Date: 2009
Author: HFP

In seeking to promote the dialogue between scientists and humanitarian policy makers on future vulnerabilities, the Humanitarian Futures Group held an initial seminar on 16 January 2009 to consider how humanitarian organisations can most effectively engage with climate science. The seminar specifically sought to heighten understanding of the climate information required for effective humanitarian planning and to consider avenues for strengthening humanitarian policy makers’ engagement with climate science. The following report gives an overview of this seminar.