| Autor: | R. A. Warrick, G. C. Sims, W. Ye, G. J. Kenny, G. Sem |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Sustainable development
Economics and Econometrics business.industry Geography Planning and Development Environmental resource management Capacity building Developing country Climate change Management Monitoring Policy and Law Training (civil) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change General partnership Political science Small Island Developing States business |
| Zdroj: | Environment, Development and Sustainability. 1:157-170 |
| ISSN: | 1387-585X |
| DOI: | 10.1023/a:1010068403223 |
| Popis: | This paper describes a training course on climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessment. The course, developed in partnership with the CC:TRAIN Programme of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), aims to enhance the capacity of developing countries to make their national communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The paper focuses on a simulation model called VANDACLIM, which was developed as a pedagogical tool to facilitate the training. Four sectors are modelled within VANDACLIM (agriculture, public health, water resources, and coastal zone) and are used as a basis for helping to conduct an integrated, multi-sectoral assessment for the imaginary, sub-tropical country of Vanda. The ‘learning-by-doing’ approach, encapsulated in the application of VANDACLIM to complete a mini-assessment for Vanda, proved to be very successful when trialled at a training workshop in Zimbabwe. Both the training course and VANDACLIM have been adapted subsequently for application in small island states and plans are underway for extension to other environments and regions of the world. |
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