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DAY-1
Saturday, 24 February 2007 |
Four groups will leave Dhaka and visit different activities in the field sites. The group will stay in the pre-arranged hotels in the fields. Each group will be facilitated by four persons, two from BCAS and two from local host organizations. Amongst the participants, one will be assigned as a team leader with the responsibility to report back on 27 February on respective group’s field trip in the plenary session. |
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DAY-2
Sunday, 25 February 2007 |
Four groups will continue their visit to see different activities in the field and will return to Dhaka on the same day. Dinner in respective hotel of residence. |
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DAY-3
Monday, 26 February 2007 |
Ball
Room Lohori, Radisson Water Garden Hotel |
| Plenary
Session: I |
Climate
Change Science and Adaptation |
| Session
Leader |
Dr. Atiq Rahman, Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
(BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 08:30-09:00 |
Participants take their seats |
09:00:09:10
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Address of welcome and objectives of the workshop
Dr. Atiq Rahman, Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
(BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh |
09:10-09:35
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Sings of Climate Change and Adaptation: Overview and Latest Findings
Dr. Richard J. Klein, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm, Sweden |
09:35-09:50
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Overview of Adaptation
Dr. Ian Burton, Expert in climate change adaptation and IPCC Author. |
| 09:50-10:10 |
Discussion |
| 10:10-10:20
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Address by Chair |
| 10:20-10:30 |
Vote of Thanks
Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, Climate Change Programme, IIED, London, UK and Chairman of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
(BCAS) |
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| Technical Session : I.A |
Ball Room
Lohori, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Agriculture, Drought and Food Security |
| Session Leader |
Dr. Z.
Karim, Former Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Government of Bangladesh
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Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, Climate Change Programme, IIED, London, UK and Chairman of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
(BCAS) |
| Rapporteur |
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| 11:00 – 11:10 |
I: Prioritizing Community Based Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change, by
Prof. Sajjad Zahir, Decision Sciences and Information Systems Faculty of Management, University of
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
| 11:10 – 11:20 |
II: Climate change impacts and adaptation measures as perceived at community level in Nepal, by
Mr. Ngamindra Dahal, Energy and Climate Change Coordinator, National Trust for Nature Conservation, Nepal |
| 11:20 – 11:30 |
III. Livelihood Adaptation to Climate Change in Drought Prone Areas of NW Bangladesh: Examples and lessons from farmers fields by
FAO, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka Bangladesh. |
| 11:30 – 11:40 |
IV: Enhancing Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change: A Community-based Experiment in the Semi-Arid Regions of India, by
Mr. Arivudai Nambi
Appadurai, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India |
| 11:40 – 11:50 |
V: Good, Bad and Innovative Practices to Address Drought in the North-western Part of Bangladesh by
Shohel
Parvez, Rabiuzzaman and Mozaharul Alam, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
(BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
| 11:50 – 12:45 |
Open Discussion (Q&A) |
| 12:45 – 13:00 |
Summaries Key Point by Session Leader for Next Plenary Session |
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| Technical Session :
I.B |
Ball Room
Antara, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Agriculture, Drought and Food Security |
| Session Leader |
Dr. Jabavu Clifford
Nkomo, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Kenya |
| Rapporteur |
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| 11:00 – 11:10 |
I: Adapting to drought in Kenya, by
Ms. Rachel Berger, Practical Action, UK |
| 11:10 – 11:20 |
II: Linking Climate and Adaptation, Presentation By
Dr. Salimata Wade, ENDA, Senegal |
| 11:20 – 11:30 |
III: Community Based Floodplain Resource Management in South Central Region of Bangladesh by Mr.
Belayet Hossain and Ms. Olena Reza, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 11:30 – 11:40 |
IV: Community-based adaptation in the coastal zone in Sri Lanka: Participatory research into Saline tolerant Rice Variety Selection in Hambantota District, by
Sri Mevan Vajira Lenaduwa Hettige, Practical Action, Sri Lanka |
| 11:40 – 11:50 |
V: Enhancement of Crop Security in Southern Dry Zone of Sri Lanka through Climate Change, by
Champa Madhumathi Navaratne, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. |
| 11:50 – 12:45 |
Open Discussion (Q&A) |
| 12:45 – 13:00 |
Summaries Key Point by Session Leader for Next Plenary Session |
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| Technical Session :
II.A |
Ball Room
Lohori, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Extreme Events |
| Session Leader |
Ms. Madeleen
Helmer, Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Netherlands |
| Rapporteur |
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| 14:00 –
14:10 |
I: Too Much or Too Little Water: Adaptation Pathways of Agusan Marsh Indigenous Communities by
Dr. Jesse B. Manuta, Sciences School of Arts and Sciences, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines |
| 14:10 –
14:20 |
II: Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands: A Focus on Fiji, by
Patrina Dumaru, Institute of Applied Science, University of the South Pacific, Fiji |
| 14:20 –
14:30 |
III: Working with flood-prone communities in Nepal by
Mr. Dinanath Bhandari, Practical Action, Nepal |
| 14:30 –
14:40 |
IV: Integrating Adaptation to Climate Change in to Disaster Management by
Dr Sudip Mitra, National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), India |
| 14:40 –
15:20 |
Open Discussion (Q&A) |
| 15:20 –
15:30 |
Summaries Key Point by Session Leader for Next Plenary Session |
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| Technical Session :
II.B |
Ball Room
Antara, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Extreme Events |
| Session Leader |
Dr. Andrew
Trevett, Environmental Health Advisor, World Health Organization (WHO) Bangladesh |
| Rapporteur |
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| 14:00 –
14:10 |
I: Summary Finding of CLACC Health Study in Six Countries by
Dr. Sari Kovats, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and
Mr. Mozaharul Alam, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) |
| 14:10 –
14:20 |
II:
Heat Waves and Cold Waves in India: Adaptation Strategies in the
Plains and the Mountainous Areas, by Prof. Rais Akhtar,
Geography Department, University of Kashmir, India (Could not
make it) |
| 14:20 –
14:30 |
III: CLACC Health Case by
George Kasali, Energy and Environmental Concerns for Zambia (EECZ), Zambia |
| 14:30 –
14:40 |
IV: Malaria and Climate Change in Bangladesh by
Dr. Shafiqur Rahman and Mozaharul Alam, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 14:40 –
15:20 |
Open Discussion (Q&A) |
| 15:20 –
15:30 |
Summaries Key Point by Session Leader for Next Plenary Session |
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| Plenary
Session : II |
Ball Room
Lohori, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Extreme Events |
| Session Leader |
Dr.
Atiq Rahman, Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced
Studies (BCAS) |
| Rapporteur |
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| 16:00 –
16:40 |
Report Back by Chair of the Technical Session
Dr. Z. Karim
Dr. Jabavu Clifford Nkomo
Ms. Madeleen Helmer
Dr. Andrew Trevett |
| 16:40 –
17:00 |
Panel Discussion
Dr. Ainun Nishat, IUCN, Bangladesh
Dr. Atiq Rahman, BCAS, Bangladesh
Dr. Daniel Coppard, Human Development Report Office, UNDP
Dr. Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Rockefeller Foundation |
| 17:00 –
17:20 |
Open
Discussion (Q&A) |
| 17:20 –
17:30 |
Summaries
Key Point by Session Leader for Next Plenary Session |
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| Dinner
I |
Time: 19:30 - 21:30 Venue:
Spectra Convention Centre Address: House 19, Road 7, Gulshan-1,
Dhaka |
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Dinner Speech |
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Ms. Madeleen Helmer, Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Netherlands
Dr. Roger N Jones, Climate Impact Group, CSIRO, Australia |
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