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Programme (PDF version can be accessed here)
<Day1 (05 June)> <Day2 (06 June)> <Day3 (07 June)>
09:00-11:00


09:00-09:30
09:30-10:00
10:00-10:30

10:30-11:00
Special Session
(Chair: Dr. Samantha Jones, Disaster and Development Centre, Northumbria University, UK)
 Prof. David Petley, Durham University, UK
 Sean McKee Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Services, UK
 Rob Bell, Contingency Planning Officer, Hounslow Council, London, UK
 Learning from LARED: Alonso Brenes Torres, Costa Rica
11:00-13:00 Climate Change and Resilience
(Chair: Alonso Brenes Torres, LARED)
•Improving Resilience: Coping Global Climate Change Locally: Dinanath Bhandari Practical Action Nepal, Nepal
•Climate change and resilience: a case study from Rajasthan: Barmer Ashray Yojana SEED India
•Social and Environmental Vulnerabilities in the face of Climate Change estimated for the Semi-arid of Bahia – Brazil: Andrea Souza Santos, Brazil.
•Coping with Climate Change in Nepal – tendencies and major vulnerabilities by Manoj Badu, Kathmandu University, Nepal
•Tahmina Rahman: Adapting to Climate Change:  The Fishing Community of Dublar Char, The Sundarbans, BRAC , Bangladesh
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:20 Climate Change and Geo Physical Hazards
(Chair: Dr. P.K.Joshi, TERI University, Delhi, India)
•Landscape, livelihoods and risk:a study of community vulnerability to landslide events in the dynamic mountain environment of central Nepal.: K.J. Oven, D.N.Patley,J.D. Rigg and C.E. Dunn Durham University, UK
•Climate change and GLOF hazards in Nepal, Dr. Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, Kathmandu University Nepal
•Identification of land use patterns on occurrence landslides with intended risk of climate change in Ratnapura district, Sri Lanka: Poorna S. Yahampath American Red Cross Sri Lanka
•Additional earthquake risk from climate change and preparation in Nepal: Binod Shrestha, NSET Nepal
16:00-17:00 Closing Sessions and Certificate Distribution  
18:30-22:00 Social event

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