Integrated Model Development for Water and Food Security Assessments and Analysis of the Potential of Mitigation Options and Sustainable Development Opportunities in Temperate Northeast Asia

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  • Summary:

    The main deliverable of this project is a Food and Water Security Integrated Model system (FAWSIM). FAWSIM is built on the state-of-the-art climate change software SimCLIM. Given its open framework structure a series of food and water security related models were integrated into the system, including DSSAT, SWAT, PDSI, FSI, and ZUD.

    Climate change scenarios derived from 21 IPCC AR4 GCMs, and the related observed climate, land cover, and socio-economic data were also incorporated into the system.

    Project Components:

    Objectives

    (1) The main objective of this APN Comprehensive Research Project (CRP) was to develop an integrated model system to assess the potential mitigation options and sustainable development opportunities in relation to water & food security at the local scale, in order to provide the policy-makers with required information to achieve regional sustainable development.

    (2) This CRP also aimed to build capacity and raise awareness through the participatory assessment of stakeholders and the dissemination of the project findings and models.

    Expected Outputs:

    The following outputs were produced through the research project: 1) Global cropland drought risk assessment; 2) Climate change impact on maize production and adaptation option assessment; 3) a Food security index and its application in Jilin province; 4) Partial equilibrium food balance model development and application in China; 5) Water footprint analysis for Changchun city, Jilin province; and 6) Self-Organizing Maps Statistical Downscaling method development.

    Project Details
    Financing Amount:
    The Grant awarded to this project was US$ 180, 000 for 3 years (2006-2009).
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Albay, first province to use SimCLIM software to examine effects of climate change

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LEGAZPI CITY, May 13 -– The province of Albay is the first provincial government unit in the country to use the customized SimCLIM software, a computer model system for examining the effects of climate variability and change over time and space.

Center for Initiative and Research Center for climate Adaptation (CIRCA) executive director Nhong Rangasa explained that SimCLIM is an open framework modeling system which allows user to customize t

Albay mulls use of SimCLIM to examine effects of climate change

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Legazpi City - The Provincial Government of Albay is mulling to utilize the customized SimCLIM software, a computer model system for examining the effects of climate variability and change over time and space, according to the chief of the Center for Initiative and Research Center for climate Adaptation (CIRCA).

CIRCA Executive Director Nhong Rangasa averred Albay would be the first local government unit (LGU) in the country to use th

Bahamas spends $4m over climate change

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THE BAHAMAS has thus far spent more than $4 million on learning about climate change and how to combat its effects, which could drive the cost of living through the roof in the future, the director of the Bahamas Environmental, Science and Technology (BEST) Commission said yesterday.

Philip Weech said the Government has received much of this money for major climate change studies and alternative energy reviews from entities such