Deadline: June 25, 2012
Dear Friends,
YOUNGO has been invited to send representatives to two different workshops held in Mexico. We are only able to nominate ONE (1) representative PER workshop.
1. NWP Water workshop: 18-20 July 2012, Mexico City, Mexico
2. Loss and Damage workshop: 23-25 July 2012, Mexico City, Mexico
Please see the end of the e-mail for more information regarding each Workshop. Note that more details about the venue and logistics will be provided closer to the Workshop.
We are calling on self-nominations to be submitted to info@youthclimate.org by Midnight GMT Monday 25 June 2012. The information for each workshop is contained in the
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELF NOMINATION
IMPORTANT: Before applying please note that there is no funding available to cover the travels, accommodation and visa costs. Participants are responsible for making their own travel and visa arrangements. Also note that the nominee will have to fill in and sign in a registration form to be submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat by 29 June 2012 to enable her/his official registration.
If you would like to nominate yourself, please send your self-nomination as an attached file (word.doc, Pdf) to:info@youthclimate.org by 25 June 2012 at 12 (midnight) GMT.
If nominated you will receive a registration form to fill in, sign, and send back to us so that we can officially register you. Please make sure to read your email regularly to check if you have been nominated. The agenda of the Workshop, detail information on the venue and logistical arrangements will be communicated to our nominee later on.
If you would like to nominate yourself, please send your self-nomination as an attached file (word.doc, Pdf) to:info@youthclimate.org by 25 June 2012 at 12 (midnight) GMT.
SELF-NOMINATION APPLICATION
1) Full name and age.
2) Current address (including email) and country.
3) What is the name of your organization, institution, university or other ?
4) Which workshop are you nominating yourself for (NWP Water Workshop OR Loss and Damage Workshop)?
5) Are you available to participate in full in the Workshop as YOUNGO representative and write a report afterwards? (You MUST commit to writing a report if nominated)
6) Are you able to confirm by 29 June 2012 that you have funding to cover your full travel and will secure the necessary visa if needed?
7) Have you ever represented YOUNGO at a UNFCCC event or any other related event ? If yes, please describe.
8) Do you possess specific knowledge on the topic of the Workshop to which you are nominating yourself? If yes, please describe in detail.
9) What is your interest in attending this Workshop and what knowledge do you think you can provide on the topic on behalf of YOUNGO ?
10) Is there any other information that you think positively affects your candidacy for this position ? If yes please describe.
Best regards and looking forward to receive your application,
1) Full name and age.
2) Current address (including email) and country.
3) What is the name of your organization, institution, university or other ?
4) Which workshop are you nominating yourself for (NWP Water Workshop OR Loss and Damage Workshop)?
5) Are you available to participate in full in the Workshop as YOUNGO representative and write a report afterwards? (You MUST commit to writing a report if nominated)
6) Are you able to confirm by 29 June 2012 that you have funding to cover your full travel and will secure the necessary visa if needed?
7) Have you ever represented YOUNGO at a UNFCCC event or any other related event ? If yes, please describe.
8) Do you possess specific knowledge on the topic of the Workshop to which you are nominating yourself? If yes, please describe in detail.
9) What is your interest in attending this Workshop and what knowledge do you think you can provide on the topic on behalf of YOUNGO ?
10) Is there any other information that you think positively affects your candidacy for this position ? If yes please describe.
Best regards and looking forward to receive your application,
Avi and MJ
1. NWP Water workshop: 18-20 July 2012, Mexico
The UNFCCC secretariat is convening this workshop in accordance with the decisions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its seventeenth session, under the guidance of the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).
The objective of the Nairobi work programme is to assist all Parties, in particular developing countries, including the least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS), to improve their understanding and assessment of impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, and to make informed decisions on practical adaptation actions and measures to respond to climate change on a sound scientific, technical and socio-economic basis, taking into account current and future climate change and variability.
As part of the activities under the Nairobi work programme, the COP requested the secretariat to organize a technical workshop on water, climate change impacts and adaptation strategies, in collaboration with Nairobi work programme partner organizations and other relevant organizations. The workshop will be informed by the information contained in Annex I to the report of the SBSTA on its thirty-fourth session and subsequent views of Parties, and will include indigenous and traditional knowledge and practices for adaptation and gender-sensitive tools and approaches as cross-cutting issues.
It is particularly desirable that nominated participants have good technical knowledge of and/or practical experience in areas related to water resources, for example knowledge sharing and management; governance and institutional capacity building; enhancing resilience; and cross-sectoral approaches.
2. Loss and Damage workshop: 23-25 July 2012, Mexico
Recognizing the need to strengthen international cooperation and expertise in order to understand and reduce loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow onset events, the COP established, under the Cancun Adaptation Framework, a work programme in order to consider approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change (hereinafter referred to as the work programme).
As part of the activities under the work programme, the SBI requested the secretariat to organize an expert meeting with experts nominated by Parties, relevant organizations and other stakeholders in order to address issues related to the thematic area on a range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow onset events, taking into consideration experience at all levels.
In accordance with the mandate, discussion at the meeting will take into account the following questions:
· What is the full range of approaches and tools that can be used to address the risk of loss and damage, at all levels and for a broad range of sectors and ecosystems, considering both extreme weather events and slow onset events? Such approaches and tools include, inter alia, conventional, non-conventional and innovative instruments to address specific types of loss and damage in the context of this thematic area, especially those driven by the multiplying, magnifying and intensifying effects of climate change at the national, subnational and local levels. What is known about the relative cost-effectiveness of these tools?
· What are the foundational resource requirements (e.g. budget, infrastructure, and technical capacity for implementation) in order for different strategies and tools to be effectively applied?
· What are the lessons learned from existing efforts within both the public and private sectors, considering elements of design, limitations, challenges and best practices?
· What are the links and synergies between risk reduction and other instruments such as risk transfer? How can comprehensive risk management portfolios or toolkits be designed?
To achieve the objectives of the meeting, it is particularly desirable that nominated participants have good technical knowledge of and/or practical experiences in the issues referred to in the above mentioned questions.
Recognizing the need to strengthen international cooperation and expertise in order to understand and reduce loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow onset events, the COP established, under the Cancun Adaptation Framework, a work programme in order to consider approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change (hereinafter referred to as the work programme).
As part of the activities under the work programme, the SBI requested the secretariat to organize an expert meeting with experts nominated by Parties, relevant organizations and other stakeholders in order to address issues related to the thematic area on a range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow onset events, taking into consideration experience at all levels.
· What is the full range of approaches and tools that can be used to address the risk of loss and damage, at all levels and for a broad range of sectors and ecosystems, considering both extreme weather events and slow onset events? Such approaches and tools include, inter alia, conventional, non-conventional and innovative instruments to address specific types of loss and damage in the context of this thematic area, especially those driven by the multiplying, magnifying and intensifying effects of climate change at the national, subnational and local levels. What is known about the relative cost-effectiveness of these tools?
· What are the foundational resource requirements (e.g. budget, infrastructure, and technical capacity for implementation) in order for different strategies and tools to be effectively applied?
· What are the lessons learned from existing efforts within both the public and private sectors, considering elements of design, limitations, challenges and best practices?
· What are the links and synergies between risk reduction and other instruments such as risk transfer? How can comprehensive risk management portfolios or toolkits be designed?
To achieve the objectives of the meeting, it is particularly desirable that nominated participants have good technical knowledge of and/or practical experiences in the issues referred to in the above mentioned questions.
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