Activity 3: Assess vulnerability and adaptability
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Component 1: Assess vulnerability of mountain ecosystems
Directly relevant obligations and commitments
- Promote the monitoring of mountain areas susceptible to climate change: CBD Decision VII/27, 1 and CBD Decision VII/27, Annex (programme of work on mountain biological diversity) SEE COMMENTARY 1
Component 2: Assess adaptability of species in mountain ecosystems
Directly relevant obligations and commitments
- Conduct long-term research on species adaptability to changing environmental conditions under climatic or human-induced global change: CBD Decision VII/27, 1 and CBD Decision VII/27, Annex (programme of work on mountain biological diversity) SEE COMMENTARY 2
Component 3: Assess vulnerability of migratory species
Directly relevant obligations and commitments
- Identify which migratory species, based on best available evidence, are particularly threatened by climate change: CMS Resolution 8.13, 1(b) SEE COMMENTARY 3
Component 4: Assess vulnerability of wetland ecosystems
Directly relevant obligations and commitments
- Stimulate assessment of the vulnerability of coastal wetlands in relation to climate change and sea-level rise, including from local and traditional knowledge: Ramsar Resolution VIII.4, 14 and Ramsar Resolution VIII.4, Annex (Principles and guidelines for incorporating wetland issues into Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)) SEE COMMENTARY 4
Component 5: Assess vulnerability of coastal and marine ecosystems
Directly relevant obligations and commitments
- Identify coral reef areas that exhibit resistance and/or resilience to raised sea temperatures: CBD Decision VII/5, 5 and CBD Decision VII/5, Annex I (elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity) SEE COMMENTARY 5
- Investigate the factors that enable coral reef resistance to raised sea temperatures and/or coral bleaching: CBD Decision VII/5, 5 and CBD Decision VII/5, Annex I (elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity) SEE COMMENTARY 6
- Investigate the role of sea currents in the resistance and/or resilience of coral reefs to raised sea temperatures and/or coral bleaching: CBD Decision VII/5, 5 and CBD Decision VII/5, Annex I (elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity) SEE COMMENTARY 7
- Undertake and publish joint assessments of the quality status of the marine environment and of its development: OSPAR Convention 1992, Article 6
- To assess the suitability of an offshore wind farm location with respect to the biological features to be protected, the relevant basic information (e.g. spatial distribution and temporal variability) should be available for benthos, fish, and mammals as well as resting and migratory birds: OSPAR BDC Meeting Bonn Feb 05 (no. 7)
Component 6: Assess vulnerability and adaptability of World Heritage sites
Directly relevant obligations and commitments
- Support risk identification and assessment activities at World Heritage properties, including consideration of climate change impacts on heritage: World Heritage Decision 31 COM 7.2, 4 and WHC-07/31,COM/7.2 (revised Strategy for Risk Reduction at World Heritage Properties) SEE COMMENTARY 8
- Develop a World Heritage Risk Map at the global level or at regional levels to assist States Parties and the Committee to develop better responses: World Heritage Decision 31 COM 7.2, 4 and WHC-07/31,COM/7.2 (revised Strategy for Risk Reduction at World Heritage Properties) SEE COMMENTARY 9
- Integrate concern for World Heritage into wider national disaster reduction plans and documentation programmes: WHC Decision 30 COM 7.2, 6
- Develop Management Plans that include a risk-analysis and management component for World Heritage properties: WHC Decision 30 COM 7.2, 6
- Conduct climate change vulnerability analysis, risk assessment, adaptation and develop appropriate management plans: World Heritage Decision 30 COM 7.1, 8 and WHC-06/30.COM/7.1 (Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate management responses) SEE COMMENTARY 10
- Promote the development of risk and vulnerability maps for regions and sub-regions which overlay climate data and World Heritage site locations: World Heritage Decision 30 COM 7.1, 8 and WHC-06/30.COM/7.1 (Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate management responses) SEE COMMENTARY 11
- Promote community participation in, and mobilize local support for disaster risk assessment and reduction at World Heritage properties: World Heritage Decision 30 COM 7.2, 3 and WHC-06/30. COM/7.2 (Strategy for Reducing Risks from Disasters at World Heritage properties) SEE COMMENTARY 12
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