Annex A
UK-FUNDED RESEARCH
DEFRA instigated a programme of research (known
as Fastrack) to provide globally quantitative estimates of the
impacts of climate change in five key sectors—ecosystems,
water resources, agriculture, health and sea level rise—by
bringing together experts from these areas and the Meteorological
Centre's Hadley Centre. Work has been published and presented
at several Conferences of the Parties to the UNFCCC.
The UK is also funding development of a portable
Regional Climate Change Model through the Hadley Centre for Climate
Prediction and Research that will enable developing countries
to generate their own national climate change scenarios for use
in impact and adaptation studies. In addition, the Government
supports a number of projects through the UK's bilateral development
programme to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of
climate change. These projects include assessments of vulnerability
to climate change, the evaluation of policy options for monitoring
systems and response strategies, the assessment of policy frameworks
for implementing adaptation measures and response strategies in
the context of coastal zone management, disaster preparedness,
agriculture, fisheries and forests, and the building of national
regional and/or sub regional institutional capacity.
The UK is undertaking collaborative research
projects with India and China on impacts and adaptation to climate
change. This work will involve the development of new approaches
to assessment of vulnerability and adaptation, and build capacity
through promotion of the transfer of methodologies and approaches
from the UK. The research will be undertaken by scientists based
at local research institutes:
— For India the project will develop
national climate change and socio-economic scenarios and will
assess the sectoral impacts of climate change on sea level variability,
water resources, forests, agriculture, health, and energy industry
and transport infrastructure.
— The project with China will focus
on the impacts of climate change for agriculture. National climate
change scenarios and socio-economic scenarios relevant for agriculture
will be developed. The project also aims to build capacity through
collaboration with UK experts and training of Chinese scientists
at UK institutions during study visits.
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