Title: Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors (AIACC)
1Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to
Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors
(AIACC)
- Robert Watson
- ICSU Forum on
- Science and Technology for Sustainable
Development - World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Johannesburg - August 30, 2002
2- AIACC Implementing, Executing Collaborating
Agencies - UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Global SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training
(START) - Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Funding Agencies
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
- US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
3AIACC Objectives
- Advance scientific understanding
- Of climate change I, A V in developing country
regions. - Publications in peer reviewed journals.
- Build and enhance scientific technical capacity
in developing countries - To investigate climate change I, A V and
- To participate in international scientific
assessments (e.g. IPCC) - Generate and communicate information useful for
adaptation planning action - Including for preparation of National
Communications under UNFCCC.
4AIACC Grants for Regional Studies of Climate
Change I, A V
- Call for pre-proposals issued early 2001
- 150 preproposals submitted.
- 60 invited to submit full proposals.
- Proposals peer reviewed by 80 scientists
- 24 awards made
- 11 in Africa (17 countries participating)
- 5 in Asia (9 countries)
- 5 in Latin America (10 countries)
- 3 in Small Island Dev. States (8 countries)
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6AIACC Support for Grant Recipients
- 3-year research funding (100K-225K USD)
- Participation in capacity building activities
- Training/project development workshops held in
2002. - Regional workshops (2003 and 2004)
- Technical assistance from AIACC mentors
- Including facilitation of peer-reviewed
publication. - Participation in AIACC Scientific Network
- Cross-project (South-South) collaborations
assistance - Collaborations with developed country researchers
7Projects emphasize links between current future
vulnerabilities adaptive strategies
- Most AIACC projects will begin with assessment of
current vulnerabilities in areas such as - Food security
- Water security
- Livelihood security
- Human health
- Will explore how climate change in combination
with other factors may alter vulnerabilities
through coming decades. - Will evaluate adaptive strategies, emphasizing
those that might lessen current vulnerabilities
as well as longer term vulnerabilities to climate
change.
8Drought vulnerability of rural households in W.
African Sahel
- University of Jos, Nigeria and Institut
DEconomie Rural, Mali - Past/present vulnerabilities of household food
livelihood security from drought to be evaluated
using survey techniques and observational data - Develop and apply models of future
vulnerabilities and adaptive responses under
scenarios of climate change. - Attempt to identify thresholds for coping with
climatic extremes and evaluate risks of exceeding
in future climate
9Climate change vulnerabilities and adaptations in
Limpopo basin, Botswana
- University of Botswana
- Establish past and present responses of food and
water sectors to climate variability. - Investigate potential impacts of climate change
on food production, water supply and water
demand. - Economic valuation of impacts and examination of
vulnerabilities (e.g. food security) of impacted
groups. - Evaluate feasibility, effectiveness and costs of
adaptation options to lessen vulnerabilities.
10Integrated assessment of climate change impacts
in Miombo region
- Miombo Network (researchers institutions in
Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia) - Case studies of recent droughts and floods in
Zambezi River Basin. - Develop and apply models of climate-environment-hu
man interactions to investigate impacts of
climate change (emphasis on flood, drought) on
land-use, production, food security,
livelihoods. - Evaluate adaptation options for the river basin.
11Sustainable livelihood strategies in Sudan
lessons for climate change adaptation
- Higher Council for Environment Natural
Resources, Sudan - Case studies of degree to which existing
sustainable livelihood programs have increased
resilience (including food security) of local
agricultural systems to climate related
stressors. - Evaluate potential for these strategies to
increase resilience (and food security) to future
climate change.
12Food production water needs in North Africa
- Agricultural Research Center (Egypt), Ministere
de lAgricultare (Tunisia), Direction de la
Meteorologie Nationale (Morocco) - Case studies of effects of climate variability on
production of cereals, olives, other crops in 3
different arid/semi-arid cropping systems. - Simulation of crop production and water demands
for scenarios of climate change evaluation of
food security implications. - Evaluation of adaptation options for different
cropping systems.
13For more information on AIACC
- Visit AICC website
- www.start.org/Projects/AIACC_Project/aiacc.html
- Or contact
- Neil Leary, START Secretariat
- Email nleary_at_agu.org
- Tel 1 202-462-2213