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Vulnerability & Adaptation to Climate Change: From Practice to Policy May 11-12, 2006

S B A I C Vulnerability & Adaptation to Climate Change: From Practice to Policy May 11-12, 2006 Farhana Yamin Fellow Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University Climate Change & Disasters Group S B A I C Building And Strengthening Institutional Capacities in Climate Change

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Vulnerability & Adaptation to Climate Change: From Practice to Policy May 11-12, 2006

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  1. S B A I C Vulnerability & Adaptation to Climate Change:From Practice to PolicyMay 11-12, 2006 Farhana Yamin Fellow Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University Climate Change & Disasters Group

  2. S B A I C • Building And Strengthening Institutional Capacities in Climate Change • Initially 2 yr project to: • support implementation of UNFCCC/Kyoto • assist DC negotiations on future climate policy • Activities include • Policy analysis, workshops, networking, mentoring at national & international level • Focused on major developing countries: India, China, Brazil & South Africa • Funded by European Commission with co-financing from China, UK DEFRA, IDS & WRI

  3. S B A I C BASIC Project Team • Over 20 research & policy institutions/40 individuals, mostly from BASIC countries, working with international experts on wide range of climate topics: • Vulnerability & Adaptation (India Team) • Mitigation, SD & Energy (China Team) • Carbon markets & national institutional issues (S.Africa Team) • Int. negotiations on future climate regime (Brazil Team) • Setting up DC experts network (Full Team)

  4. S B A I C • Analytical papers, development of new methodological tools & in-country workshops supporting national climate policy processes & networking among national & international experts • S.Africa: National Climate Change Conference October, Oct. 2005 • Beijing: Workshop on Economic Modelling and SD Policies, Feb 2006 • Delhi: Workshop on Adaptation Practises & Policy, May 2006 • Brazil: Future Climate Policy, August 2006 • Outreach workshops with OECD, Paris 2005 & COP 11, COP12 etc.

  5. S B A I C • Sharing work being done by India Team on: • Disaster risk reduction (DRR) & CC linkages • Handbook on current VA tools & methodologies • New conceptual framework, indicators tools & methodologies for VA • Future int. adaptation policy & finances • Learn about VA work from Indian experts & and other BASIC countries, EU & USA • Support dialogue & networking among growing “adaptation community” to advance national and international work on CC adaptation • BASIC papers/outputs available from BASIC website www.basic-project.net

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