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Horton et al. 2017

Horton, R., M. De Mel, D. Peters, C. Lesk, R. Bartlett, H. Helsingen, D. Bader, P. Capizzi, S. Martin, and C. Rosenzweig, 2017: Assessing Climate Risk in Myanmar: Summary for Policymakers and Planners. Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research.

This brief aims to help decision-makers across sectors in Myanmar incorporate climate change risks into planning and investment decisions by summarising key messages from a detailed technical analysis of climate change in Myanmar that is released alongside this report.

Specifically, this brief does the following:

Provides climate risk information, including observed historical climate and future projections of temperature, rainfall, sea level rise and extreme weather events.

Highlights how climate change will affect sectors such as biodiversity and ecosystem services, coastal zones, health, agriculture, infrastructure, water resources, and urban areas.

Provides on-the-ground examples of how climate risk information is being used by the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) to support local planning in the Ayeyarwady Delta and the Central Dry Zone.

Supports a flexible adaptation approach, providing a range of possible future climates in Myanmar, which helps address changes and impacts already underway and guides planning for changes that are likely to worsen in the future for Myanmar's people, ecosystems, and economy.

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BibTeX Citation

@misc{ho06700y,
  author={Horton, R. and De Mel, M. and Peters, D. and Lesk, C. and Bartlett, R. and Helsingen, H. and Bader, D. and Capizzi, P. and Martin, S. and Rosenzweig, C.},
  title={Assessing Climate Risk in Myanmar: Summary for Policymakers and Planners},
  year={2017},
  publisher={Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research},
  address={New York},
}

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RIS Citation

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AU  - De Mel, M.
AU  - Peters, D.
AU  - Lesk, C.
AU  - Bartlett, R.
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AU  - Bader, D.
AU  - Capizzi, P.
AU  - Martin, S.
AU  - Rosenzweig, C.
PY  - 2017
BT  - Assessing Climate Risk in Myanmar: Summary for Policymakers and Planners
PB  - Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research
CY  - New York
ER  -

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