MSI's South Asia and South East Asia Projects

Workshop: Managing Community Impacts of Climate Change

ITC Sonar
Kolkata, India
Monday 12 March and Tuesday 13 March, 2012

This workshop brings together researchers and policy makers from India, Bangladesh and Australia who share an interest in sustainable development in response to climate change.

An emphasis will be on likely community-level impacts of climate change on major rivers of South Asia, particularly the Ganges, which is shared by a number of states and countries, and is a resource of obvious social, economic, and environmental significance. Papers relevant to this theme are invited and will form the basis of continued collaborative research and development activity by participating agencies.

The main aim is to identify strategies which address likely impacts including: community health (particularly in rural regions); water quality; urbanisation; migration; poverty; and food security.