CHANGE: Climate and Hydrology Academic Network for Governance and the Environment
| Autor: | J. Terry Rolfe, Nancy Lee, Ronald E. Stewart, Gregg M. Garfin, Jamie McEvoy, Víctor Magaña |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 92:1045-1048 |
| ISSN: | 1520-0477 0003-0007 |
| DOI: | 10.1175/2010bams2927.1 |
| Popis: | what: Twenty-three academic researchers and agency specialists from Canada, the United States, and Mexico met to initiate a research coordination and knowledge exchange network for climate, water, and policy issues in North America’s transboundary regions. when: 5–6 March 2009 were: Mexico City, D.F., Mexico r ecent research shows profound changes underway in climate and hydrology and their effects on ecosystems and water resources. Along international borders, climate, water, and governance interact at multiple levels, increasing the complexity of managing water and natural resources. Moreover, the effective use of climatological and hydrological information particular to the border areas is constrained by a lack of understanding between scientists and decision makers and by regulatory and legal constraints. Motivated by these concerns, Mexican, American, and Canadian climate specialists, social scientists, and agency representatives attending a workshop on environmental change proposed a collegial North American knowledge network to better infuse climate, water, and policy science into transboundary decision making. Participants stressed the need for enhanced information sharing, cross scientific and broader interdisciplinary dialogue, and integrated studies that relate individual actions to cumulative impacts. Their ultimate goal is to create robust, cooperative water management, policies, and governance that address climate variability and change to ensure secure water for continued economic development and environmental health in Mexico, the United States, and Canada’s border regions. The workshop also resulted in mechanisms for research coordination through the Climate and Hydrology Academic Network for Governance and the Environment (CHANGE). Better research coordination is a step toward improved international relations based on sustainable management of shared resources and cooperative economic development. This summary recounts the workshop’s primary initiatives and relays the recommendations and key strategies to ensure the network’s development. Workshop presentations are available online (www.environment. arizona.edu/change/workshops/climate-relatedwater-constraints/presentations). AffiliAtions : Garfin and MceVoy—The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; Lee—Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; MaGana—Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Coyoacan, Mexico; Stewart—University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; roLfe—University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada Corresponding Author : Gregg Garfin, The University of Arizona, 845 N. Park Ave., Ste. 532, Tucson, AZ 85721 E-mail: gmgarfin@email.arizona.edu |
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