Final Technical Report - weADAPT

than its first generation, yet expertise and know-how to assess and formulate adaptive
strategy in systematic ways are still much lacking in the Mekong River countries. The
activities under this research had helped in develop research capacity of both personnel as
well as network among institutions in Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam to be able to
assist or responsible in the preparation of the next National Communications to UNFCCC.
In addition, the result from the activities under this research, which includes tool,
data, methodology, analysis summary, etc., such as model and dataset, high resolution
regional climate scenario, analysis on impact of climate change on hydrological regime
and crop productivity, etc., would be summarized and disseminated to relevant policy
makers as well as other stakeholders in the Southeast Asia region for further study in
wider scale as well as be used in future policy consideration.
However, as the preparation of the second National Communications to UNFCCC
of the countries where this research had focused upon (Lao PDR, Viet Nam and
Thailand) has not yet started, therefore, there has been no direct involvement or
contribution from this research to the National Communications yet. But as far as the
science-policy linkage is concerned, the principle investigator of this research, Dr.Anond
Snidvongs, was appointed a member of National Climate Change Committee of Thailand
and an associate investigator, Mr.Suppakorn Chinvanno, was also appointed a member of
working group in developing national climate change strategy for Thailand.
2.6 Policy implications and future directions
This pilot study project has raised awareness among policy maker and public
sectors in the region regarding the climate change issues; however, in developing the
climate change policy, the policy maker still requires more explicit answer regarding
climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation on various key systems, which need
more study to confirm. In addition, the study on climate change impact under this
regional study is base on long timescale, which is too long for the policy planning scope
of any country in the region. Future study may need to focus on the issue of climate
change impact in shorter timescale or address more on the climate variability that may
change its pattern from climate change influence. Furthermore, more involvement from
the policy maker and policy implementing agency should also be planned for the future
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