Events: Strengthening Responses to Climate Variability in South Asia organized by The Wilson Center (7 Feb 2013)

Events

Strengthening Responses to Climate Variability in South Asia

February 07, 2013 // 9:00am — 10:30am

EVENT CO-SPONSORS: 

Asia Program

• Event Speakers

Droughts, floods, and varying monsoon rains are not a recent phenomenon in South Asia. For centuries, farmers, fishermen, and others dependent on the weather for their livelihoods have adapted to periods of environmental hardship. However, the current combination of unsustainable resources use, inadequate national policies, and intensifying climate and environmental change threaten to overwhelm existing adaptive capabilities. Recognizing this, International Alert conducted case studies in Nepal, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh to illustrate current levels of risk and resilience to environmental change at the village level. Join us for a discussion of their micro-level findings, emerging trends across South Asia, and implications for policy at the national and local levels.

LOCATION: 

5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

DIRECTIONS TO THE WILSON CENTER

Event Speakers List: 

• Mary Melnyk //
  U.S. Agency for International Development
• David Michel //
  Stimson Center

• Janani Vivekananda //
  International Alert

For more information: 
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/strengthening-responses-to-climate-variability-south-asia-3