SCIENTISTS CALL FOR GREATER REGIONAL COOPERATION TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE

08.01.2010 [13:10]
Print
A⁺ A^-

Baku, 8 January (AZERTAC). According to VOA, climate scientists say regional governments need to include disaster management in their policies for coping with climate change. Governments are asking the scientific community to better advise them on reducing disaster risks.

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are drawing together scientists in Asia to both assess the risk of extreme weather and to find ways to reduce the damage it can cause.

Scientists and officials from 10 countries have been meeting this week in Bangkok, as part of the lead up to a special report on managing extreme weather events. As the global climate warms, it is expected to contribute to weather disasters, such as floods, stronger tropical storms and severe droughts.

Anand Patwardhan, from the Indian Institute of Technology, and one of the authors of the report says it is essential for policy makers to link climate change and disaster management planning.

"It has become very clear in the IPCC that unless we are able to build these linkages, unless we are able to mainstream or integrate climate change concerns into ongoing disaster risk reduction, disaster management practices that adaptation agenda will not be advanced," Anand said.

SCIENTISTS CALL FOR GREATER REGIONAL COOPERATION TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE

FEEDBACK