Planning Meeting

Stockholm

20-22 November 2000

Please note there were no formal proceedings from this meeting; discussions helped with the overall evolution of the GECAFS Project.

Objectives

Review and clarify the thematic scope of GECAFS Foci in the light of the overall project
Develop clear criteria for the nature of GECAFS research projects
Evaluate and refine Foci 1 and 2 exemplar questions
Identify emerging science issues for GECAFS Focus 1
Plan Chiang Mai and Washington meetings

PARTICIPANTS LIST

Monday 20 November

Welcome – Uno Svedin (FRN, on behalf of principle donors FRN and NRC) & João Morais (IGBP, on behalf of Sponsoring Programmes)

GECAFS background and discussion for points of clarification - John Ingram

Presentations of ongoing/planned projects that (i) exemplify some aspects of GECAFS Foci 1 and 2 (ii) show how these projects could link to the broader GECAFS goals:

Linking climate prediction with agricultural productivity: “CLIMAG South Asia,” - Holger Meinke
Linking climate prediction with fisheries productivity: “Worldwide fisheries trends: separating climate and human effects,” - Manuel Barange
Linking rangeland productivity with economic models at enterprise scale: Australia studies - Mark Stafford Smith
Linking arable production with large-scale food models: China studies - Günther Fischer
Linking rangeland management with rural livelihoods “INCO - Southern African Rangelands,” - Jaap Arntzen

Discussion

Plenary discussion on GECAFS Guiding Principles as relating to designing research projects - John Ingram

3 Working groups each to draft design criteria of GECAFS research projects

Brief reports

Tuesday 21 November

Presentation of synthesised reports and discussion

Working groups

WG1 refine Focus 1 (and F2 & 3) exemplar questions

WG2 refine Focus 2 (and F1 & 3) exemplar questions

WG3 refine Focus 3 (and F1 & 2) exemplar questions

Working group reports and discussion

Plans for Chiang Mai and Washington meetings

Wednesday 22 November

Identify emerging science areas for GECAFS, especially Focus 1

Summing-up and next actions

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