First AIACC Regional Workshop & Open Meeting for Africa and Indian Ocean Islands
March 10-13, 2003, Hartebeespoortdam, Brits, South Africa

The events were sponsored by AIACC and locally hosted and organized by CSIR Environmentek.

Workshop Documents

Workshop Summary and Rapporteur Notes [PDF / MS Word]
Open Meeting Agenda (Final) [PDF / MS Word]
Regional Workshop Agenda (Final) [PDF / MS Word]
Logistical Information for Participants [PDF / MS Word]
Participant List (Final) [PDF / MS Word]

Powerpoint Presentations from the Workshop

[Clicking on the links below will open Powerpoint files. Please note that the presentations made at the workshop and posted here are preliminary results from ongoing research. None of the material should be cited or quoted without contacting the author.]

Day 1 (Open Meeting)

Adaptation of Biodiversity to Climate Change (Bob Scholes)
Climate Change Scenarios (Bruce Hewitson)
AIACC_AF14 Project: Environmental Strategies for Increasing Human Resilience in Sudan: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation in Northern and Eastern Africa (Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan)
Assessing Global and Regional climate change scenarios for West Africa (Amadou Gaye)
Food Security and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan West Africa (James Adejuwon)
AF38: Integrated assessment of the Miombo Region (Patrick Mushove)
Impacts of Climate Change, Vulnerability and Adaptation Capacity in the Limpopo Basin Part of Botswana (Opha Pauline Dube)
Estimating and Comparing Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Projects in Africa – Project AF47 (J.C. Nkomo)
Assessment of Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Egypt: Food Production and Water Needs (Ayman Abou Hadid)
Capacity Building to Evaluate and Adapt to Climate Change-Induced Vulnerability to Malaria and Cholera in the Lake Victoria Region (Shem Wandiga)
Rural Households and Drought in the Sahel Region of West Africa: Vulnerability and Effective Mitigation Measures (Anthony Nyong)
The AIACC Project (Opening) (Neil Leary)
Recent climate related stresses and their human consequences in Southern Africa (Elijah Mukhala & Simbarashe Chidzambwa)
Panel 1: Specialness’ of Small Island Developing States (Mohamed Ali)
Panel 2: Adaptation opportunities, barriers and strategies (Balgis Osman)
Panel 2: Adaptation opportunities, barriers and strategies (Stephen Mwakifwamba)
Use of Indicators in linking science to policy in the context of Climate Change Impacts: Perspectives from Seychelles and Comoros (Rolph Payet)

Plenary Sessions

Sessions A-E

A1: GCM Scenarios for Regional Studies over West Africa (Gregory Jenkins)
A1: How well do three GCMs capture the present climate? (Mark Tadross)
A2: Socio-economic Characteristics of Malaria and Cholera in Lake Victoria Basin, The case of Muleba and Biharamulo District, Tanzania (Pius Yanda)
B1: Climate “Sensitivity” and Impact on Agriculture In The Sahel (Abdoulaye Sarr)
B1: Dynamic migration modelling: developing a new tool for AIACC biodiversity projections (Mike Rutherford)
B2: Likely Effects Of Climate Change on Runoff from Limpopo Basin – Botswana (B.P. Parida)
B3: AF91 Health in East Africa (Andrew Githeko)
C1: Institutional Strategies for the Enhancement of Resilience in Nigerian Agricultural Sector (A.J. Farinde)
C1: Miombo Network: Towards National Integrated Assessment Modeling (Paul Desanker)
C1: Assessment of drought impacts: results of a dialogue with stakeholders (Patrick Mushove and Emmanuel Matsika)
C3: The Way we Live: Livelihood Systems in the Sahel (Anthony Nyong)
C3: Community-Scale Adaptation Assessment: Fieldwork methods for project impact assessment (Bill Dougherty)
D1: Efforts and Breakthroughs in Nigeria: Breeding Improved Crop Varieties for Adaptation (Chinyere Adeyemi)
D1: Adaptation of Biodiversity to Climate Change in southern Africa (Jenny Cooper)
D2: Estimating and Comparing Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Projects in Africa – Project AF47: Technical Progress (Mac Callaway)
D2: Eco-tourism: A Potential adaptation strategy to Climate Change in the Greater Limpopo Basin - Eastern Botswana (N.N. Moswete)
D3: Supporting Community Adaptation Strategies with Policy Analysis (Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan)
D3: Methods for Identifying Urgent Adaptation Needs and Actions under the LDC NAPA (Paul Desanker)
E3: Building upon AIACC a 2nd Phase of Capacity Building? Introduction to the E3 parallel session (Isabelle Niang-Diop)