THE 2^nd GMS DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE
21^st May 2008

Host Site: ADB’s Thailand Resident Mission, Bangkok
Video-Linked with ADB Resident Missions in Beijing, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, and Hanoi

GMS: CLIMATE MAKERS OR CLIMATE TAKERS?
Understanding and Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change

Concept Note/Background Paper

• Concept Note [PDF: 31KB | 3 pages]
• Background [PDF: 49KB | 6 pages]

List of Participants

• List of Participants [PDF: 51.6KB | 9 pages]

Program

• Program [PDF: 34.4KB | 4 pages]

Presentations

1. Theme 1: Climate change, global warming, and the GMS
   • Presentation of Javed Mir: "Anticipated Impacts of Climate Change: Risks and Vulnerabilities in the GMS" [PDF: 1.99MB | 12 pages]
2. Theme 2: Physical consequences of climate change: safeguarding communities, commodities and assets in the GMS
   • Presentation of Hasan Moinuddin: "Anticipated Impacts of Climate Change on Life, Property and Assets (Physical and Social Infrastructure)" [PDF: 1.59MB | 9 pages]
3. Theme 3: Impact on food security, energy security, and tourism in the GMS
   1. Presentation of Lin Erda: "Main Findings of IPCC for Climate Change Impacts on GMS’s Agriculture" [PDF: 1.84MB | 17 pages]
   2. Presentation of Amnat Chidthaisong: "Climate Change and Energy Security" [PDF: 1.36MB | 15 pages]
   3. Presentation of Pham Trung Luong: "Anticipated Impacts of Climate Change on Tourism Development in the GMS: A Case of Viet Nam" [PDF: 1.58MB | 24 pages]

Reference Materials

1. Impact of Climate Change on Physical and Social Infrastructure
   • Fact Sheet: Life, Property and Assets (Physical and Social Infrastructure) [PDF: 823KB | 8 pages]
2. Impact on food security, energy security, and tourism in the GMS
   1. Fact Sheet: Agriculture and food security [PDF: 2.11MB | 6 pages]
   2. Fact Sheet: Energy (Hydropower) [PDF: 229KB | 4 pages]
   3. Fact Sheet: Tourism [PDF: 2.13MB | 5 pages]

Listing of Key Dialogue Issues

• Key Dialogue Issues [PDF: 21KB | 2 pages]

Maps

1. Change in Precipitation (linear trend) in the GMS between 1901 and 2002 [JPG: 290KB]
2. Change in Wet Day Frequency (linear trend) in the GMS between 1901 and 2002 [JPG: 266KB]
3. Change in Mean Temperature(linear trend) in the GMS between 1901 and 2002 [JPG: 275KB]
4. Mean Maximum Temperature Anomalies (1995-2002) in the GMS relative to 1901-1920 [JPG: 275KB]
5. Mean Minimum Temperature Anomalies (1995-2002) in the GMS relative to 1901-2002 [JPG: 296KB]
6. Rice production and risks of climate change (min. temp. anomalies, sea level rise/storm surge) [JPG: 339KB]
7. Viet Nam - Energy Safety: Hydropower and Temperature Change [JPG: 243KB]
8. Viet Nam - Energy Safety: Risks from Climate Change [JPG: 264KB]
9. Sea level rise & storm surge (1m+3m): Potential risk to major GMS investments [JPG: 315KB]
10. Sea level rise & storm surge (5m+3m): Potential risk to major GMS investments [JPG: 314KB]
11. Sea level rise & storm surge (1m+3m): Potential risk to population [JPG: 329KB]
12. Sea level rise & storm surge (5m+3m): Potential risk to population [JPG: 334KB]
13. Cambodia's Tourism Assets - potential vulnerability to sea level rise, storm surge & flash floods (with Previous Mekong floods) [JPG: 327KB]
14. Cambodia's Tourism Assets - potential vulnerability to sea level rise, storm surge & flash floods [JPG: 314KB]
15. Cambodia's Mangrove Forest - Efficient Protection from Risks of Storm Surge [JPG: 335KB]
16. Important Biodiversity Hotspots and Increase in Maximum Temperature (1901-2002) [JPG: 312KB]
17. Important Biodiversity Hotspots and Change in Precipitation (1901-2002) [JPG: 322KB]