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Field |
Information |
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Project Title |
Capacity Building for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in KSA |
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Acronym |
N/A |
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Funding Category |
Regional |
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Status |
Completed |
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Duration |
October 2019 – September 2022; 36 months |
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Funding Body |
Research and Development Office, Ministry of Education, KSA |
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Lead Institution |
Northern Border University — NBU, Arar, KSA |
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MPI / AASTMT Role |
Project member / international technical partner supporting climate-change downscaling and geographical mapping work packages |
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Partners |
Northern Border University, KSA; Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA; Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Egypt |
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Research Field |
Environment; climate change; sustainable development; climate-change mitigation and adaptation; vulnerable infrastructure systems; infrastructure adaptation policies |
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Objectives |
To provide decision-makers in KSA with tools for climate-change mitigation and adaptation; identify infrastructure systems vulnerable to climate-change effects; propose rehabilitation and retrofitting policies; downscale atmospheric components over KSA; map climate-change effects; and develop mitigation, preparedness, and adaptation policies for infrastructure systems |
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Main Activities |
Downscaling atmospheric components; geographical mapping of climate-change effects including rain, floods, wind gusts, and dust storms; identifying vulnerable infrastructure systems; developing mitigation, preparedness, rehabilitation, and adaptation policies |
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Outputs |
Spatial climatological database for KSA; downscaled climate projections; geographical maps of climate-change effects; identification of vulnerable infrastructure systems; adaptation and mitigation policy recommendations; reports for policymakers; two ISI-indexed journal publications |
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Contribution to MPI |
Strengthening AASTMT/MPI regional role in climate-change modeling, RegCM-based downscaling, climate-risk mapping, infrastructure adaptation research, technical capacity building, and regional collaboration with KSA and USA partners |
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Total Fund Amount |
1,787,474.00 SAR |
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AASTMT Fund Amount |
N/A |
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Public Link / Documents |
N/A |
