1. UNFCCC NFP Viewpoint David Lesolle Botswana dlesolle@gov.bw

2. ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL WARMING AND RESULTING CLIMATIC CHANGES (2/7) Adaptation, Adaptation…. Global warming and climate change. Adaptation to what.

3. ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL WARMING & RESULTING CLIMATIC CHANGES (3/7) The results only represented the tip of the icebergs…Assessments were done to assess vulnerability and therefore the reason to Why Adapt. Typically we run towards adaptation and we never arrive or arrive late.

4. ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL WARMING & RESULTING CLIMATIC CHANGES (4/7) Climate change adaptation to achieve poverty reduction, sustainable development … Concerns and Issues: Floods, Drought, Storms and Cyclones, Heat Waves etc leading to famine, water scarcity, increased risks to livelihoods and human health., Measures and Responses: Vulnerability Assessments, Mitigation Analyses, Identification of Adaptation Options

5. ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL WARMING & RESULTING CLIMATIC CHANGES (5/7) Case of the Tasty “Mophane Worm” Identify climate element(s) and relate to GW+CC – temperature, humidity, rainfall intensity, season length etc. What is likely to be affected, Tree, Worm, Butterfly, eggs? What else/otherwise could be done?

6. ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL WARMING & RESULTING CLIMATIC CHANGES (6/7) LESSONS LEARNT 1.Develop socio-economic assessment for climate change adaptation. 2.Improve resolution for climate sensitivity assessment to apply at sub-regional scales – cropping and adaptation is at local micro level (<GCM scales). 3.Move quickly to upgrade coping capacities and ability of the Africans – kindly special programme for Africa

7. ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL WARMING & RESULTING CLIMATIC CHANGES (7/7) LESSONS LEARNT 4)Remember that Adaptation is not always an option Peaked Capacity to risk reduction Want to adapt Know how to adapt Equipped to adapt Able to adapt