date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 16:34:06 -0400
from: aiacc <aiacc@agu.org>
subject: Update on AIACC Synthesis Activities
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To:  AIACC Project PIs, Technical Committee, Mentors

Sara and I want to update you on plans for synthesis of the AIACC 
project. We are preparing proposals to send to the Rockefeller 
Foundation to convene a series of 3 conferences at their Bellagio 
Conference Center. The 3 conferences are intended to assist with 
synthesis of the AIACC project.  The proposed themes of the 3 
conferences are:

1) Vulnerability to climate change in the developing world
2) Managing climatic risks (aka adaptation)
3) Food and water security in a changing climate

The conferences would take place in 2005 -- after all or nearly all 
of the aiacc projects will have completed their investigations. Each 
conference would be organized around a set of questions related to 
the main theme.  AIACC participants would be invited to submit 
abstracts of case study papers that address the questions, drawing 
upon their aiacc work. From the submitted abstracts, 16 would be 
selected to participate (space limitations at Bellagio prevent us 
from inviting papers from all 24 projects to each conference).  Those 
selected would write and distribute drafts of their case study papers 
several weeks in advance of the conference and would be asked to 
review 3 of the papers written by other participants before the 
conference. The case study papers would be presented at the 
conference. But the main work of the conference would be for all 
participants to jointly co-author a synthesis paper. The synthesis 
paper is intended to draw upon the individual case studies to seek 
answers to the conference questions that are robust and can be 
generalized across many of the systems, livelihoods and regions that 
are the subject of your individual projects. There would also be time 
for participants to refine their own papers.

We would publish the synthesis and case study papers of each 
conference in a book and submit the synthesis papers to peer review 
journals for publication. We might also distribute the synthesis 
papers to policy makers in various venues (UNFCCC/COP etc).

Attached is a draft proposal for the first of the 3 conferences that 
Sara and I have prepared. We would be glad to receive any feedback on 
the proposal and ideas for the 2nd and 3rd conferences. We will be 
finalizing the proposal in the next couple weeks. Please also share 
any ideas that you have for other synthesis activities that you think 
AIACC should undertake.

And if you have ideas of other venues where we might convene these 
conferences, please let us know. We selected Bellagio because they 
would cover lodging and meal costs during the conferences and offer 
the possibility of covering the transportation costs for developing 
country participants.  Without this support it would be difficult for 
AIACC to convene the synthesis conferences.

Kind regards,
Neil



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