Global Webinar on Strengthening Climate Change and Disaster-Related Statistics: Needs, Priorities, and Action for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

10 to 11 May 2023 | Open meeting

Virtual Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya
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The Global Webinar on Strengthening Climate Change and Disaster-Related Statistics: Needs, Priorities, and Action is part of a series of online webinars being held under the 14th tranche of the United Nations Development Account (DA14) Project “Resilient and agile National Statistical Systems to meet post-COVID-19 data needs to recover better”. The DA14 Project aims to help enhance the resilience and agility of the national statistical systems (NSS) of the 50 beneficiary countries to respond to emerging economic, social and environmental data needs in times of crises and disasters, through the use of innovative data sources, advanced data acquisition methods and modern technologies, while ensuring a path towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

This webinar organized under Workstream 2.1 of the DA14 project, which aimed to strengthen national capacities, and increase the availability and policy use of statistics and indicators on climate change and disaster-related statistics. The Workstream was co-facilitated by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).

The objectives of this webinar were to:

  • Enhance awareness and understanding in the beneficiary countries of relevant international statistical frameworks and guidelines on climate change and disaster-related statistics;
  • Share experiences, including good practices as well as technical and institutional challenges, on the production and use of climate change and disaster-related statistics between beneficiary countries;
  • Discuss national priorities and plans for improving climate change and disaster-related statistics, and,
  • Share and discuss how countries may further engage in the project.

Before and after the webinar, each participant will be invited to complete a short survey on their level of awareness and knowledge relating to climate change and disaster-related statistics.

10 May 2023
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13:00
13:35
Session 1: Opening and Introduction
13:35
14:25
Session 2: Demand for climate change and disaster-related statistics
14:25
14:35
Break
14:35
16:00
Session 3: Overview of international statistical frameworks and guidelines on climate change statistics
11 May 2023
13:00
13:35
Session 4: Overview of international statistical frameworks and guidelines on disaster-related statistics (cont)
14:35
14:45
Break
14:45
16:00
Session 5: Ongoing global initiatives and way forward
Date/Session Presentation Speakers

10 May 2023
Session 1: Opening and Introduction Housekeeping items Ekaterina Poleshchuk, UNEP
Introduction to the DA14 project Gabriel Gamez, Inter-regional Adviser, UNSD
Results of the Pre-webinar Survey Ruoxi Li, UNEP
Session 2: Demand for climate change and disaster-related statistics Paris Agreement and Outcomes of COP27 Vlad Trusca, Transparency Division, UN Climate Change Secretariat
Sendai Framework: Generating official statistics on disaster risk reduction Animesh Kumar, Head of Office, Bonn, UNDRR
Looking Ahead – Filling Climate Change and Disaster Data Gaps Teerapong Praphotjanaporn, ESCAP Statistics Division
UNEP’s Climate Gap Reports (Emissions Gap Report and Adaptation Gap Report) Kaisa Uusimaa, Programme Officer, Scientific Assessment Branch, Early Warning and Assessment Division
Session 3: Overview of international statistical frameworks and guidelines on climate change statistics Implementation of the Global Set of Climate Change Statistics and Indicators Emil Ivanov, UNSD
Tanzania’s Experience on Compilation of Climate Change Statistics Ruth Davison Minja, Director of Population Census and Social Statistics & Chair Person of the EGES-UNSD
Conference of European Statisticians’ Core Set of Climate Change-Related Indicators and the upcoming Guidance on the Role of NSOs in Achieving National Climate Objectives Malgorzata Cwiek, Statistical Division, UNECE

11 May 2023
Session 4: Overview of international statistical frameworks and guidelines on disaster-related statistics (cont) Sendai Framework monitoring and Global Framework for Disaster-Related Statistics Animesh Kumar, Head of Office, Bonn, UNDRR
Introduction to the Disaster-related Statistics Framework (DRSF) Piyapat Nakornchai, Statistics Division, ESCAP
Measuring Hazardous Events and Disasters: Set of core disaster-risk-related indicators Michael Nagy, UNECE
The GSGF and beyond Claudio Stenner, IBGE, Brazil and Lorraine McNerney, Ordnance Survey Ireland
Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters (SFGIS4D) Michelle T. Edwards ODPEM Jamaica, Co-Chair UN-GGIM Working Group Disasters
Country Example: Zambia Joseph Minango, Zambia
Session 5: Ongoing global initiatives and way forward National Adaptation Planning Processes Jessica Troni, UNEP
UNEP Climate Services and Early Warning Systems Portfolio Bo Ra Kim, UNEP
Importance of Institutional Cooperation and Governance Gabriel Gamez, Inter-regional Adviser, UNSD
Way Forward: Overview of Workstream 2.1 Activities under the DA14 Project Richard Tonkin, ESCAP, and Ekaterina Poleshchuk, UNEP

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