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The First National Communication on Climate Change
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RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION
Key to successfully mitigating and adapting to climate change is а better understanding of the global climate system and the deleterious impacts human activities have on it. Besides requiring further study of the magnitude, timing, and regional and local impacts of climate change, acquiring this understanding also involves substantial additional research on and dissemination of information to enable society to better prevent or - as some change is unavoidable - to accommodate climate change. In short, it calls for programs in both research and public education.
The Ukrainian Country Study in the framework of the US Country Studies Program Support for Climate Change Studies was the first large-scale program in this direction. This program is а nationally integrated effort that seeks to expand knowledge of the processes that affect climate change and to develop integrated models to predict these effects.
Ukraine also participates in the U.s. program to offer technical support to qualified countries for the development of national climate change action plans. The support for national plans will help countries prepare to meet their obligations under the UNFCCC and will also help them to conduct in-depth assessments of opportunities to promote technology transfer.
Ultimately, of course, the public is the true arbiter of national response strategies and policies. Thus, the public must have а solid understanding of global change science, particularly the consequences of policy options. To promote this understanding, Ukrainian Country Study Team direct efforts to general education, communication, and dissemination of climate change information.
The publication of four volumes on Country Study in Ukraine is envisaged. Thus far, the first volume, reflecting the results of the inventory on GHG emissions in Ukraine, has been finished.
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