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 First Training Workshop South and Southeast Asian Region University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25-28 February 2002 Workshop Co-organizers: The United Nations University, Japan National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA University of Malaya, Malaysia New !!! Workshop Report New !!! (Also, Microsoft Word File: 1 MB) Workshop Photographs Workshop Elements 25 February 09:00 - 10:30 Greetings, introduction, overview of objectives 10:30 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 11:45 Introductory lecture on Climate Affairs 11:45 - 12:30 Roundtable to discuss the notion of Climate Affairs 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:30 Climate Science: The climate setting, how the system works 15:30 - 16:00 Break 16:00 - 17:00 Adding humans to the physical system and the climate change issue 17:00 - 17:30 Global warming 17:30 - 18:00 Roundtable on the workshop theme 26 February 09:00 - 10:30 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems (terrestrial and marine) 10:30 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:30 Climate Impacts on Societies · Variability · EMEs · Regional impacts 12:30 - 13:30 Climate ideas that influenced society Free period 27 February 09:00 - 10:00 Climate Policy and Law 10:00 - 11:00 Climate Politics 11:00 - 11:30 Break 11:30 - 12:30 Coping Mechanisms 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 16:00 Country case studies 16:00 - 16:30 Break 16:30 - 17:30 Country case studies (continued) 17:30 - 18:30 Strengths and weaknesses for Climate Affairs Program 28 February 09:00 - 11:00 Climate Economics 11:00 - 11:30 Break 11:30 - 12:30 Climate Ethics and equity issues (North-South; Inter-generational) 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 Methods: Open discussion of models, Forecasting by Analogy, Attribution, Monitoring 15:00 - 17:00 Fostering interlinkages between issues and academic disciplines |