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The AIACC ProjectAssessments of Impacts and Adaptations
to Climate Change
Neil Leary, AIACC Director
UNFCCC COP-10
Buenos Aires07 December 2004
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Background
• GEF enabling project– climate change focal area
• Geographic scope: Global• Implementing Agency: UNEP• Executing Agencies: START & TWAS• Collaboration between IPCC, UNEP,
START, TWAS and developing country institutions
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Sources of Funding
• Global Environment Facility
• Developing countrypartner co-financing
• USAID• CIDA• USEPA• Rockefeller Foundation
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AIACC Objectives
• Build scientific and technical capacity to support National Communications and developing country participation in int’l science
• Advance scientific understanding of climate change impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation opportunities
• Link science and policy communities for adaptation planning
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Means for achieving objectives
• Implement regional V&A assessments– “Learning-By-Doing” capacity building
• Supplement by technical support, mentoring, training, and networking
• Engage stakeholders• Work with National Communications• Synthesis• Workshops, publications, science &
stakeholder meetings
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Overview of Regional Assessments
• Africa: 11 projects– Health (1), Agriculture/food security (7), water resources (5), land
use (3), biodiversity (3), rural livelihoods (3), climate system (2)
• Asia: 5 projects– Agriculture/food security (4), water resources(4), land use (3),
aquatic/wetland ecosystems (2)
• Latin America: 5 projects– Agriculture/food security (3), water resources (3), land use (1),
livelihoods (2), coastal zones (3), fisheries (1), extreme events (2)
• Small Island Developing States: 3 projects– Health (1), coastal zones and their resources (2), water resources
(2), tourism (1)
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Some of the Methods of AIACC Projects
• Climate scenario generation• Climate risk spaces• Vulnerability indicators• Livelihood approaches• Integrated assessment modeling• Benefit/cost analysis of adaptation
The AIACC Data, Methods and Synthesis Website
http://www.aiaccproject.org
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/aiacc
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Most Accessed Resources
• Synthesis page: Summarizes and synthesizes the AIACC projects' research methodologies and results
• Toolkit: Descriptions of software and computer models that are useful in impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability assessments
• Methods: Summarizes the AIACC projects' methods for impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability assessment
• Bibliography: Contains close to 1,000 citations to journal articles, reports, working papers, websites, data, and software applications addressing climate impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability