The AIACC Data, Methods and Synthesis Activity - DMShttp://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/aiacc

Ana IglesiasAlex de SherbininCynthia Rosenzweig

Steering Group: Punsalmaa Batima, Mahmoud Medany, Tony Nyong, Balgis M. Osman, Sara Beresford, Neil Leary

What is the Data, Methods & Synthesis Website? A tool to inform you about the methods, tools and

data being used by your colleagues working on similar problems

A resource providing: Bibliography of journal articles, working papers, data &

information web portals, etc. A database of relevant data sets Information on methodologies Sources and background for tools

A means to synthesize and communicate info to other researchers and stakeholders

An aid in National Communications

Sources of Information

The Project Profile Survey sent out in November 2002

The Project Synthesis Survey – March 2004

IPCC, UNDP-APF, UNFCCC, and other resources for impacts, adaptation and vulnerability assessment

CIESIN’s catalogue of data sets

Goals of The Synthesis Survey

Contribute to the Synthesis and Communication of the results of the Projects by: Characterizing key results Facilitating analyses within/across regions, sectors,

systems, groups Key issues:

Characterization of vulnerability Evaluation of the capacity to adapt Role of decision makers and stakeholders in adaptation Contribution of the National Communications and to

planning adaptation options

Goals During the Meeting

Meet with all Project Teams to ensure that the Survey’s questions are useful to represent correctly the key insights of your Projects

Engage Project teams in the Synthesis process by incorporating your comments for improving the Synthesis activities

Make a first draft of your responses to the Synthesis Survey