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02.10.2015

Southeast Asia Regional Vulnerability to Changing Water Resource and Extreme Hydrological Events Due to Climate Change

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This project will use high-resolution climate and hydrological scenarios as the basis for assessing vulnerability of social and economic sectors in Mekong river basin to changing water regimes due to climate and land cover changes. This will be accomplished by an assessment team in concert with an expert workshop series. Expert at the first workshop will identify the data requirements for the assessment of impact on several water-related issues – including water quantity, extreme events, water quality, aquatic habitats, fisheries and living resources and other – and will guide data acquisition and scenario development. The second workshop will identify which social and economic sectors in each basin will be affected by changing water resources. Detailed vulnerability assessments will be made according to the workshop output, and will form the basis for the third workshop. Experts at the third workshop will identify, evaluate and recommend adaptation strategies and options for affected sectors in the Mekong river basin as well as for the Southeast Asia region in general. The outcome of this third workshop will be compiled and translated into 4 major Southeast Asian languages in the lower Mekong river basin to provide access to policy makers across the region.

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  • Climate change adaptation
  • Southeast Asia
  • vulnerability assessment