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Speaker: Monika Zurek
monika.zurek<at>fao.org
FAO (ESAE), Room C309, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Roma, Italy
Title of the talk: The Global Agenda: International Vulnerability Assessments (pdf)
Summary of the talk by a student: Students´
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Abstract
The Global Agenda – International Vulnerability Assessments
Understanding ecosystem change, its causes and its consequences has been on
the agenda of the research community for a long time. Also decision makers at
various levels confronted with an ever growing number of environmental degradation
problems have become increasingly interested in understanding these complex
issues and in finding adequate responses to reduce the rate of change or its
negative consequences.
The presentation will briefly review past vulnerability assessments, such as
the IPCC or the Global Biodiversity Assessment. A currently on-going assessment,
the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), will then be explained in detail to
give students a better understanding about the usefulness of such an exercise
and how a vulnerability assessment can be carried out at the global level. The
MA is an international process designed to meet the needs of decision-makers
and the public for scientific information concerning the consequences of ecosystem
change for human well-being and options for responding to those changes. The
presentation will also review the use of qualitative/quantitative scenarios
as a tool to alert policy makers to upcoming decisions and to systematically
think through their consequences.
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