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1、4THINTERNATIONALCLIMATECHANGEADAPTATIONCONFERENCEROTTERDAMTHENETHERLANDS10–13MAY2016ADAPTATIONFUTURES2016practicesandsolutionsSCIENCEABSTRACTSSCIENCEABSTRACTSINTRODUCTIONADAPTATIONFUTURES2016–THESCIENCECHAPTERClimatechangeisoneofthecentury’sbiggestchallenges.Peopleareconfrontedwiththeconsequence

2、sofsealevelrise,ofincreasingheatinthecities,ofdroughtsandoffloods.Tohelppeopleprotectthemselves,adaptationstrategiesarebeingdeveloped,floodprotectionplanscarriedout,newwaterconservationandexplorationtechniquesareinventedandtreesareplantedincitiestodecreaseheat.Adaptationtoclimatechangeisachallen

3、gethatcannotbesolvedbypractitionersorscientistsalone.Theyhavetoworktogethertofindinnovativesolutionstoproblemsthatotherwisecannotbesolved.Adaptationtoclimatechangenotonlyrequiresinnovationsinthetechnicalfield.Italsochallengesexistinggovernancestructures,financialarrangements,decision-makingproce

4、ssesandlaws.Scientistsandpractitionersfromdifferentfieldsofknowledgeandexpertiseneedtocooperate.AdaptationFutures2016offersaplatformwherescientistsandpractitionersfromover100countriesandmanydisciplineswillmeetanddiscussnewscientificresults,implementationchallenges,toolsandbusinesscasesforadaptat

5、ion.Intheprogrammebookyoucanfinddescriptionsofmorethan155sessions.Thisabstractbookcontainssummariesofthepresentationsinthesciencesessions.InJune2015wesentoutacallforscienceabstractsfororalpresentationsandposters.Theresultwasalmostthousandabstractsrangingovertheseventhemesandthreecross-cuttingiss

6、uesselectedbytheconference’sSteeringCommittee.Agroupof56scientists(conveners)assessedalltheseabstractsandapproved257asoralpresentationsand105asposterpresentations.Theythenproposedaprogrammeforthesciencesessions,thatwasapprovedbytheScienceAdvisoryCommitteeandsubsequentlybytheSteeringCommittee.Int

7、hisbookyoufindalltheabstractsapprovedperthemeandcross-cuttingissue.ADAPTATIONFUTURES20164CONTENTTHEMES1.CITIESANDINFRASTRUCTURE9SC1.1Criticalinfrastructure10SC1.2Decisionsupport14SC1.3Regionalperspectivesonvulnerabilityandad