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Introduction.
The United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), under its Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, holded a workshop on climate related risks and extreme events in Cairo, 18-20 June 2007.

In accordance with the mandate given by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), the workshop explored issues and information relating to:
(a) Experience with assessment and management of current and future climate-related risks and impacts, including those related to extreme events and in specific sectors;
(b) Ability, gaps, needs, opportunities, barriers and constraints to predicting climate variability, impacts and extreme events across regions and hazards;
© Contribution of traditional knowledge to understanding and managing climate-related risks;
(d) Implications for sustainable development in relation to a), b) and c) above;
(e) Promoting the understanding of impacts of, and vulnerability to, climate change.

The objective of this paper is to provide background information for the workshop and formulate key issues on which to focus the discussions. It presents a general overview of some existing approaches and tools to assess, predict and manage current and future climate related risks and extreme events as part of climate variability and explores insights into risk management approaches and implications for sustainable development, as well as summarises information on needs gaps and concerns.