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Project Title

Climate Change Symposium

Project Year

2011

Project Number

ATC 2

Project Session

Session 2

Project Type

Standard

Project Status

Completed Project
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Project No.

ATC 04 2011A

Project Title

*
Climate Change Symposium

Project Status

Completed Project

Fund Account

*
APEC Support Fund

Sub-fund

ASF: General Fund

Project Year

2011

Project Session

*
Session 2

APEC Funding

135,010

Co-funding Amount

15,000

Total Project Value

150,010

Sponsoring Forum

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Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG)

Topics

Agriculture

Committee

SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)

Other Fora Involved

Not Applicable / Other

Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved

Not Applicable

Proposing Economy(ies)

Philippines

Co-Sponsoring Economies

Chinese Taipei; Thailand

Expected Start Date

08/07/2011

Expected Completion Date

31/12/2012

Project Proponent Name 1

Alicia G. Ilaga

Job Title 1

Director

Organization 1

APEC Desk, Policy and Planning Office, Department of Agriculture

Telephone 1

+632 9267439

Email 1

aliciailaga@yahoo.com;da_apecdesk@yahoo.com

Project Proponent Name 2

Not Applicable

Job Title 2

Not Applicable

Organization 2

Not Applicable

Telephone 2

Not Applicable

Email 2

Not Applicable

Declaration

Not Applicable

Project Summary

The Climate Change Symposium is an essential activity in the Action Plan on Food Security approved by the Ministers in the Niigata meeting, particularly on the dissemination of promising farming practices to cope with climate change. The symposium will build on the premise that agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate change and is always exposed to a lot of risks. The adverse impacts that these risks may cause could greatly reduce agricultural productivity due to yield reduction, increase in crop losses, destruction of agricultural systems and infrastructure. Several adaptation and mitigation strategies have been identified to address these adverse impacts. A lot of adaptation technologies and practices could have mitigation potential, depending on how they are being developed and adopted. The symposium intends to initiate and sustain information exchange among resource speakers and participating APEC economies and identify adaptation strategies in crop and livestock production with mitigation potential, which will be disseminated to the farm level for adoption. The symposium will also discuss and elicit recommendations on effective governance strategies towards the widespread adoption of these strategies in APEC economies. To promote region-wide dissemination and adoption, establishment of networks and linkages with international organizations will be explored. Policy makers and implementors, researchers/scientists and practitioners from APEC economies and selected organizations will be invited to participate in the forum.

The symposium will be held in the Philippines in January 2012 for three days.

Relevance

During the First APEC Ministerial Meeting on Food Security in Niigata in 2010, the Ministers acknowledged in the Niigata Declaration on APEC Food Security that global food security is “at a crossroads” as the population continues to grow, and agricultural production continues to be constrained due to several factors including the adverse effects of climate change.  The Declaration further points out that   agriculture depends heavily on natural resources such as land and water, and generates both positive and negative environmental externalities in terms of land, soil, water, landscape and biodiversity.

 

Agriculture is also highly vulnerable to climate change and is always exposed to a lot of risks. The accompanying adverse impacts that these risks may cause could greatly reduce agricultural productivity due to yield reduction, increase in crop losses, destruction of agricultural systems and infrastructure.   Several adaptation and mitigation strategies have been identified to address these adverse impacts.     While agriculture has been identified as a significant GHG contributor, it may also be contributory to GHG reduction through mitigation technologies and management practices. A lot of adaptation strategies in agriculture could have mitigation potential, depending on how they are being developed and adopted.    

 

The Climate Change Symposium will be an appropriate venue to examine climate change adaptation strategies with mitigation potential in agriculture, particularly crop and livestock, within the APEC region as it fulfills an essential activity in the Action Plan on Food Security approved by the Ministers in the Niigata meeting, which is the dissemination of promising farming practices to cope with climate change.  The symposium intends to initiate and sustain information exchange among resource speakers and participating economies and identify these climate change adaptation strategies with mitigation potential specifically in crop and livestock.  Discussions on the sources of GHG will provide more emphasis on corresponding mitigation technologies and practices that have been proven effective. Finally, the symposium results will have more value if widespread dissemination of the identified strategies on the national and regional level could be enabled.  On the national level, the symposium will discuss and elicit recommendations on effective governance strategies towards the widespread adoption of adaptation strategies with mitigation potential in APEC economies. To promote region-wide dissemination and adoption, establishment of networks and linkages with international organizations working on climate change will be explored.  Policy makers, researchers/scientists and practitioners from APEC economies and selected organizations will be invited to participate in the forum.

Objectives

·    To have an increased understanding and promote information exchange on climate change adaptation strategies with mitigation potential in crop and livestock production, as well as identify  sources of  green house gas (GHG) emission in agriculture and corresponding strategies with mitigation potential.

 

·    To come up with recommendations on effective governance frameworks for wider dissemination and adoption of adaptation strategies with mitigation potential at the national and local levels in APEC economies.

 

·    To promote region-wide dissemination and adoption of these strategies through the establishment of networks and linkages with international organizations and regional organizations.

Alignment

As a major concern of APEC member economies, APEC Leaders have tasked the ATCWG to enhance agriculture's ability to adjust and mitigate the impact of climate change.  More recently, during the First APEC Ministerial Meeting on Food Security in Niigata, Japan in October 2010, the Ministers expressed in the Niigata Declaration their agreement “to work together to assist the agricultural sector to adapt to, and mitigate, climate change through the development and transfer of new and existing technologies, exchange of information, research collaboration and capacity building, in accordance with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.” 

 

The project is seen to be contributory to the achievement of food security, which is an APEC priority aptly included in the ATCWG 2011 Annual Work plan and Medium-Term (2010-2015) Work plan.  Moreover, the symposium is an important commitment in the APEC Action Plan for Food Security approved by APEC Ministers in the Niigata Ministerial Meeting.

Beneficiaries and Outputs

·        Policy makers, planners will use the symposium output to formulate policies
     and plans for a mandated and organized adoption of climate change
     strategies with mitigation potential.

·       Agri-technical practitioners/scientists will use the symposium output as basis
     for determining research gaps, as well as identifying promising technologies
     that can be fine tuned for adoption under local conditions of specific economies.

Dissemination

Symposium results will be disseminated through publication of hard copies of the report and through the APEC website.  All APEC symposium participants will be assured of copies.  Non-participants who will express interest will be directed to the website developed for this project.  Target users of the report are farm practitioners, researchers/scientists, government policymakers, planners and implementors.  Possible collaboration with other international organizations  to link the project outputs  with their on-going related activities to broaden dissemination will be explored and worked out. Outputs of the project will be made available freely through the website and will not be intended for sale

Gender

There will be no discrimination in determining the participants.  Expertise rather than gender will be the basis for selection of resource speakers.  A balance representation in terms of gender is expected, as women are seen to have major contribution in agricultural activities, from decision making to actual farm operations.  It therefore follows that women will benefit as much as men from the symposium results.

Work Plan

Schedule

Activity

Associated Outputs

Role of Project Beneficiaries and APEC Member Economies

April  2011

Project Concept Note submission and approval

Approved Project Concept Note

Member economies will help evaluate and prioritize the project prior to approval in principle by BMC

 

Agreement of Thailand and Chinese Taipei to co-sponsor

May – July 2011

Full project development based on approved concept note.

 

 

Presentation of project fund for APEC approval; identify other possible sources of funds/contributions in cash or in kind from other economies.

 

Coordination with ISTWG for possible collaboration with their project on Climate Change Adaptation in Asia Pacific

Approved project proposal

 

 

 

 

Approved APEC funding

Identification of other funding sources for expenses not covered by APEC

 

 

Arrangements finalized

Project beneficiary to prepare and submit project proposal;  member economies to provide QAF

 

Project beneficiary to prepare budgetary requirements

October-December 2011

Coordinate with APEC Secretariat Communications Team for the use of the APEC website to disseminate forum materials

 

Identification of consultants, resource persons/technical experts  – each member economy shall have selected presenters for each topic. Participants from non-member economies are also welcome.

Topics will include climate change adaptation strategies in crop and livestock with mitigation potential, sources of GHG emission and corresponding climate change mitigation strategies, governance towards the widespread dissemination and adoption of adaptation and mitigation strategies, and establishing networks and linkages for region-wide adoption. 

 

·       prepare venue, accommodation, transportation arrangements & other logistical support

 

·       finalize arrangements for participating economies 

 

Link with APEC website established

 






Set of consultants and resource persons/technical experts identified

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finalization of all logistical arrangements

 

 

 

 

Finalization of arrangements in connection with participation of member economies

Project beneficiary to relay information to APEC for uploading to website; member economies to access information from this website

 

Project beneficiary to coordinate and firm up participation of consultants, resource persons/technical experts, and selected presenters from member economies; member economies are expected to provide timely confirmation of their respective participation and willingness to present. 

 

Project beneficiary to handle logistical arrangement; member economies to firm up participation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member economies to provide timely confirmation of their participation, logistical needs, and other necessary information

January 2012

Conduct of the Climate Change Symposium (3 days)

Preparation of reports & necessary documentation

Synthesis of symposium results to be packaged into a report

Project beneficiary to take the lead

February 2012

·       website posting of symposium results


·       e-copies circulation

Accessibility of symposium results in website

Project beneficiary to take the lead

March 2012

Preparation of proposal for follow-up symposium

Project Concept Note for submission

Project beneficiary to prepare project concept note

Risks

Schedule

Activity

Risks

Risk Management

April  2011

Project Concept Note submission and approval

 

 

May – July 2011

Full project development based on approved concept note.

 

 

Presentation of project fund for APEC approval; identify other possible sources of funds/contributions in cash or in kind from other economies.

Project may not be approved in principle

 

 

 

Accuracy of budget preparation

 

 

APEC approval of budget as submitted

Incorporate comments from QAFs to address possible loopholes of the project proposal

 

Preparation of budget based on actual costs with reasonable allowance

 

Follow APEC guidelines as closely

October-December 2011

Coordinate with APEC for the use of the APEC website and upload information

 

Identification of consultants, resource persons/technical experts  – each member economy shall have selected presenters for each topic. Participants from non-member economies are also welcome.

 

·       prepare venue, accommodation, transportation arrangements & other logistical support

 

·       finalize arrangements for participating economies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timely uploading of necessary information to website

 

 

Identified consultants, resource persons/technical experts may not be available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Availability of selected venue; selection of appropriate accommodation facilities within reasonable budget

 

 

Economies may not respond to the invitation on time

Obtain necessary information needed by participants on time and upload these immediately to website

 

Close coordination and networking to obtain the consultants and resource persons/technical experts needed and ensure their willingness and participation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undertake selection of venue and accommodation of participants and finalize booking as early as possible to have ample lead time

 


Send invitation and request economies to respond promptly within the deadline provided to help the host economy be able to efficiently and effectively firm up logistical arrangements early

 

Enjoin participants to firm up their accommodation requirements within the deadline provided so that the booking will not be cancelled

January 2012

Conduct of the Climate Change Symposium (3 days)

Preparation of reports & necessary documentation

Last minute cancellation of participants and speakers

 


Sustaining interest of participants

 

 

 

Effectiveness of resource speakers

 


Accuracy in documentation

Constant coordination and re-confirmation of participation

 

Preparation of effective symposium design to elicit and sustain interest of participants

 

Invite appropriate and  effective resource speakers

 

Assign documentation officers and install recording equipment that will record the proceedings clearly

 

Monitoring and Evaluation

1. Rate of response and timeliness (i.e., within the deadline specified) of participating
    economies and resource speakers based on responses received

2. Timely preparation of symposium program identifying speakers and their
    respective topics for presentation/discussion based on timely confirmation of
    invited speakers

3. Number of participants and resource speakers who actually attended based on
    actual attendance

4. Feedback from the participants with regard to the attainment of the objectives of
    the forum.

Linkages

This proposal will complement previous APEC projects related to climate change, as well as The Hague Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change October 31- November 5 2010, which looked into policies and best practices of many countries around the world.

 

The project will be in fulfilment of the Action Plan on Food Security approved by the APEC Agricultural Ministers during their First Ministerial Meeting in 2010, to confront challenges in climate change and natural resource management through the dissemination of promising farming practices to cope with climate change. The symposium will specifically focus on the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies in crop and livestock with mitigation potential, which differs with most previous or existing work on climate change that mainly deal with adaptation and/or mitigation. This activity will complement other activities under the action plan to be undertaken by other APEC member economies to attain the shared goal on sustainable development of the agricultural sector such as the conduct of a workshop by Thailand to improve farmers’ adaptive capacity to climate variability and change and Japan’s commitment to hold a workshop to share adaptation and mitigation measures adopted by each economy and discuss applicability to other economies.  These activities are seen as a continuum in the APEC Action Plan on Food Security to achieve the afore-mentioned shared goal, and are not to duplicate each other in terms of objectives and expected outputs.  

 

Collaboration with ISTWG proposal on Climate Change Adaptation in Asia-Pacific is being explored to maximize efficiency and resource utilization while taking into consideration possible synergies in terms of topics, resource persons, and target audience.  Both events can be held back to back in the Philippines in January 2012. 

 

APEC is the best source of fund for this project because APEC economies are expected to benefit primarily from the project. It will also be more effective to focus on strategies within the APEC region because studies have shown that “the most appropriate agricultural mitigation response will vary at the regional level and different portfolios of strategies will be developed in different regions and in countries within a region.”  APEC economies will be able to select from an array of strategies within the APEC region and fine-tune these according to their respective local conditions. 

 

Future collaboration with other international organizations with the same agenda will be explored, such as the UN, Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network and Global Research Alliance for Agricultural Greenhouse Gases as follow-up activities are identified in the process such as the need for capability building.   

Sustainability

The symposium results will be easily accessible in the APEC website and other possible websites where linkage can be established. 

Workshops/symposiums/trainings on adaptation to climate change with mitigation potential can also build on the symposium results.  The next step will be to ensure widespread dissemination and adoption of the strategies by examining the recommended governance frameworks, and operationalize these at the local level. At the regional level, membership of APEC economies to international organizations and linkages with networks will be encouraged and strengthened so that collaborative projects can be pursued.

Direct Labour

1)    Short-term clerical fees – for the general secretariat functions for the duration
     of project organization until event completion


2)    Contractors  - 1 Project Organizer – in charge of the event organization and
     management


3)    Contractors -  3 Researchers – shall provide the research services required
     for the technical inputs to the symposium contents and proceedings


4)    Contractor’s secretary – shall be responsible for the general administrative
     support.

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