| Day 1: Monday 6 March 2006 |
| Introduction to the workshop, agenda, and key concepts |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Round-the-table Introductions |
| 09:30 – 10:00 |
Why Are We Here?
--Introduction and key concepts
--Is the twenty-first century is the climate century? (Glantz presentation) |
| 10:00 – 10:45 |
Three objectives:
(a) Enhance interest in Climate Affairs (or climate, water, weather affairs) in Southeast Asia regionally and nationally. We can be the catalysts in our universities and countries as well, given how our lives and economics are already entwined with climate (variability, change, extreme events, seasons).
(b) Explore the interactions among climate, seasonality, and environmental hazards, with special emphasis on seasonality shifts and changes and their implications.
(c) Encourage consideration of developing a regional Climate Affairs network and developing university Climate Affairs activities..
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Goals of the Workshop:
--What is the notion of climate affairs?
--Why care about climate-society-environment interactions?
--Previous work on climate affairs in Southeast Asia
--Explore climate change, seasonality, hazards nexus in climate affairs context |
| 10:45 – 11:15 |
Break |
| 11:15 – 12:00 |
Capacity Building: Education and Training Activities
- What We See as Capacity Building: Institutional & Individual
- Foster interest in possible Climate Affairs programs and activities
- Identify level of potential interest for each university or training center
- Discuss Viewbooks
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| 12:00 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:00 |
"Seasonality” – From Science to Ethics & Equity
- "Seasonality": The Powerpoint
- Science of seasonality
- Definitions and perspectives
- Impacts on society and ecosystems
- Policy and law
- Politics
- Economics
- Ethics and Equity
- Open discussion
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| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Break |
| 15:30 – 16:15 |
Hazards in General
(affecting Southeast Asia year to year)
- Regional hazards (tsunamis, fires, haze, ENSO cycle (droughts, floods), disease outreaks
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| 16:15 – 16:45 |
Identify known links between seasons and human health |
| 16:45– 17:15 |
How human activities might affect the natural rhythm of the seasons |
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| Day 2: Tuesday Morning 7 March 2006 |
| Linkages: Seasonality and Hazards |
| 08:30 – 10:30 |
8-minute Country Presentations (or 3 slides): the various ways that people and societies have tried to accommodate to the seasons
- Malaysia
- The Philippines
- Thailand
- China
- India
- Sri Lanka
- ADPC
- Vietnam
- SEA START
- CCB/NCAR
- INWEH
Discuss existing (expected) flow of the seasons and year-to-year seasonal variability in the "Greater" Southeast Asia.
- Discuss the obvious and identify the not-so-obvious impacts of the seasons on human society (e.g., "ripple effects" in time and space).
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| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 – 11:45 |
Coping with Seasonal Hazards
How well are individuals and governments prepared?
- Why might coping ability vary from one year to the next?
- "What ought to be" vs. "what is"
- Could they cope better in theory?
- In practice?
- What are constraints?
Review Cuba's record for disaster awareness, preparedness, and response. Any insights from this case scenario? |
| 11:45 – 12:15 |
Global Warming: Brief Overview
- Science, Impacts, Ethics & Equity
- IPCC's general speculation about impacts of global warming on extremes
- "Guesstimates" about climate change impacts on extremes in the region
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| 12:15 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
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| Focus on Global Warming |
| 13:30 – 14:30 |
Adaptation and Mitigation in Southeast Asia
- Suggestions about adaptation and mitigation in theory and reality
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| 14:30 – 15:15 |
A Step Beyond Adaptation: Mitigating the Impacts of Adaptation to Climate Change |
| 15:15 – 15:45 |
Break |
| 15:45 – 17:00 |
Open Discussions: Starting Climate Affairs at a university
- Can climate/weather/water affairs activities be incorporated into their university settings?
- Can interest in climate-related issues be generated and sustained in different disciplines and university centers?
- "Straw" Climate Affairs course
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| Day 3: Wednesday 8 March 2006 |
| Innovative Concepts |
| 09:00 – 10:30 |
Introduction to Notions: Superstorms and "Seasons of Superstorms"
- High-impact weather and climate
- Presentation and discussion of Hurricane Katrina's impacts and responses
- Forecasting by analogy
- Creeping environmental change
- Hotspots
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| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 |
Participants Prepare a SWOC Possibility to develop a Climate Affairs activity on each participating institution:
- A SWOC (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, constraints)
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| 12:30– 14:00 |
Lunch |
| Implementation of Climate Affairs |
| 14:00 – 15:00 |
Discussion:
- Participants discuss their SWOC assessments
- Practical issues
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| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Break |
| 15:30 – 16:30 |
Climate Affairs and Capacity Building on Campus
- At the university level: Open discussion among participants
- Introduce notion of "Spare Time University"
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| 16:30 – 17:00 |
Open Discussion |
| Day 4: Thursday 9 March 2006 |
| Wrap Up |
| 09:00 – 09:45 |
Review of Interlinkages of Seasonality-Environment-Society:
- Food production
- Water resources
- Hazards
- Public health
- Air pollution and fires
- Infectious diseases
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| 09:45 – 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15 – 11:00 |
South and Southeast Asia in 2015: What Can We Expect? |
| 11:00 – 12:00 |
Revisit the Three Workshop Objectives:
- Enhance interest in Climate Affairs
- Explore interactions among climate, seasonality, and environmental hazards
- Consider a regional Climate Affairs network
Where can we go from here? |
| 12:00 |
Lunch & Adjourn |
