HR: 15:00h
AN: U33B-05 [Abstracts]
TI: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Mexico. Climatic Actions Plans
AU: * Conde, C
EM: conde@servidor.unam.mx
AF: Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Circuito Exterior, Mexico,
DF 04510, Mexico
AU: Tejeda, A
EM: atejedam@gmail.com
AU: Ferrer, R M
EM: rosamfer@yahoo.com
AF: Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Circuito Exterior, Mexico,
DF 04510, Mexico
AU: Monterroso, A
EM: aimrivas@correo.chapingo.mx
AF: Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Circuito Exterior, Mexico,
DF 04510, Mexico
AU: Gay, C
EM: cgay@servidor.unam.mx
AF: Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Circuito Exterior, Mexico,
DF 04510, Mexico
AB:
Climatic extreme events have caused in Mexico in the last 20 years ten thousand deaths and around 500 million
USD per year in damages. Governmental agencies at different levels have launched several initiatives to face the
changing climate and to increase the coping social capacities.
In this presentation three initiatives will be discuss.
A "National Strategy for Climatic Action" was submitted to public consultation in August 2006. Two authors of this
presentations coordinated the discussion related to vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, were NGOs,
experts and general public proposed several recommendations. A synthesis of those recommendations will be
presented making emphasis on the need to increase the stakeholder's participation, capacity building and
climate interdisciplinary research.
For vulnerability and adaptation studies performed for the Third National Communication to the UNFCCC, we
developed a survey that was answered by the "Advice Councils for Sustainable Development", of the Minister of
Environment (SEMARNAT), with the purpose to analyze the perceptions and proposals of different sectors related
to climate change. The main results of that survey show the interest and willingness of the different social sectors
to reduce vulnerability and increase the adaptive capacity to climate variability and change.
Finally, several ongoing regional initiatives to generated action plans and strategies will be presented: The State
Action Plan in Veracruz and municipal / local efforts in the states of Tlaxcala and Veracruz.
DE: 1225 Global change from geodesy (1222, 1622, 1630, 1641, 1645, 4556)
DE: 1637 Regional climate change
DE: 3305 Climate change and variability (1616, 1635, 3309, 4215, 4513)
SC: Union [U]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly