IPCC Outreach Activities
In collaboration with the Lanka International Forum on Environment and Sustainable Development (LIFE), the Centre for Climate Change Studies is presently conducting a project titled National Climate Change Public Awareness, Information and Outreach in Sri Lanka and contributing to the Development of a Model National programme. Financial assistance for this project is provided by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) of the Netherlands as part of the IPCC Working Group III Outreach Activities through its Technical Support Unit. With this project it is proposed to hold ten (10) awareness workshops and seminars during the year 2002. Five (5) of this seminars will be for the benefit of policy makers and four (4) for the benefit of the private sector and non-governmental organizations and is to be oganized by the Centre with the assistance of LIFE. Additionally, a three-day workshop intended for academic experts and research community is to be conducted in Colombo by the Lanka International Forum on Environment and Sustainable Development with the assistance of the Centre for Climate Change Studies. These seminars/workshops will cover IPCC WG3 issues such as technical options, economics, sustainable development links and technology transfer in addition to a general discussion on climate change.
Following seminars/workshops have already been conducted:
Following seminars/workshops are scheduled for the period up to December 2002.