7. Expected impacts of climate change and vulnerability assessment

It facilitates the development of methods to assess climate change impacts and vulnerability.

Parties are encouraged to use the IPCC Technical Guidelines for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations.

Assessments of the impacts of climate change have been made, in particular for the economically important forest sector.

Assessing the impacts of climate change methods for projecting the impacts of climate change on a geographical region, economic sector, human health, food production, or ecological system It should be noted that many methods to assess the impacts of climate change are the same as methods to assess the impacts of climate and its normal variability on natural ecosystems and socio economic activities.

It cooperates with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, other conventions, and related organizations engaged in climate change impact assessment, systematic observation and mitigation of climate change.

Fisheries A few countries examined the impacts on fisheries as a part of their climate change and sea level rise impact assessments.

2. Recognize and endorse the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as currently the most comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, its impacts and response options now available.

This fact has also been confirmed by the results of the independent Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, published in 2004.

Others examined the possible climate change impacts on fisheries as a part of their vulnerability and adaptation assessments.

The evaluation of technologies for adaptation to climate change includes an integrated assessment that combines numerous elements and has cross sectoral implications.

C. Environmental impact assessment

Most of the adaptation options were identified using the IPCC Technical Guidelines for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation to evaluate and determine the cost of specific adaptation strategies and measures.

The expected impacts of climate were estimated using IPCC emission scenarios.

(ii) Systematic observational networks to identify the possible onset and distribution of climate change and assess potential impacts, particularly at the regional level.

Table 1. Models and approaches used to assess impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate change in key sectors in non Annex I Parties

C. Socio economic and humanitarian impact assessments

Thus, in most national communications climate change scenarios were presented in greater detail than the results of impact assessments.

Efforts towards policy impact and learning benefited from the lessons learned through the impact assessment as well as from the independent external programme evaluations.

Assessment of the impact of suspension of recruitment

Assessing impact and measuring results

The use of environmental impact assessment, where appropriate

And this is climate proof.

Monitoring of factors governing weather

Methodologies for vulnerability assessment, reporting in national communications, research and systematic observation, funding issues, adaptation technologies, addressing adverse effects of climate change, and impacts of response measures.

(e) Regularly assess the overall aggregated effect of the steps taken by Annex I Parties in the light of the latest scientific assessments concerning climate change, and of the Protocol s objective, and ensure the publication of such assessments

Fishery resources Some Parties examined the possible climate change impacts on fisheries as a part of their vulnerability and adaptation assessments.

10. When reporting on policies and measures and projections, Parties may refer to the quot Methods for assessment of mitigation options quot (chapter 27) and appendices 1 4, contained in quot Climate Change 1995 IPCC Second Assessment Report, Volume III, Scientific Technical Analyses of Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change Contribution of Working Group II of the IPCC. quot

(g) Preparing environmental impact assessments.

3. Methods of impact assessment

Estimation of emission reduction Some Parties included an assessment of the impacts of measures on GHG emissions.

Socio economic impact assessments should include gender assessment clauses.

Most of the adaptation options were identified using the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) IPCC Technical Guidelines for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (hereinafter referred to as the IPCC Guidelines) and the GCMs to evaluate and or determine the cost of specific adaptation strategies and measures.

Common methodological problems in impact assessment included lack or inadequacy of local, specific environmental and socio economic data and methodologies and lack of methodologies for integrated climate and socio economic assessments.

Article 16 Assessment of potential effects of activities

The Russian Federation has carried out commendable work in assessing the potential impacts of climate change on its economy and ecology.

The project includes the preparation of an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from different sources assessment of Lebanon s vulnerability to climatic change and an investigation of ways and means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the country and the impact of these measures on the national economy.

(b) Development and refinement of estimates, scenarios and projections of climate change and its effects and

The Commission will evaluate progress of member States, cost effectiveness, environmental and economic impacts, life cycle analysis and impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

That climate plays no role.

(a) Research on the impacts of climate change

A brief mention was made in the national communication of research activities, financed jointly by Romanian resources and under the vulnerability assessment component of the United States Country Studies Program, on the assessment of the expected impacts of climate change, including impacts on agriculture, forests and freshwater basins.

These initiatives also serve as an important basis for integrated assessments of climate change impacts, which enable Parties, on the basis of future climate scenarios, to propose adaptation and GHG abatement options.

Furthermore, within the framework of the project cycle management, the issue of impact assessment and the adoption of a set of standards for impact assessment measures will be pursued.

Human health impacts were considered as being among the important potential threats of climate change in the IPCC apos s Second Assessment Report (SAR).