Climate variability and climate change vulnerability and adaptation. Workshop summary
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- U.S. Country Studies Program, Washington, DC (United States); and others
Representatives from fifteen countries met in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 11-15, 1995, to share results from the analysis of vulnerability and adaptation to global climate change. The workshop focused on the issues of global climate change and its impacts on various sectors of a national economy. The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), which has been signed by more than 150 governments worldwide, calls on signatory parties to develop and communicate measures they are implementing to respond to global climate change. An analysis of a country`s vulnerability to changes in the climate helps it identify suitable adaptation measures. These analyses are designed to determine the extent of the impacts of global climate change on sensitive sectors such as agricultural crops, forests, grasslands and livestock, water resources, and coastal areas. Once it is determined how vulnerable a country may be to climate change, it is possible to identify adaptation measures for ameliorating some or all of the effects.The objectives of the vulnerability and adaptation workshop were to: The objectives of the vulnerability and adaptation workshop were to: Provide an opportunity for countries to describe their study results; Encourage countries to learn from the experience of the more complete assessments and adjust their studies accordingly; Identify issues and analyses that require further investigation; and Summarize results and experiences for governmental and intergovernmental organizations.
- Research Organization:
- US Country Studies Program, Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- U.S. Country Studies Program, Washington, DC (United States); Karlova Univ., Prague (Czech Republic); Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Prague (Czech Republic)
- OSTI ID:
- 195766
- Report Number(s):
- USCSP--96005616; CONF-9509320--Summ.; ON: TI96005616
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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