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Richard Driscoll, U.S. Department of State (opening remarks and rapporteur)
John Furlow, USAID (moderator) Speakers: Alton Byers, The Mountain Institute Alex Guerra Noriega, Climate Change Research Institute, Guatemala Joyce-Lynn Njinga, Engility Corporation Joanne Potter, ICF International Peter Schultz, ICF International Stephen Zebiak, International Research Institute for Climate and Society This private, invite-only event at the U.S. Department of State provided an overview of several Adaptation Partnership (AP) Workshops that have taken place around the world – from Bangkok to Costa Rica to Nepal. Established by the governments of the United States, Costa Rica, and Spain in 2010, the AP Workshops serve as a forum for policymakers and practitioners to share information and lessons learned from global climate change adaptation planning and implementation. The event covered topics addressed in the AP process such as agriculture, climate services, conflict, and marine protected areas. It began with a background on the establishment of and goals of AP Workshops, and concluded with a discussion of follow-on activities since the Workshops. All presentations: Link
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John Furlow, USAID (moderator) Lawrence Buja, National Center for Atmospheric Research (lead rapporteur) Speakers: Alton Byers, The Mountain Institute Jonathan Cook, USAID Ulyana Horodyskyj, University of Colorado, Boulder Gregory Leonard, University of Arizona Cesar Portocarrero, The Mountain Institute An in-depth look at the High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP) including work on adaptation planning in Nepal and Peru as well as planning for glacial lake outburst floods. Session included short field expedition videos and presentations from two climber-scientist grantees.
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The Glacial Lake Handbook: Reducing Risk from Dangerous Glacial Lakes in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru
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