Adaptation to climate change in Least Developed Countries – challenges, experiences, and ways forward 

Date: March 12, 2009 - 11:00-15:30
Venue: Copenhagen, Denmark

Organised by the three Danish research networks: Danish Water Forum (DWF) Danish Research Network for International Health (ENRECAHEALTH), and DDRN, as a parallel session under the scientific congress "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions" organised by the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) in connection with the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP15) at the end of 2009.

The main purpose the session was to contribute research-based input to COP15 on the establishment of effective and pro-poor adaptation strategies in Least Developed Countries. The session was chaired by Head of Centre John Christensen, UNEP Risø Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development.

You can read here a brief summary of the section by John Christensen and Fatima Denton [pdf, 21kB]

Presentations can be downloaded from the programme below:

11:00 - 11:15  Keynote Speech: The Status of the LDCF and NAPAs [pdf, 152kB]. By Saleemul Huq, IIED, UK.
11:15 - 11:30  Mainstreaming climate change in the implementation of poverty reduction strategies [pdf, 109kB]. By Gonzalo Griebenow, USA.
11:30 - 11:45  Financing climate change adaptation in small island developing states [pdf, 878kB]. By Kanako Morita, Japan.
11:45 - 12:00  Understanding adaptation-development links from practice: Muyeye Chambwera (UK)
12:00 - 12:15  Adaptation to climate change: a case study on Bangladesh [pdf, 997kB]. By Saila Parveen, Bangladesh.
12:15 - 12:30  Empirically based analysis of household-level adaptive capacity in the Central Himalaya: Carsten Smith Olsen (Denmark)

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 - 14:15  Aspects of vulnerability in rural Nicaragua following hurricane Mitch [pdf, 75kB]. By Kristian Thor Jakobsen, Denmark.
14:15 - 14:30 Linkages between climate change, health, water and food security: what are the issues for Southern Africa? Moses Chimbari (Uganda)
14:30 - 14:45   Can groundwater enable communities in sub-Saharan Africa to adapt to predicted impacts of climate change on freshwater resources? [pdf, 2.328kB] By Richard Taylor, UK.
14:45 - 15:00  Climate trends and household coping strategies - exploring the relationships [pdf, 720kB]. By Sara Trærup, Denmark.
15:00 - 15:15  Does climate change control land degradation in the Sahel? [pdf, 2.759kB] By Rasmus Fensholt, Denmark.

15:15 - 15:30 Discussion

For more information, please read the list of selected abstracts [pdf, 27kB] and visit the website of the conference. All abstracts are available on the IOP Conference Series website.