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CONTACT:adaptation2008@uea.ac.uk
ORGANIZER:Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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DESCRIPTION:The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the Universi
 ty of Oslo\, with the support of the Global Environmental Change and Human 
 Security (GECHS) project\, announce a two day international conference to b
 e held on 7 and 8 of February 2008 at the Royal Geographical Society in Lon
 don. The title of the conference is "Living with climate change: are there 
 limits to adaptation?"
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\nThe overall objective of this conference is to 
 consider strategies for adapting to climate change\, in particular to explo
 re the potential barriers to adaptation that may limit the ability of socie
 ties to adapt to climate change and to identify opportunities for overcomin
 g these barriers. The conference is aimed at researchers and practitioners 
 with an interest in understanding how societies adapt to climate change.
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\nThe conference will explore the following three themes:
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\n*_Theme 1: 
 Adapting to thresholds in physical and ecological systems_*
\n_Keynote spea
 ker: Garry Peterson\, McGill University_
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\nProjections indicate signific
 ant physical and ecological changes as a result of a changing climate.
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\
 nWhat barriers and limits exist to adapting to such changes?What thresholds
  are there in physical and ecological systems beyond which it is not feasib
 le for societies to adapt? In what ways is adapting to +2 degrees Celsius p
 ossible? What might adaptation mean in a system nearing a threshold? How is
  adaptation possible if the change occurring is irreversible? Which habitat
  ranges\, ecosystem functions and threats of extinction of particular speci
 es have been identified to constitute thresholds?
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\n*_Theme 2: The ro
 le of values and culture in adaptation_*
\n_Keynote speaker: Benjamin Orlov
 e\, University of California_
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\nValues and culture underpin how societie
 s perceive and interpret the world\, and this in turn influences adaptation
  decisions and actions.
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\nIn what ways do values\, including non-materia
 l values\, underpin adaptation decisions and actions? What role does cultur
 e play in adaptation? What do irreversible losses of cultural heritage mean
  to societies? How do impacts of climate change on culture differ from othe
 r changes in culture? How can the potential values of future generations be
  incorporated into current adaptation?
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\n*_Theme 3: Governance\, knowled
 ge and technologies for adaptation_*
\n_Keynote speaker: Susanne Moser\, Na
 tional Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)_
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\nGovernance structures d
 etermine the way in which existing adaptive capacity can be utilised. Knowl
 edge and technology also affect how adaptation can proceed in societies.
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\nWhat are the barriers to adaptation within various governance structures
 ? In what ways does the status of knowledge and embedded uncertainty about 
 climate change act as a limit to adaptation? How do different ways of knowi
 ng influence adaptation? Are there limits to the opportunities that technol
 ogy can provide for adaptation? How may different forms of governance\, inc
 luding democratic governance\, act as barriers to adaptation?
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\nWe invit
 e the submission of abstracts\, by 10 August 2007\, from researchers wishin
 g to present papers under one of the three themes outlined above. See the C
 all for abstracts for further details.
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SUMMARY:Living with climate change: are there limits to adaption
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