USAID E3 Cooperative Agreement: Weather and climate information for climate-resilient development

Lead PI: Dr. Andrew Robertson

Unit Affiliation: International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)

July 2011 - September 2015
Inactive
Asia ; Southeast Asia ; Indonesia
Project Type: Research

DESCRIPTION: The project is to help Indonesia's colleges and universities expand their research capacity, improve Indonesia's education, and improve Indonesia's capacity to adapt to climate risks.

OUTCOMES: Progress is being made toward developing decision support tools for agriculture risk management and analyzing climate data as well as policies and institutions to support fire risk management strategies. Progress reports for two quarters are out.

SPONSOR:

U.S. Agency for International Development

FUNDED AMOUNT:

$4,800,000

RESEARCH TEAM:

Simon Mason

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS:

Institute Pertanian Bogor

KEYWORDS

climate risk adaptation education research climate climate and society

THEMES

Modeling and Adapting to Future Climate