| | Hindu scriptures says that there are 8400,000 (84 Lakh) creatures in world and we need to transfer form one to others in turn. The ecosystem it is indirectly true. It seems that at the time it was written there were 8400000 populations including all. I got to know this fact from a book. It mentions 20L plant, 9L Aquatic, 11L insects, 10L birds 30l Animal and 4L human.
If human population increased from 4 00000 to 7 billion how can we think of preserving same ecosystem. We must adopt. We must think new way of using water. Climate change is not problem it is inevitable need for sustaining so much population. Please react.
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| | Welcome to "CREATE - SHARE - LISTEN" - the 4th International Conference on Digital Storytelling - a meeting place for practitioners, researchers, storytellers and visionaries in Lillehammer, Norway, February 5. – 7. 2011. Keynote speakers are Pip Hardy, John Hartley, Glynda Hull, Joe Lambert, Knut Lundby, Bjarke Myrthu and Simon Strömberg. For more information and registration, visit http://lillehammer2011.wordpress.com/.
We would also like to share that the Current Issue of the open refereed journal Seminar.net (http://seminar.net) is a Special Issue on Digital Storytelling, with 11 articles within teaching
and learning in Digital Storytelling, community building, genre of communication and practical papers.
Seminar.net is an Online International Journal which has published articles on Media, Technology & Lifelong Learning since 2005. The journal has now passed more than 100.000 readers from almost 200 countries, with the largest readership coming from the United States and India, followed by United Kingdom, Norway, Australia, Phillipines, Canada, Indonesia, Germany and Malaysia. Papers and reviews are welcome for upcoming issues.
Kind regards,
Yngve Troye Nordkvelle (yngve.nordkvelle@hil.no) and Brit Svoen (brit.svoen@hil.no)
Lillehammer University College
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| | In this section, you will find current calls for projects, calls for papers etc. Feel free to add your calls to this virtual blackboard.
Kind regards -
Franziska Mannke/CLIMATE 2010 team
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| | The Nordic Climate Facility (NCF) has launched the second call for proposals on urban adaptation and renewable energy projects in eligible developing countries.
Grant financing up to EUR 500 000 can be provided to Nordic (i.e. Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland) institutions, organisations, companies, and authorities with an eligible Local Partner in the following countries:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam; Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua.
The Call promotes the transfer of technology, know-how and innovative ideas between the Nordic countries and eligible low-income countries on climate change. NCF is financed by the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) and implemented jointly with the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO). The total budget for the second call is EUR 6 million. For detailed information and eligibility requirements, please see:
http://www.nefco.org/financing/ncf
OR
http://www.ndf.fi/nordic-climate-facility.shtml
Contact:
Mr. Kari Hämekoski
Nordic Climate Facility
Manager, Carbon Finance and Funds
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
Fabianinkatu 34, P.O. Box 249, FI-00171, Helsinki, Finland
PHONE: +358 10 618 0660
E-MAIL: ncf@ndf.fi
www.nefco.org
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| | European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 3 to
8 April 2011
HS7.4/AS4.9/CL3.4
Hydrological change versus climate change
Convener: Tim Cohn, United States Geological Survey, USA, cohn.tim@gmail.com Co-Convener 1: Harry Lins, United States Geological Survey, USA, hlins@usgs.gov Co-Convener 2: Manfred Mudelsee, Climate Risk Analysis, Germany, mudelsee@mudelsee.com Co-convener 3: Demetris Koutsoyiannis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, dk@itia.ntua.gr
Dear Colleague,
You are cordially invited to submit an abstract for our session on investigating hydrological versus climate changes.
Please find further information below. Do not hesitate to contact us directly if you have questions.
Best wishes, also on behalf of my co-convenors,
Manfred Mudelsee
P.s.: Apologies for cross postings (but hey, everyone does it).
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The site for our session, from where you can also submit your abstract, is
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/session/6591
The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 10 Jan 2011.
If you wish to apply for financial support, please submit not later than 3 December 2010.
Further information about the EGU General Assembly 2011 can be found at http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2011/home.html
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Session description:
Water and climate are tightly linked: Water vapor is by far the most important greenhouse gas; conversely, diachronic changes to climate impact hydrology. While hydrological change is influenced by many factors in addition to climate, and climate includes processes other than hydrological, nonetheless it would seem that one has to study water cycle and climate, the two phenomena, together, particularly if one wants to characterize future hydrological conditions -- e.g. water availability or flood hazards -- or understand future climate -- e.g. evaporation off land surfaces. However, the two corresponding scientific disciplines employ very different tools and methods. Although a number of sessions focus on assessing impacts of climate and hydrological change, this session seeks papers exploring the more fundamental physical interface between climate and hydrology: What can hydrology offer to climate science, and vice versa? Papers that explore how hydrological and climatological data can be employed to improve our understanding of the physical processes associated with climate, to calibrate models, to improve forecasts and predictions, and to estimate corresponding uncertainties, are particularly sought.
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Dr. Manfred Mudelsee
Chief Executive Officer
Climate Risk Analysis - Manfred Mudelsee e. K. (HRA 20 13 94) Schneiderberg 26
30167 Hannover, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)511 7003 2891
Fax: +49 (0)511 7003 2892
Email: mudelsee@mudelsee.com
URL: http://www.mudelsee.com
Research Scientist
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Climate Science Division Bussestrasse 24 27570 Bremerhaven Germany
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| | Call: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/glass/conference-2011/glass-conf-call-for-papers.pdf
For submittal,: http://med.monash.edu/glass/conference-2011/papers.php
Conference: 15-16 September 2011 International Conference on Gender and Climate Change: Women, Research and Action, Monash University Conference Centre in Prato, Italy
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| | Call: http://www.siww.com.sg/sites/default/files/2011_WC_Call_for_Paper.pdf
For Submittal: waterconvention@siww.com.sg
Conference: 4-8 July 2011 Sustainable Water Solutions for a Changing Urban Environment in Singapore, http://www.siww.com.sg/
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| | Earth is constant from outside but active internally. This activation is in order and has some system which we call ecosystem. Running ecosystem needs energy which we get from sun. Ecosystem is function of energy which ultimately depends on composition of GHG. We are concerned with temperature which in fact is not a fundamental thing. Fundamental thing is energy. In some stage we may notice about renewable energy also as contributor to CC. Increase in GHG leads to more energy which must be utilized. Our ecosystem is unable to assimilate extra energy uniformly as we use extra money in unwanted need. Nature uses this extra energy in a pocket which invites disasters to us.
Water is main element to distribute energy. We need to go in depth of water cycle to lessen effect of CC on ecosystem and then to us. Please discuss and give open ion to my views which looks off track to some extent. I will add more views in following days.
Namraj
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| | please look at the effect of bio-briquette as energy source and and its effect on the restoration of forest. The Rocha an NGO with technical support from Technology consultancy centre of kwame nkrumah university of science and technology are implementing this source of energy from farm waste, twigs etc to reduce heavy reliance on the forest. this will also enhance vegetational growth in watershed areas. in the big cities where demand for traditional energy is high with supply coming from the rural area, the bio-briquette production from big saw/timber industry in the big cities can be used to supply the cities' energy sources.
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| | Post climate-change related open positions here.
Kind regards -
F. Mannke/CLIMATE 2010 team
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| | Head of Agricultural Development, Comoro Islands Project
Main project activities planned: Main Place of Work: Anjouan, Union of the Comoros, Western Indian Ocean
Application deadline: 5 October 2010
Start Date: From November 2010
Contract: 12 month fixed-term, renewable, full-time position, at €16,800 per annum, plus insurance and an annual return flight to country of origin.
Contact: Hugh Doulton (Comoros Project Coordinator), hdoulton@bcsf.org.uk
Organisation: Bristol Conservation & Science Foundation
Country: Anjouan, Union of the Comoros, Western Indian Ocean
Phone: +269 334 2559
E-Mail: hdoulton@bcsf.org.uk
Website: www.bcsf.org.uk
Submission: 2 page CV and covering letter
Bristol Conservation and Science Foundation is looking to recruit a dynamic, self-motivated person to take responsibility for the agricultural components of its project in the Comoro Islands. The main duties are (i) developing and updating agricultural project intervention strategies, (ii) training the local team to implement and manage the agricultural activities, (iii) managing the team of agricultural technicians, and (iv) overseeing technical agricultural support to project beneficiaries in the villages. The successful candidate will also contribute to the creation of a local NGO that will support sustainable development practices in the Comoro Islands in the long-term.
The successful candidate will have at least a Masters level (BAC+4 equivalent) qualification in agronomy or agriculture, concentrating on the developing world context, with at least one year’s experience of fieldwork in the tropics, ideally including sub-Saharan Africa. Fluent spoken and written French is required, as well as, ideally, fluency in English. The Head of Agricultural Development will need to be able to work independently in challenging field conditions, and integrate with a multicultural team. The position is based full time in the Comoros.
The Comoro Islands in the Western Indian Ocean suffered from one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world during the 1990s, causing acute problems for the human population through loss of soil fertility and water resources, and putting at risk the endemic terrestrial biodiversity. The Comoro Islands Participatory Conservation Programme is led by Bristol Conservation & Science Foundation in partnership with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, and works with consultants from the University of East Anglia’s Department of International Development and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The project is supporting rural communities on the island of Anjouan to implement sustainable landscape management around the remaining areas of forest in order to improve the livelihoods of the rural population, improve sustainability of resource use, and preserve the forest ecosystems and their biodiversity.
The interventions of the project are based on:
Participatory analysis of agricultural and environmental problems;
Agreement on and implementation of appropriate innovations and solutions by the villagers with the support of the project (such as agricultural intensification on an agro-ecological model, fertility restoration, revenue diversification, communal natural resource management);
A long-term engagement through the creation of an independent local NGO;
Collecting data on the state of forest and biodiversity through ecological monitoring and research, to evaluate the environmental impact of project interventions and identify priority zones for protection.
The project has been working in the field since January 2008, in close collaboration with the Government of the Union of the Comoros and the administration of the island of Anjouan, the University of the Comoros, the National Centre for Scientific Research, the United Nations Development Programme, and various local NGOs. Financing until the end of 2012 comes from the British Government (through the Darwin Initiative), the French Development Agency, and the Global Environment Facility.
Main Duties:
Managed directly by the Comoros Project Coordinator, and benefitting in particular from the support of the project’s Agricultural Consultant (currently in the process of recruitment under French Development Agency funding), as well as the Development Consultant (University of East Anglia) and the Landscape Management Consultant (IUCN), the Head of Agricultural Development will be responsible for:
Designing and updating agricultural and agroforestry intervention strategies that aim to improve and adapt current agricultural practices, as well as participating in the design and updating of intervention strategies for livestock farming and collective natural resource management.
Organising technical agricultural support for the project beneficiaries in the villages.
Training and managing the team of three agricultural technicians.
Training the facilitator team in analysis of agricultural problems and the management and monitoring of innovations and solutions implemented.
Organising additional technical support where appropriate (for example, farmer-farmer exchange visits, support and management of visiting students, management of agricultural support missions).
Producing written reports on the above activities.
The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in the following areas:
Project communications within their domains of competence at both the local and international levels.
The management and administration of the overall project.
Profile:
Essential:
At least a Masters (BAC + 4 equivalent) degree in agronomy/agriculture concentrating on the developing world context
A minimum of one year’s experience of fieldwork in the tropics
High degree of initiative and self-motivation
Fluent spoken and written French
Good ICT skills, current driving licence
Motivated to spend at least half their time working in the field
Good degree of fitness for challenging terrain under tropical conditions
Excellent organisational and time management skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to work in a flexible manner
Ability to work as part of a dynamic and multicultural team
Preferred:
Several years field experience, ideally including sub-Saharan Africa
Experience of applying participatory approaches to development
Fluent spoken and written English
Ability to drive a motorbike
Working knowledge of GIS, GPS, and Microsoft Access
Bristol Conservation and Science Foundation is an operating unit of the Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society Ltd. The Society is committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and is Investor in People accredited.
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| | Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) - www.environment.fi/syke
Visiting Professor in Governance of Energy Systems and Climate Change - http://www.environment.fi/download.asp?contentid=121007&lan=en
- Duty Station: Helsinki, Finland
- Deadline for Applications: 22 October 2010
- Contact Person: Director Eeva Furman (eeva.furman@ymparisto.fi), mobile +358 4074 01479 or division manager Jukka Similä (jukka.simila@ymparisto.fi) mobile: +358 400 148 839
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| | UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - http://unfccc.int/2860.php
Coordinator (D1) - Sustainable Development Mechanisms Programme - https://unfccc.int/secretariat/employment/recruitment - https://unfccc.int/secretariat/employment/UserManagement/FileStorage/E8GFZPN2VW9TK0ARSMUL5Q6CY437BO
Duty Station: Bonn, Germany
Deadline: 30 October 2010 - applications to be submitted on-line
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| | Wildlife Works Carbon
Landscape Manager - http://ow.ly/d/6Z0
- Duty Station: Africa
- Deadline for Applications: Until filled
- Contact Person: Dr. Hassan Sachedina - VP Conservation Enterprise - hassan@wildlifeworks.com
- Special Requirements: Fluency in English required, French/Portuguese and African national languages preferred.
African nationals preferred with minimum 10 years conservation management experience.
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| | Institute for Global Environmental Strategies -http://www.iges.or.jp
Associate Researcher (yearly contract) -http://www.iges.or.jp/en/news/saiyo/201009gc/index.html
- Duty Station: Hayama Headquarter, Kanagawa, Japan
- Deadline for Applications: 31 October 2010
- Contact Person: Ms. Oride - recruit-governancecapacity@iges.or.jp (email only)
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| | Find UNFCCC's current vacancies at:
https://unfccc.int/secretariat/employment/recruitment
Vacancies such as:
- Programme Assistant (G5), Organization and Stakeholder (OSD) Unit, Sustainable Development Mechanisms (SDM) Programme
- Programme Officer (P3), Strategy and Policy Development (SPD) Unit, Sustainable Development Mechanisms (SDM) Programme
- Knowledge Management Officer (P3), Knowledge Management Unit, Information Services Programme
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| | Do you know of any other climate conference, workshop or seminars on climate change which may be of interest to our worldwide CLIMATE 2010 participants? Post your announcement here.
Kind regards -
F. Mannke
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| | The World Mayors Summit on Climate (WMSC) will be held on November 21, 2010 in Mexico City, so that mayors from different regions of the world can sign a voluntary Pact (the Mexico City Pact) that sends a clear message to the international community on the strategic importance of cities in the struggle against climate change. The WMSC is convened by Mexico City in conjunction with the World Mayors Council on Climate Change (WMCCC), ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). These organizations unite thousands of authorities and local governments throughout the world.
More info: www.wmsc2010.org
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| | The United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010, encompasses the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP) and the sixth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), as well as the thirty-third sessions of both the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and the fifteenth session of the AWG-KP and thirteenth session of the AWG-LCA.
To discuss future commitments for industrialized countries under the Kyoto Protocol, the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) established a working group in December 2005 called the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP). In Copenhagen, at its fifth session, the CMP requested the AWG-KP to deliver the results of its work for adoption by CMP 6 in Cancun.
At its thirteenth session in Bali, the Conference of the Parties launched a comprehensive process to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention through long-term cooperative action, now, up to and beyond 2010, in order to reach an agreed outcome and adopt a decision at its fifteenth session in Copenhagen. This process has been conducted under the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA). In Copenhagen, the COP decided to extend the mandate of the AWG-LCA to enable it to continue its work with a view to presenting the outcome to COP 16 for adoption.
More info: http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_16/items/5571.php
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| | Climate & River Basin Management Symposium 2011
Finnish Environment Institute
17–20 January 2011, Oulu, Finland
The symposium aims to be a forum in the context of which exchanges between policy-makers, stakeholders, and scientists will take place, on issues that are closely related to the implementation of EU water policies. A particular emphasis is on the impacts of climate change within the context of other multiple stressors such as agriculture and eutrophication.
Find more information on the WATERPRAXIS website: http://waterpraxis.net/de/climate-rivers-symposium-2011.html
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| | The Climate Change Conference is for any person with an interest in, and concern for, scientific, policy and strategic perspectives in climate change. It will address a range of critically important themes relating to the vexing question of climate change. Plenary speakers will include some of the world’s leading thinkers in the fields of climatology and environmental science, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners.
More info: http://on-climate.com/Conference-2011/
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| | Scientists and representatives from industry and all levels of government will have the opportunity to hear about the latest in climate change science from leading researchers from Australia and around the world.
Networking and information sharing will be key features of the conference, enabling participants to learn from and engage in discussions about climate science and practical applications to address the issue.
GREENHOUSE 2011 follows the successful GREENHOUSE 2005 in Melbourne, GREENHOUSE 2007 in Sydney and GREENHOUSE 2009 in Perth.
More info: http://www.greenhouse2011.com
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| | Sub: “Modeling for Climate Change Impact Assessment - Formulation of Climate Change Management Measures” from 15th – 19th November 2010 at ESCI Campus, Gachi Bowli, Hyderabad - 500 032, A. P. India.
We are glad to inform that ESCI is Conducting a Professional Development Programme on “Modeling for Climate Change Impact Assessment - Formulation of Climate Change Management Measures” in collaboration with CLIMsystems, New Zealand from 15th – 19th November 2010 at ESCI Campus, Gachi Bowli, Hyderabad - 500 032, A. P. India.
The aim of this course is to create awareness among the students/employees about the climate system and how to apply that knowledge in their careers. This course enhances knowledge about the fundamental relationship between climate and human life, essential principles of Earth’s climate system, including the natural and human-caused factors that affect it, and tells, range of models available for climate research, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each class of models & how to assess scientifically credible information about climate and its analysis and reporting. Although the awareness of the need for such assessments is increasing, action is often hindered by the lack of requisite capacity, knowledge and skills.
This training program helps you in implementing National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC) to formulate the strategies for meeting the target setup by the NAPCC.
In order to better equip organizations to address and manage the challenges posed by climate change, the Centre for Climate Change at the Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI) is offering a five-day training course on Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Assessment.
The course will focus on providing practical frameworks, methods and tools for identifying possible climate changes for the region, estimating the risks and impacts resulting from these changes, and assessing practical adaptation measures to reduce the risks and increase resilience.
We request you to kindly nominate your Scientists, Engineers, Managers, Executives, Scholars / Researchers for this training programme and make use of this opportunity.
Kindly see the attached brochure detailing - training schedule, fees and registration procedure for attending this training programme.
Thanking you,
With Regards,
Dr Shalini Sharma
Brochure Below
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Professional Development Programme on
Modeling for Climate Change Impact Assessment – Formulation of the Climate Change Management Measures
in collaboration with CLIMsystems, New Zealand
15 – 19 November 2010
ESCI Campus, Hyderabad, AP, India
ESCI partnered with GTZ for working on Capacity building and R&D projects in Climate Change domain CLIMsystems is a partner of the Nairobi Work Programme - UNFCCC
INTRODUCTION
The Indian sub-continent faces significant challenges from the effects of climate variability and change. There is a growing awareness – amongst government agencies, engineers, researchers, resource managers and planners – of the need to undertake climate change risk assessments. Such assessments are necessary in order to identify the broad suite of impacts – on communities and their infrastructure and assets, natural resources, environments and economies – and to assess the options for reducing the risks.
Although the awareness of the need for such assessments is increasing, action is often hindered by the lack of requisite capacity, knowledge and skills. In order to better equip organizations to address and manage the challenges posed by climate change, the Center for Climate Change at the Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI) is offering a five-day training course on Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Assessment. The course will focus on providing practical frameworks, methods and tools for identifying possible climate changes for the region, estimating the risks and impacts resulting from these changes, and assessing practical adaptation measures to reduce the risks and increase resilience.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this course is to create awareness among the students/employees about the climate system and how to apply that knowledge in their careers. This course enhances knowledge about the fundamental relationship between climate and human life, essential principles of Earth’s climate system, including the natural and human-caused factors that affect it, and tells, range of models available for climate research, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each class of models & how to assess scientifically credible information about climate and its analysis and reporting.
COURSE COVERAGE
• Concepts and definitions -- climate variability and change; impacts, adaptation and vulnerability (IAV); climate projections and scenarios.
• Approaches to IAV assessment and risk-based methods of analysis
• Overview of the science of climate change
• Development of scenarios of climate and sea-level changes
• Integrated modeling systems for impact and adaptation assessment
• Methods for evaluating adaptation
• Case study applications involving water resources, flooding, agriculture, coasts and other sectors
METHODOLOGY
The course consists of a mix of lectures, discussions and importantly, “hands-on” exercises designed to impart understanding of concepts and theory as well as practical skills required for impact and adaptation assessment
Methodology includes class room lectures with audio visuals, interactive sessions through group discussions, case studies etc. Emphasis would be laid on sharing of experiences of students. Active participation is solicited from students.
TARGET PARTICIPANTS
§ Research Scholars
§ Climate model researchers
§ Modelers from impacts community including those who use climate model output as input to studies/analyses in their disciplines
§ Professionals actively involved in the climate sectors
§ Policy makers at local, regional or national level
§ Staff of NGO's or in the private sector dealing with adaptation
§ University lecturers/professors
§ Climate change practitioners
BENEFITS FROM PARTICIPATING
The course is based on the use of established frameworks, tools and approaches to developing practical, justifiable adaptation plans and strategies, based on rational, scientific, risk-based approaches. The course relies heavily on “hands-on,” “learning-by-doing” practical exercises. A key training tool used throughout the course for these exercises is the integrated computer modeling system, SimCLIM. Together with a set of hypothetical situations, problems and datasets, SimCLIM will be used by participants to examine current climate variability and extremes, create scenarios of climate changes, analyse sectoral impacts and assess adaptation options.
DATES, VENUE & TIMINGS
15th – 19th November 2010 (5 days)
ESCI Campus, Gachi Bowli, Hyderabad. Registration at 0900 hrs on the first day, on all other days, the programme will be from 0945 to 1715 hrs with breaks for lunch, tea and refreshments. Participants who desire to avail themselves of ESCI transport to reach campus may report before 08.40 hrs at The Institution of Engineers (India), Visveswaraya Bhavan, Khairatabad, Hyderabad from where the ESCI vehicle will leave to the venue at Gachi Bowli, Hyderabad.
COURSE COORDINATOR
Dr. Shalini Sharma
Head
Centre for Climate Change
Faculty: Faculty members taking sessions during the training program are the climate modeling experts from New Zealand.
COURSE FEE
Fee Rs.20,000 /- (Residential) per participant + Service Tax as applicable (Presently @10.3 %). Residential fee includes course material, course kit and twin-sharing / single AC accommodation as per availability, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Tea / Coffee and Snacks.
• Non-Residential Fee- 10% discount on course fee is allowed for non-residential participants.
• Early bird incentive - 10% discount for nominations received along with participant’s fee at ESCI 15 working days before the training date.
• Group Incentive- additional 10% discount for three or more participants, if sponsored by the same Organization, along with course fee received at ESCI 15 working days before the training date.
NOTE: All discounts are applicable only if the fee received in ESCI in advance
Course Fee for participants from country other than India :
Course Fee for participants from any country other than India, is US $600. Food and accommodation will be provided free of cost.
The Course fee is to be paid in favour of “THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (INDIA) – ENGINEERING STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA” in the form of demand draft / cheque payable at Hyderabad.
Alternatively the payment may be made by Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) to ESCI S - SB A/c No.10007111201 with The SBI, PBB Rajbhavan Road Branch, Khairatabad, Hyderabad – 500 004 by RTG’s/ NIFT / IFSC Code No: SBIN 0004159 – MICR No: 500002075
Details of PAN number and Service Tax registration number are given below.
PAN No. AAATT3439Q Service Tax Regn. No. AAATT3439Q ST008
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
Maximum capacity of the participants for the programmes is 25. To avoid disappointment, please register your nominations along with payment of fee, addressed to:
Head
Centre for Climate Change
Engineering Staff College of India
Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500 032, A.P. India Phone (O): 040-23000465 / 23000466, Ext: 4127/4128
Fax: 040-23000336
Email: ccc.esci@gmail.com / ccc.esci09@gmail.com
URL: www.escihyd.org
CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION
The college issues a certificate of participation on conclusion of the program.
GENERAL INFORMATION
• ESCI has Library and Internet facilities.
• ESCI encourages participants to present case studies of their respective organizations.
• ESCI’s income is exempted from Income Tax. Hence, all payments to ESCI may please be made without any TDS.
• For convenience of outstation participants ESCI will facilitate pick-up and drop from Airport/ Railway Station, if travel plans are received atleast 3 days in advance along with mobile numbers by fax or email. The charges are to be paid by the participant directly to the cab.
• The course fee covers breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea/coffee and snacks for the actual days of the training programme. Boarding charges for the stay before and beyond training days are to be paid by the participants at prescribed rates.
• ESCI provides complimentary accommodation for participants from a day before the commencement and a day after the conclusion of the programme.
• Overstay charges of @ Rs.750/ per day, per head will be charged extra.
• ESCI provides accommodation for spouse/children on prior intimation and subject to availability @ Rs.250/-per day, per head during the course days. Charges (for accompanying person) for food / refreshments to be paid extra as per caterer’s rates.
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| | 5th International Community-Based Adaptation Conference
This conference will take place in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 24-31 March
2011. It is open to anyone interested in community-based adaptation
including policymakers, non-governmental organisations, research and
policy institutes, academics, and practitioners with a particular focus
on grassroots adaptation work.
- The paper submission deadline is 31 October 2010.
5th International Conference Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Ring Alliance of Policy Research Organizations, and the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 24-31 March 2011
More information: http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/G02769.pdf
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| | More info: http://www.trunity.net/ICCAFFE2011/
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| | The Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law has issued its first call for papers on environmental security, open exclusively to scholars from and based in Africa. The Call for Papers is co-sponsored by the Strauss Center, the Institute for Security Studies, and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
Mission and Topic:
The goal of the Call for Papers is to publish a number of working papers on the links between climate change and security in Africa. The Call for Papers seeks to foster innovative African scholarship on these issues and foster a conversation between academics, practitioners, and policymakers in Africa, the United States, and the international community. Given its physical exposure and the immense challenges of adaptation, Africa is widely understood to be one of the continents most vulnerable to climate change. These effects are not likely to be uniformly distributed, nor are the potential consequences clearly understood. This Call for Papers seeks contributions that further global understanding of the likely location of vulnerabilities in Africa, the potential impacts of climate change on Africa’s political stability or security, and/or strategies for addressing these challenges. The Call for Papers is open to submissions from all disciplines. The paper can have a continental focus, a regional focus, a country focus, a local sub-national focus, or a mix of these. The review committee prefers submissions that will be supported by case study research.
Compensation:
Up to three papers will receive a research stipend for case study or other field research, as well as travel support to attend an international conference. The author of the first-place paper will receive a $5,000 research stipend and up to $3,000 to attend an international conference. Authors of the second- and third-place papers will each receive a $2,500 research stipend and up to $3,000 to attend an international conference. In the event of a co-authored paper, the stipend will be split equally among authors, and the lead author will be eligible for the conference travel support. A condition for receipt of the research stipend is application to an international conference. If the author is accepted to the international conference, the author must make his/her own travel arrangements and will be reimbursed for travel costs up to $3,000. The research stipend will be issued upon the author’s completion of the publication-ready version of the working paper.
Publication:
The Strauss Center will have the prerogative to publish the winning papers as part of the CCAPS program’s Working Paper Series, with an intended publishing date of August 2011. All publishing is subject to the review and editing process. Authors must be available by e-mail and willing to edit their manuscript with the Strauss Center team before publication. After the paper is published in the CCAPS Working Paper Series, the author may publish the paper in journals or other venues upon notification to the Strauss Center. Prior to publication in the CCAPS Working Paper Series in August 2011, the paper cannot appear in print elsewhere, but it may be under review elsewhere. If the paper is published elsewhere after August 2011, the author is required to include the following attribution statement: “The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law contributed greatly to the production of this paper. A version of this paper was previously published as part of the Strauss Center’s Working Paper Series on Climate Change and African Political Stability. This material is based upon work supported by, or in part by, the U. S. Army Research Laboratory and the U. S. Army Research Office under contract/grant number W911NF-09-1-0077.”
Eligibility:
Contributors must be from Africa and be currently based in Africa to be eligible for this Call for Papers. Contributors are not required to have a PhD to submit a paper. Preference will be given to authors from economically disadvantaged institutions and countries within Africa. The submitted paper cannot be previously published. The paper can be under review elsewhere, but cannot appear in print elsewhere prior to August 31, 2011.
Deadline for Submission: Midnight, Greenwich Mean Time, January 1, 2011.
Submission Guidelines:
The paper and the author’s curriculum vitae must be submitted electronically to ccaps@strausscenter.org by the submission deadline. The paper should be no longer than 10,000 words including notes and bibliography. The paper must be a finished paper. The paper must be original work. Any work found to be plagiarized would result in the contributor’s stipend being canceled and travel assistance rescinded.
Judging Process and Announcement of Recipients: The papers will be judged by a panel of experts from the University of Texas at Austin and leading academic institutions and think tanks in the United States and Africa. Recipients will be notified on March 1, 2011.
Sponsoring Entities: The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin is a nonpartisan research center that engages the best minds in academia, government, and the private sector to develop unique, policy-relevant solutions to complex global challenges. The Strauss Center’s program on Climate Change and African Political Stability conducts research in three core areas, seeking to investigate where and how climate change poses threats to stability in Africa, identify strategies to support accountable and effective governance in Africa, and evaluate the effectiveness of international aid to help African societies adapt to climate change.
The Institute for Security Studies is a pan-African applied policy research institute headquartered in Pretoria, South Africa with offices in Cape Town, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ISS seeks to mainstream human security perspectives into public policy processes and to influence decision makers within Africa and beyond by providing timely, empirical research and contextual analysis of relevant human security issues to policy makers, area specialists, advocacy groups, and the media.
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is a non-profit, non-partisan, and independent organization established by the Pew Charitable Trusts to bring a new cooperative approach and critical scientific, economic, and technological expertise to the global climate change debate. The Pew Center informs this debate through wide-ranging analyses that add new facts and perspectives in four areas: domestic and international policy, economics, environment, and solutions.
More Information: For more information, please contact the CCAPS program at ccaps@strausscenter.org.
Climate Change and African Political Stability Program
Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
The University of Texas at Austin
2315 Red River Street
Austin, Texas 78712
Phone: +1-512-471-6267
Fax: +1-512-471-6961
ccaps@strausscenter.org
http://ccaps.strausscenter.org
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| | ?Three days of field visits to community based adaptation projects in different ecosystems.
?Three days of interactive discussions on different thematic areas at the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel.
The conference aims to:
Share the latest developments in adaptation planning and practices, priority sectors and measures at different levels and disseminate knowledge among stakeholders and communities.
The specific objectives are:
Bring different stakeholders and practitioners to share and discuss knowledge of Community Based Adaptation (CBA) planning and practices from different parts of the developing world, particularly Bangladesh
Capture the latest learning from CBA planning and practices around the developing world
Enhance capacity of the practitioners to help the most vulnerable groups and people in improving livelihoods in developing countries
Share lessons learnt to facilitate integration of climate change into national and international development programmes
Disseminate lessons learnt at the conference through proceedings and immediate conference summary.
Field Trip:
A three day field trip, visiting different sites iaround the Dhaka region to view CBA activities in
different vulnerable ecosystems.
Conference - Interactive Discussion:
Each day will consist of a plenary session and a number of parallel interactive discussions relating to the following areas within the 'Scaling Up: Beyond Pilots' theme:
• Evidence of Change: impacts at local to global levels, understanding climate change
adaptation planning and practices
• Partnerships in Adaptation: global, regional, national and local levels
• CBA in Practice in Sectors and Regions: water, agriculture, biodiversity, human
health, infrastructure, urban, coastal zone, dryland, drought, mountain, floodplain
• Knowledge, Education and Awareness on Climate Change: challenges and
opportunities for mainstreaming adaptation
The workshop is open to anyone interested in community-based adaptation. Attendance is limited to 250 participants. For those who can fund themselves, applications are due by 31st of December 2010. Participants requiring funding (from developing countries only) should send an abstract with a request for funding by 31st of October 2010.
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) will act as lead contact for conference management issues. Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) will manage registration and all logistics of the conference.
For more information about this event, please contact:
Hannah Reid, IIED, +44 207 3882117 (or hannah.reid@iied.org)
Saleemul Huq, IIED, +44 207 3882117 (or saleemul.huq@iied.org)
Corinne Schoch, IIED, +44 207 3882117 (or corinne.schoch@iied.org)
For further information on registration, submission of abstracts and logistics on the event, please contract:
CBA workshop secretariat, BCAS, +880 2 8851237 (ccadaptation.workshop@bcas.net or golam.rabbani@bcas.net)
Partners:
Commonwealth foundation
Dfid
Practical Action
tearfund
The Nature Conservancy
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| | Development and Climate Days 2010
This year’s event will focus on supporting the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge by practitioners and researchers from developing countries. This is in recognition of the challenges that developing country researchers face in funding research and publicizing research findings; in response to the need to ensure that evidence from the global south is included in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other assessments; and, with the intention of questioning the norms of what is considered ‘valid’ knowledge to inform policy.
More info: http://www.iied.org/climate-change/key-issues/climate-negotiations-capacity-building/development-and-climate-days
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| | The "Solutions local, together"- Conference aims at strengthening the inter-linkage of economic, social and environmental aspects in creating win-win solutions for local authorities, companies, communities and citizens. It raises the role of culture as one essential element of sustainable development. Through example and commitment different actors inspire to change their practices and working culture into more sustainable ones.
The conference programme focuses on presenting practical solutions (knowledge, ways of thinking, attitudes and products).
Parallel sessions include:
* Sustainable urban transport
* Water and recreation
*Processes to tackle climate change
* Education and learning for sustainable development
* Crative urban planning
* State of the Baltic Sea
* Eco - and energy efficient technologies
* Rethinking working methods
The Solutions local, together Conference is the forth in the series of Nordic Conferences on Sustainable Development. Previous conferences were held in Gothenburg, Sweden 2004, in Oslo, Norway in 2006 and in Odense, Denmark in 2008.
More information about the programme and the registration you can find here:
http://www.solutions2011.fi/index.php/keke:welcome
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| | Please add:
4-8 July 20100 Sustainable Water Solutions for a Changing Urban Environment in Singapore, http://www.siww.com.sg/
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| | 4-8 July 2011 Sustainable Water Solutions for a Changing Urban Environment in Singapore, http://www.siww.com.sg/
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| | 15-16 September 2011 International Conference on Gender and Climate Change: Women, Research and Action, Monash University Conference Centre in Prato, Italy; http://www.med.monash.edu.au/glass/
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| | 4-8 July 2011 Sustainable Water Solutions for a Changing Urban Environment in Singapore, http://www.siww.com.sg/
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| | Con Pascal Girot
Especialista Ambiental UICN
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| | Welcome to the discussion forum of CLIMATE 2010!
Discuss climate change and sustainable water management topics with climate researchers, interested people and experts from all over the world. Have constructive discussions!
The CLIMATE-2010 team
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| | Congratulations to the CLIMATE-2010 team for this forum. I wish all participants a fruitful deliberation. I will be glad to receive feedbacks on the following concern.
In Nigeria, the constitutional autonomy of local authorities (Local Government) has been compromised by both politics and corruption. As such, they are to a great extent incapable of delivering on most of their constitutional mandates. With this situation, I am wondering to what extent local authorities in Nigeria can participate in sustainable water management. Are there countries that have witnessed similar situations? How did they overcome such constraints? Thanks.
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| | just carry through your mandate without the government. It is the human beings that can make the different not what is written. we need people with values, ethics and the courage to take the bull by the horns.Governments are not powerful but the humans who carry out and practicalize good ideas and governance. it is when we are brought up from infancy with such thinking that all the perception about government corruption etc. will cease. if one waits for the government then forget but you take the initiative without the government then you are 100% likely to succeed
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| | Greetings. I would like discuss the importance of gender mainstreaming in effective climate change strategies. More specifically, please assist me in identifying and clarifying the key areas of concern and need for further research in the area of gender equality as it relates to adaptive water management.
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| | What further research is needed in the area of gender as it relates to climate-proof water management and/or eradicating water poverty?
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| | Hello Deiadra,
Its an important area of research to relate the Adaptive measures of Climate Change to Gender.
I dont know if you have seen my paper, I have documented that the problem of water stress in developing countries like Ethiopia, for example, is majorly an issue for the women. To tell you one practical example, my study area was a rural village in southern Ethiopia where water shortage was very high. Everyday, mothers and children travel about 5Kms to bring water from a river.
I had a focus group discussion with group of men and women separately during the data collection. I was surprised to come across differences in the priorities of men and women. The women put water shortage as thier biggest problem where as the men put food shortage, thus recommended immediate Food Aid.
Thus, it is important to mainstreaming the adaptive water management in CC issues.
What do you think?
Thanks
Fikadu
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| | Thus issues of food aid versus access to safe drinking water might be an area of interest.
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| | Dear Fikadu: kindly send me the link to your paper as I am interested in learning more. Your research and conclusions would be most helpful.
Thank you, deiadra
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| | Dear Fikadu: in my research, I was able to locate a few articles regarding barley landraces in Ethiopia. Can you please direct me to your specific paper which addresses gender mainstreaming?
With appreciation, deiadra
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| | Dear Deiadra,
here' the link to Fikadu's paper which you find in category 2: http://www.klima2010.net/en/papers/2/66
Cheers,
Franziska/CLIMATE 2010 team
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| | Dear Deiadra, my only paper which has been published is the one being read in this conference :)
here is the link:
http://www.klima2010.net/en/papers/2/66
Its part of my Master thesis at the University of Copenhagen.
thanks
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| | Dear Franziska:
Thank you for providing the link.
Cheers, deiadra
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| | Dear Deiadra,
Sorry, I didnt see that Franziska has already sent the link to my paper.
Thank you Franziska. :)
Where are you planning to conduct your research?
Can you send me the link to your paper about barley in Ethiopia?
We might have something to do together.
thanks
Fikadu
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| | Fikadu: thank you.
[1] Yes, I have just begun reading your paper. I find it interesting that men and women in the same location would ascribe different levels of importance to water and food. Let's chat more after I finish reading your paper.
[2] My research uncoverd some papers on barley landraces in Ethiopia written by F Alemayehu and I mistakenly believed it to be your work; please accept my apologies.
[2] I am in the process of narrowing the scope of my current research project, as I embark on a new topic. My earlier work revolved around water education and sustainability. Now I am keenly aware of the need for more gender-based research, but am having trouble defining and limiting the scope of my current project. There is so much that needs to be addressed in the field of gender mainstreaming and adaptive water management -- clearly the topic is too expansive and requires refining. Please know that I appreciate your suggestions.
Congratulations on having your paper selected for this conference; and best wishes for your thesis project at the University of Copenhagen. In the meantime, I will be looking forward to continuing the conversation.
Yours truly, deiadra
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| | Fikadu: as promised, I am writing more now that I have finished reading your professional paper. Excellent!
When we talk about water education, we often overlook the socio-cultural aspects of belief systems. When farmers in developing countries attribute the cause of and remedy for climate change to a supernatural power, it underscores the importance of water education and the difficulty of altering personal belief systems. Is there a way to educate people about water sustainability without insulting their religious convictions? That is a great question ... for which I do not have an answer.
In one of my U.S.-based water education programs for middle school students (12-13 years of age), a student told me that he did not believe in climate change because he is a Republican! [meaning a member of a certain political party] Whether the ideology is religious or political does not matter; what matters is the message: the need for adaptive, sustainable water management.
Your paper raises some interesting questions which may require further research and exploration. Thank you for your contributions to this conference and to the field of climate change.
Sincerely, deiadra
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| | Deiadra: thanks a lot for going through my paper. Its my first time to say something to the research community. Thus I am Glad and motivated to work more.
Its not a problem that you thought the paper on Barley was mine :) I know its sometimes confusing for people about the Ethiopian names. Some Ethiopians use their first name, others use names of their grandfathers(the same as mine: Alemayehu, while my name is Fikadu). :) Thus, no need to apologize.
I understand that it is always difficult to limit the score of studies since different issues are found to be important.
Yes, in the context rural Ethiopia, the issue of water( especially for household consumption) and livestock is more important for women because they are the one that bring the water from river or springs or where ever it is located and cook for the thier family, wash cloths etc. On the other hand, water for agricultural production is more important for men.
I was also surprised to hear the group of men arguing for food aid as their first priority that drinking water since the villagers ware depending on water from a river which is very far from their houses and also unsafe for health of the community.
Thank you again for going through my paper and for your commoents.
lets discuss more about it
regards
fikadu
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| | Deiadra: thanks a lot for going through my paper. Its my first time to say something to the research community. Thus I am Glad and motivated to work more.
Its not a problem that you thought the paper on Barley was mine :) I know its sometimes confusing for people about the Ethiopian names. Some Ethiopians use their first name, others use names of their grandfathers(the same as mine: Alemayehu, while my name is Fikadu). :) Thus, no need to apologize.
I understand that it is always difficult to limit the score of studies since different issues are found to be important.
Yes, in the context rural Ethiopia, the issue of water( especially for household consumption) and livestock is more important for women because they are the one that bring the water from river or springs or where ever it is located and cook for the thier family, wash cloths etc. On the other hand, water for agricultural production is more important for men.
I was also surprised to hear the group of men arguing for food aid as their first priority that drinking water since the villagers ware depending on water from a river which is very far from their houses and also unsafe for health of the community.
Thank you again for going through my paper and for your commoents.
lets discuss more about it
regards
fikadu
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| | Hello Fikadu:
You are welcome and yes, I would like to continue the conversation. It was good to see you in the live chat today. Were all of your questions answered? Live chats can be frustrating sometimes because there is often a delay between question and answer, and the chat may continue without you. Nonetheless, it was an interesting discussion for me particularly, because I do not have any experience with water management in the MENA region.
I am gaining a better understanding of the importance of gender mainstreaming in water management ... there are distinct gender differences in the priority placed on water supply within a community, in water rescue strategies, in adaptive management, in response to climate change, and more. Ironically, my research project seems to be expanding, not becoming more refined!
This has been a wonderful learning opportunity for me and I find myself spending more time researching the issues that have been presented during this conference. Are you enjoying the conference? What has been beneficial to your field of study?
Please write more when you get a chance.
Regards, deiadra
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| | Hello Deiadra, thank you for comment.
Yes, the Chat was nice. I am also learning alot about Water Management and Climate Change and its connection to Gender issues.
My undergraduate study was BSc. in Rural Development and Family Sciences at hawassa University of Ethiopia and I did my master in Agricultural Development here at the University of Copenhagen.
I took a course called "Gender and development" during my BSc study. But I didnt take Courses specifically about Water management and Gender in my master. I am more in to Human Nutrition, Agriculture and Rural Livelihood.
Thus, I am trying to refresh and mix my master and BSc :) and reading more on Climate change and water management and gender issues.
But, I came late today to the chat. I had a meeting with one of the professors here.Thus, I came 30 minutes late.
I was thinking about river water management, the potentials and constrians. The topic of discussion was a bit specific to me. Since it was about the MENA region. I asked about Nile river.....which is a very big river ...chich can be used to change lives of more poor farmers in East and Northern Africa. But, I couldnt exhaust my questions since the chat was only for 1hr.
Anyway, I am enjoying the conference since its my first to do it online....and participate as an author :)
I think the issue of water management is a big politics in the East and Northern Africa ;)
what do you think?
thanks
fikadu
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| | I am also passing the information to my friends and Colleagues from Hawassa University, Ethiopia and University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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