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Adaptation to climate change in Switzerland..................................230
Roland Hohmann, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (Climate Unit)
Enhancing adaptation to climate change
and variability in Iran.....................................................................233
Dr A.M. Noorian, PR of Iran with WMO and First Vice President of WMO
Coping with climate variability and change in Kenya......................235
Kenya Meteorological Department
Icelandic perspectives on adaptation to climate change
and variability................................................................................238
Halldór Björnsson and Árni Snorrason, Icelandic Meteorological Office
Feasibility issues: mitigation and adaptation to climate change
in the Caribbean............................................................................240
Andrea M. Sealy, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
Water resource management and adaptation initiatives to the
challenges of climate variability and change in Singapore...............243
Chang Chian Wui, Deputy Director Policy and Planning,
Public Utilities Board, Singapore
Danish perspectives on climate change
and adaptation strategies................................................................246
Connie Hedegaard, Minister for Climate and Energy, Denmark
Coastal erosion and the Adaptation to Climate Change in
Coastal zones of West Africa projec................................................249
Dr Isabelle Niang, Regional Coordinator of the Adaptation to Climate Change in
Coastal zones of West Africa project, United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization/BREDA, Dakar
Adaptation as development: an inconvenient truth?.......................251
Lloyd Timberlake, Commission on Climate Change and Development, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Ecosystem-based adaptation: managing ecosystems to
help people adapt to climate change..............................................255
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, International Union for
Conservation of Nature
EDF’s perspectives on adaptation to climate change
and variability................................................................................257
Laurent Dubus and Sylvie Parey, EDF/R&D
Adaptation to climate change: the role of organizations with
atmospheric expertise....................................................................260
Professor Petteri Taalas, Director-General, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Humanity needs climate sense to survive.......................................263
Ray Shirkhodai, Dr Heather Bell, and Joseph Bean, Pacific Disaster Center, USA
Railway infrastructure and adaptation to climate change................267
Margrethe Sagevik, International Union of Railways
Notes & References. ......................................................................270