National Climate Change Public Awareness, Information and Outreach in Sri Lanka

(An activity of the IPCC WGIII TSU)

On

29^th -30^th August 2002

at the In-Service Training Centre of the Dept. of Agriculture,

Rajawake, Balangoda

Friday 29^th August 2002

1. Welcome Address and the Introduction to the Seminar

2. Introduction to Climate Change by Mr. G.H.P. Dharmaratna, Head, Centre for Climate Change Studies

3. Climate Change Policy Matters including Clean Development Mechanism by Mr. S S B Yalegama, Ministry of     Environment and Natural Resources

4. Climate Change and Transport by Mr. S.H. Kariyawasam, Department of Meteorology

5. Discussion

Saturday 30^th August 2002

1. Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in the fields of human settlements, Energy and

Industry by Mr. K.R. Abhayasinghe Bandara, Deputy Director of Meteorology

2. Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation/Mitigation in the fields of Agriculture and Water Resource by Dr.

B.V.R.Punyawardena, Senior Scientist, NRMC, Dept. of Agriculture

3. Climate and Human Health Mr. P M Jayathilaka Banda, Deputy Director of Meteorology

4. Final Discussion

Organized by the Centre for Climate Change Studies of the Department of Meteorology as a contribution to the IPCC Working Group III Outreach Activities

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