v)
How approaches to address loss and damage associated with the impacts of climate change may be integrated into climate-resilient development processes; (vi)
How impacts of climate change are affecting patterns of migration, displacement and human mobility; (b)
Strengthening and supporting the collection and management of relevant data, including gender-disaggregated data, for assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change;