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Climate change impact assessment methodology

20 Jan 2010
, Rome
, Italy

Summary

The EC-FAO programme is developing a set of tools called the climate change impact assessment toolbox.

A wide range of methods, models and software tools for assessing the impact of climate change on agriculture were explored and possibilities for integrating them were discussed.

Presentations included:
- Climate scenario downscaling;
- Hydrological and crop growth modelling;
- General Equilibrium model
- Statistical software tools;
- Database and IT solutions; and
- Training programme development

Location

 FAO Headquarters

Target Audience

 FAO staff and partners

Topic

 Climate Change

Objectives
  • Review methods and tools for the climate change impact assessment toolbox
  • Technical discussions about integrating different components of the toolbox
  • Reaching agreement on collaboration with partners

Contacts

Francois Delobel
Climate Impact Consultant
E-mail: Francois.Delobel@fao.org
Tel: +39 06 57053559

René Gommes
Senior Agrometeorologist
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN 00100 Rome, Italy
Tel +39 06 57054121
E-mail: rene.gommes@fao.org

Related Training

Documents

  agenda_Jan10.pdf

Links

The “Improved Global Governance for Hunger Reduction” programme is funded by the European Union with additional resources provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The programme is managed by FAO and collaborates with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP)”