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SUMMARY:Lessons learned from striving to support decision and policy makin
 g: the challenges when providing climate information - Street\, R (Oxford)
DTSTART:20101209T100000Z
DTEND:20101209T110000Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:The necessity to provide climate information (historical and f
 uture climates) to support decision and policy making\, particularly in th
 e context of adaptation\, raises many challenges. These challenges arise a
 s there is an increasing need for information that can inform decisions an
 d policy development and that same time reflects the evolving state of the
  climate science and adaptation theory and practice. These challenges incl
 ude understanding uncertainties and different means of reflecting these in
  adaptation assessments. Addressing these challenges often means understan
 ding the nature and processes involved in making the associated decisions 
 and policies. It also means looking at the information from the perspectiv
 e of extracting that which is necessary to inform these processes\; more t
 han just providing a description of the climate. There is also a need to f
 or decisions and policies to embrace the uncertainties. This presentation 
 explores some of the lessons learned and the challenges still needing to b
 e addressed towards achieving the desired balance and to enhance the value
  of climate information in supporting adaptation.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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