Climate change adaptation strategies for local impact: key messages for UNFCCC negotiators
Technical paper for the IASC task force on climate change:
This paper builts on the Copenhagen Agreement to include risk reduction and risk management as key elements in the climate change adaptation debate. It argues that the proof of effective climate change adaptation strategies will be in improved resilience of the hundreds of millions of people living in communities most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
The paper outlines six key strategies for supporting local action on adaptation. In addition Annexes 1 and 2 highlight sets of specific recommendations for strengthening the attention to the role of local actors within the Copenhagen Agreement negotiating text. Annex 1 suggests new points for inclusion and Annex 2 suggestions modifications to existing text.