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THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL

SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

8 July 2014 Songdo, Republic of Korea

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The 6th International Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation

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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................ 2

BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................... 3

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION ................................................................................................ 4 Opening Session ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Plenary 1: National Efforts on Climate Change Adaptation ........................................................... 4 Parallel Session 1: Useful Lessons from the Past – (1) Adaptation Information ........................... 5 Parallel session 1: Useful Lessons from the Past – (2) Adaptation Finance ................................... 6 Parallel Session 2: Future Directions for Adaptation – (1) Adaptation Information .................... 7 Parallel Session 2: Future Directions for Adaptation – (2) Adaptation Finance .......................... 8 Plenary 2: New paradigm of Climate Change Adaptation ............................................................ 9 Closing session ........................................................................................................................................... 9

APPENDIX 1: AGENDA ...................................................................................................... 10

APPENDIX 2: PHOTOS ....................................................................................................... 12


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LIST OF ACRONYMS

AF Adapta on Fund

APAN Asia Pacific Adapta on Network

GCF Green Climate Fund

GEF Global Environment Facility

GHG Greenhouse gas

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

KACCC Korea Adapta on Center for Climate Change

KEI Korea Environment Ins tute

LAPA Local Adapta on Plan of Ac on

LDCF Least Developed Countries Fund

NAPA Na onal Adapta on Programme of Ac on

NIE Na onal implemen ng en ty

SCCF Special Climate Change Fund


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The 6th International Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation S O N G D O , R E P U B L I C O F K O R E A

BACKGROUND The Asia Pacific Adapta on Network (APAN) (funded by the Ministry of Environment, Japan, the Asian Development Bank, the USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific project, and others) jointly with the Korea Adapta on Center for Climate Change (KACCC) under the Korea Environment Ins tute (KEI) organised the 6th Interna onal Symposium on Climate Change Adapta on on 8 July 2014 in Inchoen, Republic of Korea. The symposium was hosted by the Ministry of Environment of Korea. This one‐day event brought together over 200 interna onal and na onal adapta on experts, policy‐makers, researchers, prac oners and media. The symposium was designed based on the current context of adapta on briefly described below: 1) Adapta on needs have increased as climate change risks grow with global temperature rise.

a. IPCC Fi h Assessment Report es mates that the global economic damage would reach 0.2‐2.0 per cent of the global GDP if temperature rises 2° C above pre‐industrial level by the end of the century.

b. Adapta on policies are required and poli cal, social and technological systems need to be transformed in order to manage climate related risks and to enhance resilience.

2) Adapta on – rela vely new concept – requires knowledge sharing as research is s ll insufficient and uncertainty is high.

a. Sharing good prac ces and research results by invi ng prominent interna onal adapta on researchers and experts is crucial.

b. Ways forward on effec ve access to adapta on informa on and finance are to be discussed among interna onal and na onal prac oners.

3) Adapta on – required at all levels at all mes – has diverse stakeholders and they must be meaningfully included in adapta on discussion. a. Adapta on capacity of various stakeholders needs to be enhanced. b. Pla orms should be provided to share adapta on experiences and discuss ways forward on future

adapta on paths.

Objec ve

The symposium aimed to raise awareness, promote sharing and dissemina on of adapta on knowledge,

and contribute to enhancing adap ve capacity of prac oners through sharing interna onal and na onal

good prac ces on climate change adapta on.


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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION The symposium was opened by Mr. Heong‐Jin Choi, Director General of the Ministry of Environment of

Korea. Welcoming remarks were made from KEI, Incheon Metropolitan City and the Green Climate Fund

(GCF). The symposium consisted of two plenary sessions and four parallel sessions centered on adapta on

informa on and finance. The following sec on presents a brief summary of the sessions below.

Opening Session

Heong‐Jin Choi (Director General, Ministry of Environment of Korea)

Republic of Korea has successfully developed a roadmap of na onal greenhouse gas (GHG) emission

reduc on. As part of it, the implementa on of na onal emission trading scheme is expected to be put in

place in 2015. He stated that Korea will remain commi ed to reduce GHG emission and beef up its efforts

to adapt to climate change impacts in the future.

Byung‐Wook Lee (President, Korea Environment Ins tute)

Mr. Lee spoke about Korea’s effort to establish its second 5‐Year Na onal Adapta on Plan and subsequent

Ac on Plans for local governments in 2015. While the country is moving forward to effec vely address

impacts of climate change, KEI recognises the importance of developing and pu ng in place systems for

monitoring and evalua on of climate change measures with the view to maximising its efforts and

efficiency.

Myoung‐Woo Cho (Deputy Mayor, Incheon Metropolitan City)

On behalf of the host city of Incheon, Mr. Cho commended interna onal adapta on prac oners gathered

and discuss issues on adapta on. He men oned that the city of Incheon has become a leading city to

combat climate change in many ways including hos ng GCF in 2012 and a World Bank office (expected in

August 2014). He expected mely forums with regards to public private partnerships for GCF to be

organised in the near future.

Hela Cheikhrouhou (Execu ve Director, Green Climate Fund)

As the head of the newly established Green Climate Fund, Ms. Cheikhrouhou emphasised on strong

partnership among different actors on climate change. The GCF is expected to play an important role in

financially suppor ng climate change ac vi es in the coming years. It is developing plans as to how best to

use the fund which will be collected through both the public and private sectors. Developing countries’

needs on mi ga on and adapta on will be iden fied through various tools. The fund will be allocated

equally between mi ga on and adapta on. She also underscored that GCF assistance will be aligned with

na onal adapta on plans and that collabora on with exis ng similar funds such as the Adapta on Fund

will be sought.

Plenary 1: National Ef for ts on Climate Change Adaptation

(Lessons from different countries)

Jeong‐Seop Hong (Director, Ministry of Environment Korea)


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Korea has experienced an air temperature rise of 1.8° C in 6 major ci es in the past century and a sea level

rise of 22 mm over the past 40 years. The temperature of sea water increased by 1.2 – 1.6° C in the past

100 years. IPCC AR5 es mated the air temperature would increase up to 3.2° C by 2050 in Korea having

Seoul’s temperature similar to that of Busan with fewer winter days. Jeju Island may experience no water

days. To address the projected challenges, Korea has commi ed to cut GHG emissions by 30 per cent

against BAU by 2020 through emission target management, cap‐and‐trade schemes and incen ve

measures. The second Na onal Adapta on Plan is set to be ready by 2015 based on the Framework Act on

Low Carbon Green Growth as well as sectoral adapta on measures. It also promotes research for

adapta on policies, support for vulnerable groups and ac vi es on capacity building through bo om‐up

approach.

Clemens Haße (Scien fic Advisor, Climate Impacts and Adapta on in Germany)

Germany is experiencing various weather events depending on the different regions – more droughts in

North and more floods in Rhine river areas. In an effort to address climate change impacts, the country has

developed its Na onal Adapta on Strategies in 2008 and Ac on Plans in 2011. In that, Ministry of

Environment and other agencies are leading na onal adapta on ac ons – including M&E framework,

assessment tools, communica on with stakeholders and review of adapta on policies. Germany sees

adapta on as a circular learning process consis ng of se ng objec ves, priori sing sectors, conduc ng

sectoral risk assessments, se ng sectoral goals, establishing targets and indicators, and managing conflict

and feedback. The Adapta on Progress Report due in 2015 will feature developing policy tools, decision

making tools and mul faceted evalua on measures and recommenda ons for the second Ac on Plan.

David Rissik (Deputy Director, Australian Na onal Climate Change Adapta on Research Facility)

The center was established 6 years ago with aims to carry out vulnerability assessments, produce new

knowledge for decision makers, and promote adapta on networks among others. It has produced about

200 research results with regard to adapta on and has been trying to transfer new knowledge to users who

need it. It has also been contribu ng to the na onal database system and quan fying adapta on ac ons

and results for informed decision making. The current government is likely to adopt new approaches

(coastal area climate risk management tool, etc.) to achieve climate goals rather than go for the emission

cut trade schemes.

Naresh Sharma (Under‐Secretary and Programme Coordinator, Nepal Climate Change Support Programme)

Nepal allocates 80% of it’s adapta on budget to local governments through its Local Adapta on Plans of

Ac on (LAPA) with a focus on climate resilience and adapta on. It operates through climate vulnerability

assessment, vulnerable region/sector iden fica on, priori sa on, and then se ng up adapta on op ons.

Local governments in collabora on with NGOs work on mainstreaming climate change in development

agenda in the most marginalised and vulnerable areas in Nepal. With assistance from UNDP, LAPA has been

contribu ng to establishing mid‐ and long‐term climate change adapta on plans in 14 areas in the past

year.

Parallel Session 1: Useful Lessons from the Past – (1) Adaptation Information


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Puja Sawhney (APAN Coordinator, Ins tute for Global Environmental Strategies)

APAN is a regional network dedicated to climate change adapta on. Three objec ves of the network are to

i) help countries design and implement adapta on ac ons, ii) assist na ons in developing adapta on

policies and strategies and iii) provide technical assistance to enhance access to adapta on finance. She

went on to explain that, in the five sub‐regions the network covers, it addresses emerging adapta on

issues, provides technical assistance in iden fying adapta on priori es, and conducts training workshops

with targeted government officials. Over the past 5 years, 41 training workshops, conferences and forums

were organised and over 4,000 government officials were trained. She encouraged par cipa on in the

upcoming Adapta on Forum in Malaysia to share adapta on knowledge and find out new solu ons.

Myoung‐Jin Lee (Senior Researcher, Korea Environment Ins tute)

KEI established a system to share adapta on data which will contribute to enhancing adapta on capacity of

various stakeholders at all levels. He explained that his ins tute collected more than 600 data sets from

governments and related agencies. The collected data were then processed to be readily u lised by all

users. He hoped that it would reduce me and efforts to search adapta on data and help different sectors

and local communi es more easily develop adapta on ac on plans.

Michael Rastall (weADAPT Content Manager, Stockholm Environment Ins tute)

Mr. Rastall presented the weADAPT tool developed and operated by SEI which facilitates to transfer data

provided by different actors. He shared with the audience ten lessons learned through running the data

tool. Some of which are: i) importance of maintaining con nuous partnership with adapta on actors as

data providers, ii) data having to be processed to be easily used for decision making, iii) data provided

should be tailor‐made, and iv) importance of data analysis to create new informa on.

Parallel session 1: Useful Lessons from the Past – (2) Adaptation Finance

Roland Sundstrom (Climate Change Specialist, Global Environment Facility)

Mr. Sundstrom presented adapta on finance – in par cular Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and

Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) – managed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). He highlighted

that projects funded by LDCF or SCCF are in most cases well aligned with na onal development objec ves.

One example is the Na onal Adapta on Programme of Ac on (NAPA) funded by LDCF that contributes to

economic and social development and promotes sustainability in developing countries. It was noted that

through new strategies (2014‐2018) mainstreaming adapta on into related policies, plans and decision

making processes in countries will be promoted. Establishing extensive partnership with strategic regional

partners was also underscored. With regard to challenges to be addressed, he noted developing

methodologies for iden fying adap ve development from tradi onal one and ways to mobilise private

finance on adapta on.

Yong Sung Kim (Senior Infrastructure Specialist, Global Green Growth Ins tute)


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Presen ng an Ecotown project in the Philippines with the Global Green Growth Ins tute, Mr. Kim shared

lessons learned during the implementa on of the project which was conducted jointly with local

governments, Climate Change Commi ee and KACCC. Strong poli cal commitment, scien fic evidence, and

integrated knowledge to reduce uncertain es were highlighted as key elements for success. He addi onally

men oned resilience building is crucial to achieving sustainable development. In order to enhance

resilience, adapta on should gain more a en on.

Mozaharul Alam (Regional Climate Change Coordinator, UNEP)

Mr. Alam presented the global climate finance flow in 2010/2011 – USD 350 billion (mi ga on) and USD 14

billion (adapta on). Most of finance was in the form of loans. Adapta on finance was allocated in Asia‐

Pacific (27%) and Sub‐Saharan Africa (44%). He went on to iden fy challenges in implemen ng the NAPAs.

For example, differen a ng adapta on from usual development in project design is challenging. Another

one was co‐financing from the countries implemen ng NAPAs. He then suggested that countries need to

regularly check project progress and discuss with project partners. It was also highlighted that a logical

framework should be designed from the beginning as to how the finance contributes to reducing

vulnerability in order to ensure effec veness of the projects.

Parallel Session 2: Future Directions for Adaptation – (1) Adaptation Information

Seongwoo Jeon (Director, Korea Environmental Informa on Center, KEI)

Climate change entails uncertainty, which underscores the importance of pu ng a system of regularly

upda ng climate data in place. It helps informed decision making based on the latest informa on. In Korea,

various a empts to establish data centers have been made – including environment outlook, environment

sta s cs, and na onal ecosystem assessment. These are being developed using real‐ me tracking and GPS

technologies. Globally, UNEP‐Live – global data pla orm – which collects environment informa on and

sta s cs at the global level is being established since 2010. UNEP is planning to use this pla orm for

dissemina ng global environment outlook informa on which has been published every five years. Mr. Jeon

highlighted that ways to include informa on collected and analysed at the private sector need to be

deliberated. He also stated that data verifica on needs to be put in place to avoid inaccurate informa on

put into the system by public par cipa on.

Jaeyoon Park (Associate Programme Officer on Adapta on, UNEP)

UNEP has been working to facilitate informa on sharing. The APAN is one example of it drawing upon

partnerships with other ins tutes. He went on to present some other cases where UNEP provides services

on helping developing countries make informed decisions with up‐to‐date data and valuable knowledge

shared with peer countries. He emphasised that latest informa on and knowledge should keep flowing

within and between countries, for which con nuous investment is required. Knowledge crea on and

sharing must be demand‐driven. Effec ve informa on flows can also be realised through South‐South

coopera on among developing countries as many of them are in a similar condi on and go through similar

experiences.


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Dong Hyun Kim (Research Fellow, Korea Environment Ins tute)

According to a survey, 60‐70 per cent of the private sector respondents are concerned about impact of

climate change. They haven’t however set up adapta on plans yet. Mr. Kim explained this is due to the lack

of appeal of the exis ng adapta on guidelines to the business sector and due to the uncertainty of the

climate change impacts. The KEI is developing Climate change risk assessment tool that helps companies

understand poten al impacts in a clearer way in economic terms with risk scoring. It features simple ways

of measuring risks to business, a checklist of risk/adapta on factors, poten al climate scenarios,

priori za on tools, risk assessment tools etc. It aims finally to provide guidelines to reduce risks and

establish adapta on measures. So far 14 companies were trained to apply this tool to their business

planning.

Parallel Session 2: Future Directions for Adaptation – (2) Adaptation Finance

Daniel Gallagher (Adapta on Associate, Adapta on Fund Board Secretariat)

The Adapta on Fund (AF) has been suppor ng developing countries in reducing vulnerability to climate

change impact and building resilience. It has disbursed over USD 200 million un l date which has primarily

been made available through the Clean Development Mechanism since 2010. As of July 2014, 16 Na onal

implemen ng en es (NIE), 4 Regional implemen ng en es and 11 mul lateral implemen ng en es

have been accredited to directly access the fund. Accredita on for direct access is given to en es that

successfully prove their financial management capacity with monitoring and self‐inves ga ng systems are

in place as per the Fund’s fiduciary standards. The Fund keeps at least 50 per cent of its overall fund only

for NIE and is con nuously working on helping countries get their NIEs accredited and capacitated to

successfully manage the fund.

Mozaharul Alam (Regional Climate Change Coordinator, UNEP)

UNEP is a special organisa on of the United Na ons that coordinates its environmental ac vi es and

assis ng countries in developing and implemen ng environmentally sound policies and prac ces. Under its

climate change programme, UNEP supports na ons to mi gate and adapt to climate change, and to

sustainably manage forest through its REDD+ programme. To date, UNEP has helped over 30 countries gain

access to USD 38 million in adapta on, USD 12 million in enabling ac vi es, and USD 10 million in low

carbon development. As a GEF implemen ng agency, UNEP managed NAPA and Na onal Adapta on Plan

support projects. With regard to adapta on finance, the agency is running a support programme for

developing countries so as to help them iden fy poten al na onal implemen ng en es and get them

accredited by the AF

Alexis Lapiz (Interna onal Science Research Officer, Climate Change Commi ee)

The Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change globally. Since 2009, many steps

were taken to move forward to handle climate change impacts including climate change law, na onal

climate change commi ee, and people’s survival fund. Its overall vision is to transform into climate smart

development through climate smart business and services, sustainable energy, and enhancement of


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knowledge and capacity. In par cular, the People’s Survival Fund has been instrumental in helping local

governments and communi es adapt to climate change through enhancing early warning systems,

developing climate risk insurance schemes, and grass‐root community adapta on programmes in different

sectors.

Plenary 2: New paradigm of Climate Change Adaptation

Yasuaki Hijioka (IPCC AR5 WGII Coordina ng Lead Author, Na onal Ins tute for Environmental Studies)

Mr. Hijioka presented the overview of the IPCC AR5 Working Group II report. This report has been to

contributed by an increased number of authors, 308 from 70 countries, and a empts to define more clearly

the concept about risk management and climate change adapta on. The report sheds more light on

adapta on compared to the previous reports reflec ng on the growing importance of adap ng to climate

change. He introduced the overall contents of the Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) of the report, which

addresses impact, vulnerability, and adapta on in Sec on A, adapta on and risk management in Sec on B,

risk and resilience in Sec on C. He highlighted among others, the importance of iden fying primary risks in

different regions and sectors and poten al adapta on op ons and their effec veness. In Asia, impacts and

risks of climate change are very different depending on sub‐regions therefore down‐scaled informa on and

quan ta ve data are required to effec vely address adverse impacts. In order to do so, mul faceted

approaches are needed including economic, environment and social dimensions.

Closing session

Young‐il Song (Director, Korea Adapta on Center for Climate Change, KEI)

Dr. Song thanked all the speakers and par cipants for their valuable presenta on, discussion and ac ve

par cipa on. He stated that adapta on is an unavoidable issue now and hoped that the symposium

provided all par cipants with an opportunity to get new insights and poten al solu ons for their ac vi es.

Celebra ng KACCC’s fi h anniversary, he promised that the center would con nue to provide such

opportuni es for sharing knowledge and insights and networking with na onal and interna onal experts

on adapta on.


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APPENDIX 1: AGENDA Agenda


8 July 2014, Songdo, Republic of Korea

Time Program

09:30~10:00

(30') Registra on

Opening Ceremony

10:00∼10:30 (30')

【Opening Ceremony】

Opening Remarks (Heungjin Choi, Director‐General of Ministry of Environment, Korea)

Welcoming Remarks (Byung‐wook Lee, President of Korea Environment Ins tute (KEI)

Remarks (Myeongwoo Cho, Vice‐mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City)

Remarks (Hela Cheikhrouhou, Execu ve Director of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat)

10:30~11:00

(30') 【Tea Time】

【Plenary ①】Na onal Efforts on Climate Change Adapta on

(Lessons from Different Countries)

11:00∼12:30

(90')

Korea’s Climate Change Adapta on Policies (Jeong‐Seop Hong, Director of Ministry of

Environment, Korea)

Germany’s Efforts on Climate Change Adapta on (Clemens Haße, Scien fic Advisor of

Climate Impacts and Adapta on in Germany (Kompass)

Australia’s Efforts on Climate Change Adapta on (David Rissik, Deputy Director of Na

onal Climate Change Adapta on Research Facility (NCCARF)

Nepal’s Efforts on Climate Change Adapta on (Naresh Sharma, Under‐Secretary and Pr

ogramme Coordinator of the Nepal Climate Change Support Programme)

12:30∼13:30 (60')

【Lunch】

【Parallel Session ①]: Useful Lessons from the Past

(from the Perspec ve of Adapta on Informa on and Finance)

13:30∼15:00

(90')

Theme ①: Adapta on Informa on Theme ②: Adapta on Finance

Introduc on to Asia‐Pacific Adapta on

Network (Puja Sawhney, Coordinator of

the Regional Hub for Asia Pacific Adapta

on Network)

[Live Video] Experiences of GEF on Ada

pta on Financing (Roland Sundstrom, C

limate Change Specialist of Global Envir

onment Facility(GEF)


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Establishment of Environmental Informa

on Sharing System with Considering Cli

mate Change (Moung Jin Lee, Senior Res

earcher of Korea Environment Ins tute

(KEI)

SEI’s experiences with weADAPT for Ada

pta on Informa on (Michael Rastall, we

ADAPT Content Manager of Stockholm E

nvironment Ins tute)

Experiences of GGGI on Adapta on Fin

ancing (Yong Sung Kim, Senior Infrastru

cture Specialist of Global Green Growth

Ins tute (GGGI)

Learning from Adapta on Finance: NAP

A Implementa on (Mozaharul Alam, Re

gional Climate Change Coordinator of U

nited Na ons Environment Programme

(UNEP)

15:00~15:30

(30') 【Tea Time】

【Parallel Session ②]: Future Direc ons for Adapta on

(from the Perspec ve of Adapta on Informa on and Finance)

15:30~16:40

(70')

Theme ①: Adapta on Informa on Theme ②: Adapta on Finance

Interac on with Other Environmental In

forma on Systems for Adapta on Infor

ma on (Seongwoo Jeon, Senior Researc

h Fellow of Korea Environment Ins tute)

Role of UNEP in Mobilizing Knowledge f

or Adapta on (Jaeyoon Park, Associate

Programme Officer of United Na ons En

vironment Programme (UNEP)

Development of Climate Change‐related

Risk Management Tool (Donghyun Kim,

Research Fellow of Korea Environment I

ns tute (KEI)

[Video] Present and Future of AF (Fabri

ce Musoni, Readiness Programme Coor

dinator of Adapta on Fund (AF) Board

Secretariat)

Role of UNEP in Adapta on Finance (M

ozaharul Alam, Regional Climate Chang

e Coordinator of United Na ons Enviro

nment Programme (UNEP)

The Philippines’ Experiences with Eco‐t

own Project and Insights for Adapta on

Financing (Alexis Lapiz, Interna onal Sci

ence Research Officer (ISRO) of Climate

Change Commission, the Philippines)

【Plenary ②】New Paradigm of Climate Change Adapta on

16:40~17:10

(30')

IPCC’s Climate Change Impact Assessment in Asia and New Paradigm of Adapta on (Yasuaki

Hijioka, Coordinating Lead Author of IPCC WGⅡ, Senior Researcher, Center for Social and

Environmental Systems Research, Na onal Ins tute for Environmental Studies)

Closing Ceremony

17:10~17:20

(10') Closing (Young‐Il Song, Director of Korea Adapta on Center for Climate Change (KACCC)


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