Deadline:29 February 2012
Countries/Region:Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
South Asia is prone to disasters spawned or magnified by extreme climatic events, including floods, droughts, heavy downpours, and heat-waves. The frequency and severity of such events is expected to increase significantly with climate change, manifested both as direct impacts and indirectly through interacting with other drivers and stressors in coupled human-natural systems. In addition to rapid-onset disasters, slow-onset situations, such as those linked to climate-change induced shifts in drought frequency and rainfall characteristics interacting with widespread degradation of the natural resource base, further compound vulnerability to disasters.
Through its projects and programs, START engages early- and mid-career scientists in integrated, multi-disciplinary research and assessments on issues of sustainable development related to the drivers of and responses to climate variability and change, disaster risk reduction, land-use/land-cover change, biodiversity conservation, urban development, human health, water resources management, agriculture and food security and regional climate modeling and climate services. On an annual basis, START engages over 1,000 scientists, policy makers and other stakeholders in its projects and programs.Developing countries empowered with scientific capabilities to effectively motivate and inform societal action to manage risks and address opportunities of global environmental change and sustainable development.
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