Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, United Kingdom

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Activities: Description: The Tyndall Centre brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists to develop sustainable responses to climate change through trans-disciplinary research and dialogue on both a national and international level - not just within the research community, but also with business leaders, policy advisors, the media and the public in general

Process: Dangerous Climate Change; Equity and Justice Implications of Adaptation to Climate Change

Additional Issues: Vulnerability and adaptation

Publications: Suraje Dessai et al. (2003): "Defining and experiencing dangerous climate change"

Creating an index of social vulnerability to climate change for Africa, Katharine Vincent, August 2004

Modelling Innovation and Threshold Effects In Climate Change Mitigation, Dennis Anderson and Sarah Winne September 2004 

Learning to adapt: Organisational adaptation to climate change impacts, Frans Berkhout, Julia Hertin and David M. Gann, February 2004  

Innovation and Threshold Effects in Technology Responses to Climate Change, Dennis Anderson and Sarah Winne, November 2003

Defining response capacity to enhance climate change policy, Emma L. Tompkins and W. Neil Adger, November 2003

Justice and adaptation to climate change, Jouni Paavola and Neil Adger, October 2002  Full document 

Representing the Integrated Assessment of Climate Change, Adaptation and Mitigation, Terry Barker, December 2001

Address:

Tyndall Centre (HQ)

School of Environmental Sciences

University of East Anglia

Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

Phone: +44 (0)1223 335289
Fax: +44 (0)1223 335299
E-mail: tyndall@uea.ac.uk
Webpage: www.tyndall.ac.uk

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