1st CORDEX/VAMOS Workshop on Latin America and Caribbean, 11-13 September 2013, Lima, Perú

27.09.2013

  This training workshop was organized by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) in partnership with ICSU-ROLAC, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (5Cs), and in collaboration with ICTP and CIMA. The Institute of Geophysics of Perú (IGP) kindly hosted 70 attendees from 19 countries of which around 50% were early-career scientists. The three-day workshop identified the regionally on-going studies focused on Vulnerability, Impact and Adaptation (VIA) as well as the knowledge that is needed to develop these studies. Within the CORDEX framework the workshop highlighted the on-going climate modelling activities in the region with the aim of linking the CORDEX results to the users' needs. The last day of the workshop was dedicated to training activities guiding the participants to gain a deeper understanding of approaches for identifying vulnerability and risk. The focus was on developing skills in integrating and communicating climate related risk in the appropriate policy responses. Full details of the Workshop and presentations are available at htpp://www.cima.fcen.uba.ar/LAC-CORDEX