cc: m.hulme@uea.ac.uk, pavel.kabat@wur.nl
date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:13:42 +0300
from: Timothy Carter <tim.carter@ymparisto.fi>
subject: ADAM
to: richard.klein@pik-potsdam.de, frans.berkhout@ivm.falw.vu.nl

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Dear Richard and Frans,

I meant to find time to talk with you in Vienna about ADAM, but as you 
know, we didn't have a lot of opportunity. I indicated an interest in this 
project some time ago to Mike, and subsequently to several people who I 
understand are involved (e.g. Pavel Kabat, Karen O'Brien). Pavel kindly let 
me see some notes about a recent meeting, but I don't have much more 
information on your plans.

As you may be aware, my institute (SYKE) is co-ordinating a project in 
Finland on climate change adaptation entitled FINADAPT, covering multiple 
sectors nationally, see:

http://www.environment.fi/syke/finadapt

This is essentially a scoping exercise to raise awareness of the issue and 
to identify priority research areas.  However, it is very likely to be 
succeeded by a full blown research programme starting around 2006 (see 
below). Finland has a fairly strong record on climate change impact 
assessment, but has paid litle attention so far to adaptation (in common 
with many other countries in Europe), see:

http://www.environment.fi/default.asp?contentid=33039&lan=FI

and click the title in English.

At the same time (and coincidentally), Finland is currently preparing its 
new National Climate Strategy. For the first time this includes adaptation. 
The adaptation strategy, prepared by Finnish ministries, will be released 
for public debate within the next month and the final version will be 
presented to parliament early next year. One of its recommendations is 
likely to be for a new research programme on adaptation.

As you can see, we are in the position of policy-making running ahead of 
the science at the moment! However, I would see our research effort 
stepping up a gear during the next 2 years. Meanwhile, we already have 11 
collaborating institutes working in this area, and would very much like to 
connect to a wider community researching adaptation in Europe and beyond.

If you think there might be a role for a Finnish component to ADAM, please 
let me know.

Best regards,

Tim


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Timothy Carter
Research Professor
Research Programme for Global Change
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Box 140, Mechelininkatu 34a, FI-00251 Helsinki, FINLAND
Tel: +358-9-40300-315; GSM +358-40-740-5403; Fax: +358-9-40300-390
Email: tim.carter@ymparisto.fi
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