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Overview
Hydro-meteorological hazards have enormous impacts
on socio-economic systems. Droughts, floods and
storms, endanger human lives, disrupt livelihood
systems, and derail the process of social and
economic developments. Livelihood systems that
do not have inbuilt buffering mechanisms, such
as small landhold rainfed agriculture systems,
are disproportionately vulnerable to the impact
of climate events. Long-term anthropogenic climate
change may also compound the severity of risks
at short-term and inter-annual scales, as it is
expected to alter the frequency and complexity
of climate hazards.
ADPC’s Climate Risk Management Team aims
to enhance capacities of communities and countries
to manage climate risks at all time scales through
the following distinct but inter-connected activities:
1) Establishment of pilot demonstration project
to gain hands-on experience in generating, interpreting,
translating and communicating to end-users with
constant feedback mechanisms through an end-to-end
climate forecast information application systems
in high climate risk zones. The demand, acceptability
and participation of stakeholder communities are
central to all pilot demonstration projects to
ensure their sustainability and replicability;
2) Capacity building efforts through training
programs of intermediary institutions that connect
climate information providers and local at-risk
communities. Creation of a new breed of science
integrators who understand how to communicate
user needs to climate information providers and
facilitate the application of climate information
by end-users;
3) Establishment of interactive climate risk management
schools to ensure the incorporation of end-users’
experience and wisdom on climate risk management
into decision making process;
4) Policy advocacy for incorporating climate risk
concerns into ongoing development planning processes;
and
5) Providing institutional forum for connecting
climate research and prediction centers and high-risk
communities and governments. CRM also establishes
mechanisms for sharing best practices among the
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PLANNED ACTIVITIES for JAN10-FEB10 2007
ADPC to conduct preliminary institutional
and policy analysis for climate risk management
in Myanmar
ADPC will be on mission to Myanmar from January
28-31 in order to conduct preliminary analysis
of institutions involved in and policies related
to climate risk management. The results from
this analysis will serve as inputs to the development
of potential climate risk management projects
in Myanmar, such as ADPC’s Climate Forecast
Applications projects in the Philippines, Indonesia,
Vietnam, and Bangladesh.
ADPC to present concept papers at workshop
on mainstreaming gender in integrated water
resource management in South Asia
ADPC will present concept papers outlining ways
of incorporating gender in climate change and
disaster management at a South Asia regional
workshop. With the theme, “Strategic Planning
for Mainstreaming Gender in Integrated Water
Resource Management”, the workshop will
be convened by the Gender and Water Alliance
in collaboration with Nepal Water Partnership.
The workshop will be held on January 22-25,
2007 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
CRM Director to participate in an expert
consultation on climate change adaptation
CRM Director Mr. A.R. Subbiah will participate
in an expert consultation on climate change
adaptation from January 23-24, 2007 in London.
Organized by the Stockholm Environment Institute,
the consultation will consider how adaptation
can be targeted to achieve development goals
and manage the risks of climate change. The
meeting will result in plans for collaborative
projects between the UK Department for International
Development and other organizations working
on development and climate change issues.
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