Population Dynamics and Climate Change Key Messages
This meeting, sponsored by UNFPA and the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) in collaboration with the UN Population Division and UN-HABITAT, brought together experts on population and climate change for analysis of the policy implications for the United Nations’ response to climate change. The papers presented at the meeting elucidated particular aspects of the linkages between population and climate change, focusing on both mitigation and adaptation, and helped clarify policy options and necessary actions at the regional and country levels. The meeting concluded with an inter-agency panel discussion on how to integrate population issues into UN Delivering as One on climate change at the global and country levels.
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This meeting was held as part of UNFPA's celebration of ICPD 15. The ICPD Programme of Action makes reference to the environment and climate change. As more attention has been focused on issues like climate change and the recent food crisis, and as we commemorate the 15th anniversary of ICPD and prepare for the last five year leg of the 20 year Programme of Action, UNFPA is committed to developing the technical basis for a common understanding of linkages between population dynamics and climate change, and to informing discussions on actions at the global and country levels.
Conveners:
Jose Miguel Guzman, Chief Population and Development Branch, UNFPA
Gordon McGranahan, head of the Human Settlements Division, IIED
UPDATE:
Please see the key messages, with contributions from and support of meeting attendees.
Papers and presentations from the meeting have been attached to the agenda below. These materials are posted in working form, and do not necessarily reflect the perspective of UNFPA. Please contact the authors for additional information.
AGENDA
DAY 1 |
24 JUNE 2009 |
| 8:30-9:00 | REGISTRATION AND COFFEE |
| 9:00-9:30 | WELCOMING REMARKS |
| Gordon McGranahan, Head, Human Settlements Group, IIED | |
| Werner Haug, Director, Technical Division, UNFPA | |
| 9:30-10:30 | INTRODUCTION |
| Chair: Jose Miguel Guzman, UNFPA | |
| Papers: | |
| 1. Population Dynamics and Climate Change: Linkages and Challenges | |
| George Martine, UNFPA (abstract: pdf) (paper: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 2. The United Nations Approach to Climate Change: Does Population Matter? | |
| Hania Zlotnik, Population Division, UN/DESA (presentation: pdf) | |
| Discussion | |
| 10:30-10:45 | BREAK |
| PART I: | CONCEPTUAL LINKS BETWEEN POPULATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE |
| 10:45-12:45 | SESSION 1: Population Dynamics and Mitigation |
| Chair: Ronald Skeldon, Sussex University | |
| Papers: | |
| 1. Implications of Population Dynamics and Size for Mitigation | |
| Brian O'Neill, IIASA (abstract: pdf) | |
| 2. Household Structure Changes, Urbanization and Greenhouse Gas Emissions | |
| Michael Dalton, NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center [Note: delivered by Brian O'Neill] | |
| 3. Population Issues in IPCC Climate Change Modeling | |
| Leiwen Jiang, Population Action International (abstract: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 4. Population Dynamics and Deforestation | |
| William Pan, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (abstract: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| Discussion | |
| 12:45-13:45 | LUNCH |
| 13:45-15:15 | SESSION 2: Population Dynamics and Adaptation |
| Chair: Mamadou Diakhite, UNITAR | |
| Papers: | |
| 1. Gender and Climate Change Adaptation | |
| Karen Newman, Population and Sustainability Network (presentation: pdf) | |
| 2. Population, Climate and Health | |
| Sari Kovats, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (abstract: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 3. Climate Change Adaptation and Urban Children | |
| Sheridan Bartlett, IIED (abstract: pdf) (paper: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| Discussion | |
| 15:15-15:30 | BREAK |
| 15:30-17:30 | SESSION 3: Climate Induced Migration |
| Chair: Diego Palacios, UNFPA | |
| Papers: | |
| 1. Climate Change, Long Term Environmental Degradation and migration | |
| Cecilia Tacoli, IIED (abstract: pdf) (paper: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 2. Climate-Related Disasters and Displacement | |
| Scott Leckie, Displacement Solution (abstract: pdf) (paper: pdf) | |
| 3. Climate Change and Migration in Nairobi, Kenya | |
| Cecilia Njenga, UN-HABITAT (abstract: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 4. Climate Induced Migration | |
| Philippe Boncour, IOM (abstract: pdf) | |
| Discussion | |
| 17:30-18:00 | WRAP UP |
| 18:00 | RECEPTION |
DAY 2 |
25 JUNE 2009 |
| 9:00-11:00 | SESSION 4: Urbanization and Climate Change |
| Chair: Cecilia Njenga, UN-HABITAT | |
| Papers: | |
| 1. Overview of Climate Change and Urbanization | |
| David Satterthwaite, IIED (abstract: pdf) (paper: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 2. Urban Emissions and Vulnerability | |
| David Dodman, IIED (abstract: pdf) (paper: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 3. Spatial Distribution and Risk for Urban Populations -- an International Overview | |
| Mark Montgomery, Population Council; Deborah Balk, Baruch CUNY; Gordon McGranahan, IIED (abstract: pdf) (paper: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 4. The Urban Poor's Vulnerability to the Impacts of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| Lucy Winchester and Raquel Szalachman, UN ECLAC, Chile (abstract: pdf) (paper:pdf) | |
| Discussion | |
| 11:00-11:15 | BREAK |
| 11:15-12:45 | SESSION 5: Data Needs for Climate Change Analysis and Policy Formation at the International, National and Local Levels |
| Chair: Cecilia Tacoli, IIED | |
| Papers: | |
| 1. Linking Satellite and Population Data for Climate Change Analysis | |
| Deborah Balk, Baruch CUNY; Mark Montgomery, Population Council; Gordon McGranahan, IIED (abstract: pdf) (paper: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 2. Population Data for Climate Change Analysis | |
| Hy Dao, UNEP (abstract: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 3. Use of National Census Data for Environmental Analysis | |
| Jose Miguel Guzman, UNFPA (abstract: pdf) (paper: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| Discussion | |
| 12:45-13:45 | LUNCH |
| PART II: | UN DELIVERY-AS-ONE AT THE GLOBAL AND COUNTRY LEVELS |
| 13:45-15:45 | SESSION 6: Population Issues in Climate Change Strategies |
| Chair: TBD | |
| Papers: | |
| 1. Population Issues in International Climate Change Negotiations | |
| Youssef Nassef, UNFCCC (abstract: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 2. Population Issues and National Adaptation Programmes of Action | |
| Karen Hardee and Clive Mutunga, Population Action International (abstract: pdf) (paper: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 3. Population and Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Bangladesh Experiences | |
| Mozaharul Alam, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (abstract: pdf) (presentation: pdf) | |
| 4. Climate Change and UN Delivery As One in Viet Nam: Recent Developments and Challenges | |
| Veronique Marx, UNFPA (presentation: pdf) | |
| Discussion | |
| 15:45-16:00 | BREAK |
| 16:00-17:45 | SESSION 7: Panel -- UN Delivery-As-One at the Global and Country Levels |
| Chair: Werner Haug, UNFPA | |
| Panelists: | |
| Cecilia Njenga, UN-HABITAT | |
| Mahir Aliyev, UNEP | |
| Achim Halpaap, UNITAR | |
| Philippe Boncour, IOM | |
| Jenty Kirsch-Wood, OCHA | |
| Jose Miguel Guzman, UNFPA | |
| 17:45-18:00 | CLOSING CEREMONY |
| Gordon McGranahan, IIED | |
| Jose Miguel Guzman, UNFPA |
