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Theme: Information Dissemination

Project Name: Development and Climate Days at COP

                        (formerly Developmment and Adaptation Days)

Dates: Annual events held in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 ongoing

Project partners: IIED, IISD, SEI and partners from the Regional and International Networking Group (RING).

Website: www.dcdays.org

Further information on COP 13 (2007)

Further information on Development and Adaptation Days at COP12 (2006)

Introduction:

Over the last few Conferences of Parties (COPs) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the two issues of development and adaptation to climate change have grown in importance. The COPs have also been drawing an increasing number of participants from the development community who in the past have engaged little with the climate change issue.

At COP8 in Delhi, India, COP9 in Milan, Italy, IIED together with partners from the Regional and International Networking Group (RING) held a full day side event called ‘Adaptation Day at COP’, each of which succeeded in bringing together over a hundred participants representing both the climate change and development communities. Additional funds were raised developing country participation in these events.

Building on past successes, the event at COP10 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, expanded into a two day event called "Development and Adaptation Days at COP10". This was repeated in 2005 at COP11 in Montreal, Canada.  The most recent event "Development and Adaptation Days at COP12" in Nairobi, Kenya, on 11 and 12 November 2006 was attended by over 400 people.

For event highlights please see the Earth Negotiations Bulletin photos and reports http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop12/dad/ and http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop12/dad/html/ymbvol99num3e.htm

Objectives:

• To bring together scientists, policy makers, negotiators and practitioners from both the climate change and development communities.
• To have a series of presentations and discussions on the latest developments in the arena of both adaptation as well as development (related to climate change).
• To facilitate the establishment of improved collaborative links between different stakeholders (particularly between the climate change and the development communities).
• To disseminate the results of the event through printed and web-based reports/outputs.

Publications/reports:

• D&C Days held a mini film festival as a side event this year, for clips that cover issues related to climate and development.
  Visit Youtube.com to view the entries
• IISD (2006) Development and Adaptation Days Bulletin. Earth Negotiations Bulletin Team, IISD (November 2006) http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/sd/ymbvol99num3e.pdf
• IISD (2005) Development and Adaptation Days Bulletin. Earth Negotiations Bulletin Team, IISD (December 2005) http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/sd/ymbvol99num2e.pdf
• Huq, S. (2005) ‘The Development and Adaptation Event held at COP-10’ Adaptation Science 2: 3-4.
• IISD (2004) Development and Adaptation Days Bulletin. Earth Negotiations Bulletin Team, IISD (December 2004) View Report
• Reid, H. and S. Huq (2004) ‘Adaptation day at COP9’. Tiempo, Global Warming and the Third World 51: 14-17
• Reid, H., S. Huq and L. Murray (2004) Adaptation Day at COP9. IIED, London. Provide link to report View Report
• Huq, S. and H. Reid (2002) Report of Adaptation Day at COP 8, Delhi, India, 28 October 2002. Unpublished report. IIED, London. View Report

Funded by: the Netherlands Climate Change Assistance Programme, GTZ - Germany, and Environment Canada.

For further information on D&C Days at COP see www.dcdays.org

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