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REGIONAL SCIENCE-POLICY DIALOGUE
SG3
ICIMOD, Nepal
10 October 2023 to 11 October 2023
Concept note
The impacts and implications of climate change are not confined by national borders. The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and its countries are vulnerable to the cascading impacts of climate change which transmits across national and regional borders and pose grave threats to people and the environment. A regional cooperation mechanism is crucial for the HKH countries to collectively and effectively respond to climate risks and pursue region-wide resilience. The consequences of climate change and the measures governments take to respond to them, may be viewed as sub-national and national policy issues, but they also transcend national boundaries and require collaborative remedial action.
This science-policy dialogue aims to identify what a cooperation mechanism on adaptation could look like, the main areas of work it could advance, and the tangible outcomes it could and should deliver. It will engage stakeholders from key constituencies from the eight regional member countries (RMCs), including policymakers, adaptation experts, UNFCCC national focal points, climate scientists and academics, civil society organisations, Indigenous people, economists and practitioners, as well as experts from international organisations.
Tea and coffee
Inaugural address – Izabella Koziell, ICIMOD
Welcome remarks – Katy Harris, SEI
Welcome remarks – Pem Kandel, ICIMOD
Facilitator: Pradyumna JB Rana, ICIMOD
Rapporteur: Avash Pandey, ICIMOD, Mona Sharma, ICIMOD
Tea and coffee break
Introducing the session – Pradyumna Rana, ICIMOD
Presentations on cascading climate risks
Presentation to take stock of ongoing regional collaboration and processes that address (or hold the potential to address) cascading climate risks and the state of play of adaptation in the region – gaps, barriers and opportunities
Rapporteur: Cynthia Nitsch, SEI
Introduction to the session: Katy Harris, SEI
Energy security
Rapporteur: Bhawana Syangden, ICIMOD
Food security, trade, finance and infrastructure
Rapporteur: Avash Pandey, ICIMOD
Human wellbeing (water security, health and other dimensions)
Rapporteur: Mona Sharma, ICIMOD
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Rapporteurs: Udayan Mishra, ICIMOD
Presentation introducing the first pillar: research, information-sharing and knowledge-based dialogue – Katy Harris, SEI
60-minute discussion in breakout groups to identify actions and measures
Presentation introducing the second pillar: policy and governance instruments – Pem Kandel, ICIMOD
Mona Sharma, ICIMOD
Presentation introducing the third pillar: climate diplomacy, negotiations and coalition building – Pradyumna Rana, ICIMOD
Presentation introducing the third pillar – Katy Harris, SEI
75-minute discussion in breakout groups to identify actions and measures
60-review of actions and measures gathered across the four pillars with group reflection and feedback
30-minute stress-testing of recommendations in the future – what would challenge their feasibility and how would we overcome this? What does ‘success’ look like in 5 years?
Rapporteur: Cynthia Nitsch, SEI, Pradyumna Rana, ICIMOD
20-minute presentation and discussion of opportunities at COP28
Deepshikha Sharma, ICIMOD and Katy Harris, SEI
40-minute breakout groups for each process, brainstorming/drafting text for what a common vision and unified message could look like on this topic that negotiators could take to COP28
Closing remarks Pema Gyamstho, ICIMOD
Rapporteur: Pradyumna JB Rana and Mona Sharma, ICIMOD
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