Linking Science Policy 1 Supporting Decision Making and

Linking Science & Policy 1: Supporting Decision Making and National Communications with Assessments Chairs: Anand Patwardhan and Ian Burton Reporter: Yongyuan Yin Discussion Foci: • The effectiveness of climate change assessments for supporting decisions that reduce climate risks • The contributions to National Communications • The design of assessments to serve decision needs • The role of stakeholders in assessments Output: Recommendations for improved assessments that better serve decision-making needs and National Communications

Three Types of Decision Making Needs • Operational decision • Planning decision • Policy decision

Highlights of Discussion: • AIACC outputs: • What they are • How to be packaged • How to be communicated • General discussion of engaging private sector for adaptation • Insurance as an option • Put adaptation into risk management discussion • Institutional arrangements for adaptation • National policy framework for adaptation • Agenda 21: linking adaptation to local sustainable development • Integrate adaptation evaluation into regional planning • Adaptation mechanisms within the government: What are the right entry points? e. g. DNA for CDM

Some Recommendations · Find ways to continue adaptation research based on AIACC established network · Create centers of excellence in adaptation research · Retain successful elements of AIACC program · · Open and competitive processes Training and capacity building Multi-institutional and multi-stakeholder participation Relevance to IPCC and other global assessments · Reinvent AIACC along the following lines: · More explicit focus on action for adaptation · Improve adaptation evaluation methodologies · Involve decision makers from the outset to make the projects needs driven · Recognize and promote adaptation as an on-going process and not simply as discrete projects