Policy Planning and Decision Making Involving Climate Change and Variability
Sept. 11 – 22, 2006
Boulder Colorado

The Colloquium's Overall Objective

The Colloquium will introduce participants to the use of climate information in decision making, learning from experts in the physical, social and policy arenas from the Americas. Over a two week period, the colloquium will address issues of measurement, data, statistics, synthesis and modelling on the science side and of communication, negotiation and implementation on the policy interface. The colloquium will present a number of case studies from different countries and regions of the Americas, in which the links between climate stresses, policy responses and governance are explored. The policy process will be examined under different modes of governance and legislations in the local, national and international context with examples from different parts of the Americas. Participants will participate in lectures, panel discussions, have opportunities to present their own work and interests, and will participate in two hands-on workshops, on uncertainty and statistical methods for climate analysis and on decision support systems for water resource management.

Colloquium Organizers: Holm Tiessen, IAI, Gerhard Breulmann, IAI, Marcella Ohira, IAI Rebecca Morss, NCAR, David Yates, NCAR, David Gochis, NCAR.

This Colloquium has been made possible through a grant from the National Science Foundation.