The Policy Project, Research Interface and the Road to Adaptation
12th -13th October 2009
Introduction
A two day workshop was hosted by the Climate Action Partnership on the 12th and 13th of October 2009. The workshop allowed for a knowledge exchange between CAP partners, projects, associates and funders as well as other groups and individuals who align with CAPs mitigation, adaptation and education work. The content covered a review of CAPs policy work and UNFCCC negotiations. We addressed lessons learnt in terms of adaptation and mitigation programs, and looked at how research can be aligned to support CAP partners and associates work with policy and implementation. 53 delegates took part in the workshop. This report will provide an overview of the key findings on day one and two, and then briefly consider some of the issues raised by each of the speakers under the themes of policy, mitigation work, adaptation, and research. Summaries of other important debates such as carbon offset are also given as well as the research questions which were workshopped on day 2.
The objectives of the workshop included:
Learn from each other about our project work, what have been the lessons this year and the challenges.
Understand what CAP has been doing on policy work and how national and international policy links to our projects.
Understand a little more what climate change adaptation means and how we can align our work with this.
Look at what where the needs and gaps are in our research that can support our work.
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) (Brian Mantlana) Summary
Climate Change Policy and GAP analysis (Andrew Muir) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 137kb)
Session 2
Mitigation and Adaptation Projects: The Learnings
A number of projects fed back the learnings of work which the CAP partners have been doing over the course of the last year.
Wildlands Conservation Trust: Greening of Future Initiative: KZN Forest Restoration (Graeme Farley and Susan Viljoen) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 7.8mb)
Wilderness Foundation: Baviaanskloof Eastern Cape Restoration- Carbon farming with land use (Mike Powell) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 12.6mb)
Ezemvulo KZN Wildlife: Adaptation for Biodiversity – corridors and stewardship for climate change (Kevin McCann) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 3.9mb)
Endangered Wildlife Trust: Riparian Habitat Restoration for adaptation in the NamaKaroo (Reda Potts) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 3.2mb)
Envirotrade: Agroforestry and avoided deforestation in Southern Africa (Mark Heaton) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 1.1mb)
Peace Parks Foundation Climate Change Unit: Lessons Learnt from the REDD project development in Western Zambia:Transfonteir Conservation Areas (Leon Theron) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 2.8mb)
WESSA: Agriculture and climate change in the Garden Route (Steve Du Toit) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 5.1mb)
Project 90 x 2030: Education on climate change in schools and clubs: (Brenda Martin) Summary
Day Two
Session 1
Adaptation Approaches
Department of Environmental Affairs: National climate change adaptation framework (Nkoniseni Ramavhona) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 380kb)
Disaster Mitigation Unit for Sustainability of Livelihoods at UCT (DiMP): Reducing Climate Impacts through integrated risk management- Adapting to severe weather in the Western Cape (Ailsa Holloway) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 19mb)
Green Connection: Adaptation to climate change workshop model and research and monitoring frameworks (Liziwe McDaid) Summary | Download (format: PDF, size: 2.3mb)
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