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This project focuses on the assessment of the impacts of and vulnerability to global climate change on regionally shared water resources in Bangladesh, India , Nepal and Pakistan. In its final year of a three-year APN funded project, attention will be on providing information needed to reduce vulnerability of the region's water resources to climate and socio-economic change and development of national and regional strategies and will include: Preparation of regional maps of climate variability and change to identify areas at risk in terms of water availability and agriculture; an exposure meeting of technical experts and climate modellers will be organized at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India; preparation of draft project reports; stakeholder meetings at the national level with participation of experts and policy-makers; preparation of the final report and its dissemination through a regional capacity building/outreach workshop; peer-reviewed articles will be published in a special issue of the Journal “Science and Culture”; and a synthesis report on the entire project will be prepared and published. In addition to synthesizing information on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, the report will include key recommendations.