This workshop will be a part of the UK-China Partners in Science initiative in China 2005, and is organised jointly by the Natural Science Research Foundation of China and UK Natural Environment Research Council, with support from the British Embassy in
Objectives:
1. To present
Atmospheric and regional climate models
Assessingthe physical and biological impacts of climate change, and likely human and economic consequences
Options for adaptation and mitigation
2. To produce a short synthesis document based onpresentations and discussion summaries.
3. To recommend options for continuing UK-Chinese collaboration in the area of climate change and explore potential funding streams
Scientific themes:
1. Climate change scenarios
· Synthesising regional climate model projections for temperature and rainfall under a range of emission scenarios
· Applications of scenarios in impact and vulnerability assessment
2. Effects of climate change scenarios on the physical environment:
· Catchment flooding and model downscaling
· Erosion and geomorphology (including wind and water erosion, landslides and interaction with vegetation change)
· Observation and modelling of sea level rise, wave climates and storm surges
3. Effects of climate change scenarios on natural resources
· Biodiversity and extinction threats
· Vegetation distribution and the land carbon cycle
· Forestry and Agriculture (including impacts on average and extreme yields, likely adaptation & options for mitigation)
4. Effects of climate change on the human sector
· Health (diseases & thermal stress)
· Water resources
· Air quality
5. Adaptation and mitigation options
· An economic view of adaptation and mitigation options
· Human adaptation
· An integrated analysis of response options to future flooding
6. Opportunities for Future UK-China cooperation in the area of Climate Change and Extreme Events
· UK & European funding opportunities
· International Bank Projects
· Chinese collaboration in international climate change programmes
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Organising Committee
Gerry Lawson (Natural Environment Research Council, Polaris House gela@nerc.ac.uk
Dr. Peter Cox, Director of Climate Change, Centre of Ecology & Hydrology (pcox@ceh.ac.uk)
Prof. Andrew Watkinson, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change (a.watkinson@uea.ac.uk)
Dr. Xianfu Lu Tyndall Centre for Climate Change (x.lu@uea.ac.uk)
Robin Porter, Science Counsellor, and Du Ying, Senior Project Officer, British Embassy in
Anna Lindahl, UK-China Partners in Science manager (Anna.lindahl@fco.gov.uk)
Chinese Organisers
Lu Rongkai, Bureau of International Cooperation. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) lurk@mail.nsfc.gov.cn;
Dr. Luo Yunfeng, Director of Division, Department of Earth Sciences, NSFC, luoyf@nsfc.gov.cn
Prof. Dong Wenjie, Director of National Climate Centre, China Meteorological Administration(CMA) (dongwj@cma.gov.cn)
Prof. Ding Yihui, National Cimate Centre, CMA (dingyh@cma.gov.cn)
Prof. Lin Erda, Director,
The workshop venue is located at the first floor of Meteorological Science and technology building of CMA. The location is: No.46 Zhongguancun Nandajie Beijing, 100081,
Mr. LI Xiang, Tel: 68406107, Fex: 68400097,E-mail: lxiang@cma.gov.cn
Miss SONG Yafang, Tel: 68400099, Fax: 62180679,E-mail: yafang@cma.gov.cn
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