CONFERENCE AGENDA

CONTEXT & OBJECTIVES

Adaptation is now recognized as an important and inevitable way to ensure the preservation and development of various climate-sensitive socio-economic sectors. The established adaptation goals/objectives, however, cannot be achieved, without appropriate techniques and tools for monitoring and evaluating their accuracy and effectiveness. International donors and funding mechanisms increasingly require specific methods for evaluating the success of adaptation activities. Sector institutions are also required to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the national level ..

The conference will begin with an IPCC Outreach Event on the main findings and results from the Special Report on 1.5 degrees focusing on adaptation, taking the opportunity of the publication of the Special Report in early October 2018.
A panel of high level IPCC representatives and experts will provide valuable inputs for the conference.

Representatives from governmental institutions, local authorities, and climate negotiators from Africa as well as media representatives will also participate in the conference events.

Prior to the Conference, advanced courses (tutorials) on “Adaptation Metrics and Techniques for Agriculture and Water”, aiming at building the capacities of participants, mainly from Africa, will be organized for October 24-25, 2018 (see attached document).

OUTCOMES OF THE CONFERENCE

The main outcomes expected from this conference consist of:

Information and outreach about the main findings of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5 degrees, related to adaptation,
Information dissemination and raising awareness about adaptation metrics and techniques/projects related to each of the three sectors and associated monitoring tools,
Information dissemination and raising awareness about new developments in the area of adaptation metrics,
Developing a first stocktake on the needs for adaptation research development in Africa, especially the monitoring tools and metrics,
Enhanced networking and clustering among adaptation techniques and metrics development communities globally,
Information dissemination about the Adaptation Cluster being developed at UM6P and its objectives and content, with emphasis on MOOCS developed within this freamework
Capacity building enhancement through advanced courses / tutorials.

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VENUE OF THE CONFERENCE

The conference will be hosted at the brand new facilities of University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

(UM6P) in Ben Guerir, 50 kilometers North of Marrakech. This Green, Knowledge Based, & Impact University has been recently inaugurated by His Majesty King Mohamed VI in January 2017. This young university as a world class academic educational and research system, and a promising R&D and Innovation prospects leading to technological solutions, is addressing the African continent’s issues and challenges especially those associated the nexus water energy agriculture for food security, taking into account climate changes within the framework of sustainable development..