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Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

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Project • CIA2009-02NSY-Pulhin

Capacity Development on Integration of Science and Local Knowledge for Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability Assessments

The project aimed to build the capacity of local government officials and researchers, and the provincial government of Albay, in the Philippines, as a whole, in assessing the impacts of and their vulnerability to climate change with the use of computer model system and complemented by the local knowledge of the people in the province. It served as a pilot site for the assessment of climate impacts and vulnerability using the SimCLIM, which is a computer model system for examining the effects of climate variability and change over time and space and is designed as well to support decision-making and climate proofing.