Climate change impact assessment and use of downscaled climate ...
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<strong>Climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> adaptation community<br />
• Growing fast<br />
• Local to national scales<br />
• Readily available information is at coarse resolutions that<br />
are not <strong>use</strong>ful (e.g., global studies)<br />
• Often done without any <strong>impact</strong> <strong>assessment</strong>s (Stock<br />
taking <strong>of</strong> local good practices -> Choose the best<br />
option(s))<br />
• Tend to perceive downscaling is the answer<br />
(accuracy/precision)<br />
• Limited underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> how models work<br />
• Good adaptation planning needs to be based on good<br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> past <strong>and</strong> future <strong>impact</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>climate</strong><br />
<strong>change</strong>
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