Human Geosciences (H)
Session Sub-categoryComplex & General (CG)
Session IDH-CG26
TitleAdaptation to climate change and its social implementation
Short TitleClimate change adaptation
Main Convener NameHiroya Yamano
AffiliationNational Institute for Environmental Studies
Co-Convener 1NameYoichi Ishikawa
AffiliationJAPAN Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Co-Convener 2NameKOJI DAIRAKU
AffiliationUniversity of Tsukuba
Co-Convener 3NameMakoto Tamura
AffiliationGlobal and Local Environment Co-creation Institute, Ibaraki University
Session LanguageJ
ScopeThe impacts of climate change include increased risk of natural disasters such as typhoons and torrential rains, changes in the distribution of organisms, and deterioration of quality and yield in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries due to high temperature damage. It is an urgent issue to develop adaptation measures to deal with these problems and implement them in society. Japan enacted the Climate Change Adaptation Act in 2018, aiming to minimize or avoid damage caused by the effects of climate change and build a sustainable society, and climate change adaptation plans have been formulated, accelerating the development of adaptation plans not only by the national government but also by local governments. In addition, as a recent international trend, a bottom-up approach has been started to provide scientific support that is more needed by local stakeholders. In this session, toward planning adaptation to climate change and enhancing its social implementation based on scientific knowledge, we will discuss about generation of climate change projection data, assessment of the impacts and risks of climate change in various fields, as well as social implementation of adaptation plans by co-creation with stakeholders and/or by local climate change adaptation acts.
Presentation FormatOral and Poster session
Joint with
Co-sponsoredJapan Society of Hydrology & Water Resources