Activity 2: Support projects and activities that take climate change into account
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Below are the global and regional obligations in this activity:
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Directly relevant obligations and commitments
- Provide financial support to developing country Parties for country-driven climate change and ecosystem-related projects: CBD Decision VII/15, 18(a) and CBD Decision VII/20, 6(a) SEE COMMENTARY 1
- Provide financial support to developing country Parties for capacity building for increased effectiveness in commitments under the Rio Conventions: CBD Decision VII/15, 18(b) and CBD Decision VII/20, 6(b) SEE COMMENTARY 2
- Fund and support research to identify natural heritage properties most at risk from impacts of climate change as well as monitoring and evaluation systems to enable detection of climate change and its impacts: World Heritage Decision 31 COM 7.1, 8 and WHC-07/31.COM/7.1, Annex 1 (Policy Document on the Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Properties) SEE COMMENTARY 3
- Fund and support research to identify how climate change affects aesthetic and scenic values and superlative natural phenomena: World Heritage Decision 31 COM 7.1, 8 and WHC-07/31.COM/7.1, Annex 1 (Policy Document on the Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Properties) SEE COMMENTARY 4
- Fund and support research to identify potential direct and indirect impacts of climate change on fossil, geological and geomorphologic values: World Heritage Decision 31 COM 7.1, 8 and WHC-07/31.COM/7.1, Annex 1 (Policy Document on the Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Properties) SEE COMMENTARY 5
Fund and support research to identify species and ecosystems most threatened by climate change, their climate sensitivity and climatic thresholds, “climate refugia” for biodiversity values, criterion (ix) and (x) properties most at risk, as well as means to avoid or alleviate impacts: World Heritage Decision 31 COM 7.1, 8 and WHC-07/31.COM/7.1, Annex 1 (Policy Document on the Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Properties) SEE COMMENTARY 6
- Fund and support research to identify direct and indirect impacts of climate change on the integrity of natural heritage properties, as well as most effective means to build connectivity between properties and surrounding landscapes to promote resilience: World Heritage Decision 31 COM 7.1, 8 and WHC-07/31.COM/7.1, Annex 1 (Policy Document on the Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Properties) SEE COMMENTARY 7
- Fund and support research to identify how natural heritage properties contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, sequestration and storage: World Heritage Decision 31 COM 7.1, 8 and WHC-07/31.COM/7.1, Annex 1 (Policy Document on the Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Properties) SEE COMMENTARY 8
- Ensure availability of adequate scientific, technical and financial resources: PEBLDS, 1.2
Indirectly relevant obligations and commitments
- Provide financial support to developing country Parties for capacity building for synergy-oriented programmes to conserve all ecosystems contributing to poverty eradication: CBD Decision VII/15, 18(c) SEE COMMENTARY 9
- Give priority within international assistance to helping States Parties in implementing emergency measures to mitigate risks from disasters: 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 10
- Strengthen policies and funding provisions for disaster reduction within the World Heritage system: 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 11
- Promote natural heritage, and its potential positive role for disaster reduction as part of sustainable development, within relevant international development institutions, conventions and global forums and with other potential financial partners: 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 12
- Provide the necessary means and resources to the responsible national agencies to strengthen consideration of disaster risk reduction for natural heritage within national legislations and procedures for environmental impact assessment: 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 13
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