The events were sponsored by AIACC and locally hosted and organized by Regional Committee on Hydraulic Resources from the Central America Integration System (CRRH-SICA) and the University of Costa Rica.

Workshop Documents

• Workshop Summary [coming soon, please see rapporteur summaries for each workshop session below]
• Agenda (Final) [PDF / MS Word]
• Logistical Information for Participants [PDF ]
• Participant List (Final) [PDF / MS Excel]

Presentations and Rapporteur Summaries 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.]

Session 1: Opening

• Dr. Neil Leary, Science Director (AIACC)
• Lic. Ronald Arias, President for Board of Directors (FUNDECOPERACION-GEF) Costa Rica
• Dr. Ravi Sharma, Climate Change Program Officer, UNEP
• Lic. Max Campos, Executive Secretary Regional Committee on Hydraulic Resources (CRRH – SICA)
• Dr. Walter Fernández, President Academy of Sciences of Costa Rica and Principal Investigator at University of Costa Rica
• Workshop objectives agenda presentation (Max Campos)

Session 2: Science of Climate Change and Understanding of Global and Regional Climate
(Co-Chairs: Carlos Gay and Gustavo Nagy)

• Observed changes in atmosphere, land and coasts in Latin America and the Caribbean (Vicente Barros, Victor Magaña and Jorge Amador)
• AIACC Data, Methods and Synthesis Website (Cynthia Rosenzweig)
• Regional climate outlooks, enhancing adaptation capacity (LA06: Patricia Ramírez/Manuel Jiménez)
• Rapporteur Notes [Spanish] [English (available soon)]
  

Session 3: Observed Climate Change and Climate Variability (Co-Chairs: Luis Jose Mata and Xianfu Lu)

• Introduction to climate extreme events and climate change (Luis José Mata)
• Climate extremes and changes in precipitation patterns (1940-2002) in the vicinities of Montevideo, Uruguay (LA-32: G. Nagy, Lagomarsino &Bidegain)
• Climate extreme events, analyses of variability (LA-29: Monica Wehbe)
• Signals of climate change in Central America during last decade (LA-06: Erick Rivera / G. Mora)
• Climate variability in the Pampas region-ENSO and other sources (LA-27: Graciela Magrin)
• Developing a Caribbean climate interactive data base (SIS-06: Amar Amarakoon)
• Observed La Plata River level and wind field change (LA-26: Vicente Barros)
• Agriculture, water and climate variability (LA 29: Monica Wehbe)
• Rapporteur Notes [Spanish] [English (available soon)]
  
  Session 4: Social and Economic Information for Climate Change Projects
  (Co-Chairs: Claudia Natenzon and Gustavo Sención)
  

• Socio economic data (LA29: Mónica Wehbe)
• Social Vulnerability Climatic Change and Floods (LA26: Claudia Natenzon) (Part 1 / Part 2)
• Vulnerability and adaptation information for dengue fever- a socioeconomic scenario (SIS06: Wilma Bailey)
• Impact of climate variability on Aedes Aegypti indices and dengue cases in the Caribbean region: a prospective study (SIS06: David Chadee)
• Water capital and water uses in Central America (LA06: Joaquin Chacon)
• Socio economic data for projection on water uses (LA06: Jaime Echeverría)
• Estuarine artisanal fisheries in the Rio La Plata Pajas Blancas (LA32: G. Sencion)
• Rapporteur Notes [Spanish] [English (available soon)]
  
  Special Session

• Buenos Aires, Argentina: La Ciudad y el Río de la Plata (Andrea Ferrarazo, Fundación Ciudad - Buenos Aires - Argentina)
• Variability in the Hydrological System of the Subtropical Cordillera of the Andes and the Central-West of Argentina (Rosa H. Compagnucci)
• Rapporteur Notes [Spanish] [English (available soon)]
  
  Session 5: Climate Scenarios
  (Co-Chairs: Jose Marengo and Vicente Barros)

• Climate scenarios for regional applications, selected cases of Latin America (Abel Centella)
• Regional climate change scenario supporting activities for studies on detection, impacts, assessments and mitigation - CPTEC (José Marengo)
• Statistical downscaling (SIS06: Anthony Chen)
• Climate baseline scenarios and GCM performance (Rio de la Plata region) (LA32 & LA26: Mario Bidegain) (+figure)
• Precipitation downscaling with SDSM over Rio de la Plata basin (LA32: Mario Bidegain)
• Hydrodynamic model for La Plata River (LA26: Mariano Re)
• Validation of GCMs and the need of a high resolution atmospheric and hydrological model (LA 26: Vicente Barros)
• Climate change scenarios (LA27: Walter Baethgen)
• Assessment of some GCM features and applications of downscaling in the Central America region (LA06: Erick Alfaro)
• Integrated assessment of social vulnerability to climate variability and change among farmers in Mexico and Argentina (LA29: Carlos Gay)
• Short term climatic scenarios (Rafael Terra)
• Rapporteur Notes [Spanish] [English (available soon)]
  
  Session 6: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
  (Co-Chairs: Cynthia Rosenzweig and Anthony Chen)

• Impacts and vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic conditions, and the ecosystem adaptation response. Development of a highly aggregated index of trophic state (LA32: Gustavo Nagy)
• Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation of the agriculture/livestock sector to climate change, results from the Crop/pasture model (LA27: Maria I. Travasso)
• Impacts of global change to coastal areas: coastal vulnerability (LA26: R. Kokot)
• Epidemiological patterns of dengue under climate change (SIS06: Amar Amarakoon)
• Changes in runoff under climate change and variability in El Salvador present tendencies (LA06: Deisy Lopez)
• Economic implications of hydrometeorological events in Costa Rica 1996-2001 (LA06: Edwin Vega and Luis Gamez)
• Climate change impacts on agriculture and water and its relationship with commercial farming (LA29: Monica Wehbe)
• Rapporteur Notes [Spanish] [English (available soon)]
  
  Session 7: Adaptive Capacity
  (Co-Chairs: Freddy Picado and Ian Burton)

• Adaptation capacity, an introduction (Ian Burton)
• Strategic framework for adaptation to climate change of water resources in Central America (LA06: Alejandro Jiménez)
• Establishing applied systems network for building regional adaptation capacity (LA27: Walter Baethgen)
• Pilot project on forecasting climate related dengue (SIS06: Anthony Chen)
• Framework for adaptation control information system in the Rio de la Plata system: the case for coastal fisheries and harmful algal blooms (LA32: Walter Norbis)
• Changes in politics for the agriculture sector and its relationship with climate adaptation capacity (LA29: Monica Wehbe)
• Rapporteur Notes [Spanish] [English (available soon)]
  
  Session 8: AIACC: Links with National Communication, Synthesis and 2nd phase
  (Co-Chairs: Neil Leary and Agustin Giménez)

• Linking of AIACC to National communications (Martha Perdomo)
• Summary and synthesis for AIACC (Sara Beresford)
• AIACC Database: tool for synthesis and communication (Cynthia Rosenzweig)
• A second phase for AIACC? (Neil Leary)
• Rapporteur Notes [Spanish] [English (available soon)]
  
  Session 9: Climate Change Agenda in Latin America and Caribbean
  (Co-Chairs: Max Campos and Neil Leary)

• Welcome and Introduction: The role of International Organization in the Climate Change Agenda of Latin America
• Inter American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) (Walter Fernández)
• IUCN Global coalition for adaptation to climate change (Rocío Córdoba) [Accompanying notes]
• CATHALAC-UNDP Adaptation initiative for Central America, Cuba and México (Emilio Sempris)
• Global Water Partnership Associated Program on Climate Change (Liliana Arrieta)
• Desertification Convention, the Global Mechanism (Oscar Lucke) (Part 1 / Part 2)
• Rapporteur Notes [Spanish] [English (available soon)]
  
  Session 10: Closing Session
  (Co-Chairs: Max Campos and Walter Fernández)

• Neil Leary, Science Director of AIACC
• Walter Fernandez, President Academy of Sciences of Costa Rica and University of Costa Rica
• Gabriel Macaya, Head of University of Costa Rica
• Max Campos, Executive Secretary Regional Committee on Hydraulic Resources (CRRH – SICA)