The AIACC Data, Methods and Synthesis Activity AIACC DMS

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The AIACC Data, Methods and Synthesis
ActivityAIACC - DMS

• Ana Iglesias
• Alex de Sherbinin
• Cynthia Rosenzweig

Steering Group Punsalmaa Batima, Mahmoud Medany,
Tony Nyong, Balgis M. Osman, Sara Beresford,
Neil Leary
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What is the Data, Methods Synthesis Website?

• A tool to inform you about the methods, tools and
  data being used by your colleagues working on
  similar problems
• A resource providing
• Bibliography of journal articles, working papers,
  data information web portals, etc.
• A database of relevant data sets
• Information on methodologies
• Sources and background for tools
• A means to synthesize and communicate info to
  other researchers and stakeholders
• An aid in National Communications

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Sources of Information

• The Project Profile Survey sent out in November
  2002
• IPCC, UNDP-APF, UNFCCC, and other resources for
  impacts, adaptation and vulnerability assessment
• CIESINs catalogue of data sets

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Goals During the Meeting

• Demonstrate the DMS website
• Ensure that your Project is represented correctly
• Update the information about your Project
• Incorporate your comments for improving the DMS
  website content

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Countries, Case Studies, and Regions
Case Studies
Countries
Regions
Regional Climate Studies
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• Total Projects (24)
• Climate (2)
• Agriculture (16)
• Forestry (2)
• Ecosystems (4)
• Water Resources (14)
• Infrastructure (3)
• Tourism (3)
• SLR and Coasts (4)
• Health (3)

Sectors
Project Sector AF04 Ecosystems, Agriculture,
Water Resources AF07 Regional climate
scenarios AF14 Agriculture AF20 Regional
climate scenarios AF23 Agriculture AF38 Agricult
ure, Forestry, Water Resources AF42 Agriculture,
Ecosystems, Water Resources AF47 Agriculture AF9
0 Agriculture, Water Resources AF91 Health AF92
Agriculture, Water Resources AS06 Agriculture,
Ecosystems AS07 Water Resources AS12 Agriculture
AS21 Forestry, Water Resources, Agriculture,
Infrastructure AS25 Agriculture, Water
Resources, Infrastructure, Tourism LA06 Water
Resources, Agriculture, Tourism LA26 Sea Level
Rise and Coasts LA27 Agriculture, Water
Resources LA29 Agriculture, Water
Resources LA32 Sea Level Rise and Coasts,
Ecosystems, Water Resources, Health SIS06 Health,
Tourism SIS09 Sea Level Rise and Coasts,
Agriculture, Water Resources SIS90 Sea Level
Rise and Coasts, Tourism, Ecosystems, Water
Resources, Infrastructure
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• Total Projects (24)
• Climate (3)
• Disasters (3)
• Food Security (13)
• Pastoral Systems (3)
• Biodiversity (3)
• Regional Economy (4)
• Land Use (4)
• Human Settlements (3)
• Sustainable
• Livelihoods (2)
• Dengue, Malaria,
• Cholera (2)

Systems
Project System AF04 Food Security,
Biodiversity AF07 Climate AF14 Food
Security AF20 Climate AF23 Food
Security AF38 Food Security, Land Use,
Disasters AF42 Food Security AF47 Regional
Economy AF90 Food Security, Land
Use AF91 Malaria and Cholera AF92 Food
Security, Pastoral Systems, Sustainable
Livelihoods AS06 Food Security, Pastoral
Systems, Human Settlements AS07 Disasters AS12 F
ood Security, Land Use AS21 Land Use,
Biodiversity, Human Settlements AS25 Food
Security, Land Use, Regional Economy LA06 Disaste
rs LA26 Climate LA27 Food Security, Pastoral
Systems LA29 Food Security, Sustainable
Livelihoods LA32 Biodiversity, Regional
Economy SIS06 Dengue Fever, Regional
Economy SIS09 Food Security, Human Settlements,
Regional Economy SIS90 Regional Economy
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• Total Projects (24)
• Climate Info.
• Services (3)
• Subsistence
• Farmers (10)
• Subsistence
• Fisherman (2)
• Rural/Urban
• Poor (10)
• Women (2)
• Commercial
• Farmers (4)
• Resource
• Managers (5)
• Tourism Workers (2)

Groups
Project Groups AF04 Subsistence Farmers, Tourism
Workers AF07 Climate Information
Services AF14 Subsistence Farmers, Rural Poor,
Women AF20 Climate Information
Services AF23 Subsistence Farmers, Rural
Poor AF38 Subsistence Farmers, Rural
Poor AF42 Subsistence Farmers, Rural
Poor AF47 Rural and Urban Poor AF90 Subsistence
Farmers, Com. Farmers, Res. Managers AF91 Rural
and Urban Poor AF92 Rural Poor, Subsistence
Farmers, Subsistence Fishermen AS06 Subsistence
Farmers, Rural Poor AS07 Resource
Managers AS12 Commercial Farmers AS21 Subsistenc
e Farmers, Com. Farmers, Res. Managers, Rural
Poor AS25 Subsistence Farmers, Women, Res.
Managers LA06 Resource Managers LA26 Climate
Information Services LA27 Commercial
Farmers LA29 Subsistence Farmers LA32 Subsistenc
e Fishermen SIS06 Rural and Urban
Poor SIS09 Rural and Urban Poor SIS90 Tourism
Workers
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Toolkit

• Based on the demand reflected in the Survey
• Vulnerability and Adaptation Methods (boxes)
• Models and Software Tools
• Bibliography
• Web resources
• Databases

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Box 6. Vulnerability and Adaptive
Capacity Entitlements Theory of Amartya Sen
Sens "entitlements approach" to the analysis of
famine, and hunger and poverty more generally,
has become relatively widely known... Sen has
used the entitlements approach as a framework for
thinking broadly about policy alternatives to
prevent and reduce deprivation. This framework,
including a strong stress on varied forms of
"public action" besides direct state action. /
Sen, A. "Ingredients of Famine Analysis
Availability and Entitlements", Quarterly Journal
of Economics, vol. 95, 1981, pp. 433-64. Also
published in Resources, Values and Development,
the same writer, Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1984. /
Political Ecology Approach of
Bohle-Downing-Watts Sustainable
Livelihoods Coupled Human-Environment System
Approach of Kasperson et al. Adaptation Policy
Framework being developed by UNDP Identification
of Thresholds or Coping Ranges Etc. . . .
Goal Engage participants to help write boxes so
there can be examples on how methods are used in
the AIACC Project
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Search the AIACC projects by country, region,
sector, system or groups
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A search on ecosys-tems returned four project
summaries AF04 AF42 AS06 LA32
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Click on view in the summary mode will provide
a full description of that project (in this case
AS06)
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Next Steps

• Test and Update DMS Website
• Beta testing by AIACC participants
• Feedback/updates from each project team
• Improve website
• Archive Project Data
• Sectors, systems, groups
• Case studies
• Synthesis Activities
• Provide key results
• Facilitate analyses within/across regions,
  sectors, systems, groups

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Thematic Guides Comments

• LUCC
• I am developing a new interactive
  desertification web base that will network 27
  Arab countries. I found your website by surfing
  the web and found it a wonderful site that I
  would like to refer to. Susan Brannon, UNDP
• Social Science RS
• This is a very fine document! Congratulations.
  It will be very useful to the community.
  Emilio Moran
• You and your co-authors did a great job, and
  hope that it is widely read. Ron Rindfuss