Press Release: UK ASSISTS CAPACITY BUILDING ON CLIMATE CHANGE MODELLING

The UK Met Office, in collaboration with the Climate Change Study Cell (CCSC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), is organising a five-day training workshop on 'Regional Climate Modelling using PRECIS', which will be inaugurated on 14 Feb at the Council Bhaban of BUET.

The workshop, funded by UK's Department for International Development (DFID), will bring together more than 20 participants from relevant organisations to discuss climate modelling and impact prediction.

PRECIS [Providing REgional Climates for Impacts Studies] is a regional climate simulation model, which is expected to be instrumental to enhance Bangladesh's capacity on climate change modelling. The major objectives of the workshop are to: (i) build capacity to understand and simulate climate change models and scenarios, (ii) develop capacity to analyse and interpret output from climate models, and (iii) create awareness about climate change risks and facilitate incorporation of climatic risks in development planning.

Prof. Dr. A.M.M. Safiullah, Vice-Chancellor of BUET, will be present in the inaugural session as the Chief Guest. Prof. Dr. M. Habibur Rahman, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of BUET and Mr. Jim McAlpine, Senior Programme Manager from DFID Bangladesh will be present as the Special Guests.

Program of the Inaugural Session

Some Photographs of the Inaugural Session

Speech of the Prof. Dr. A.M.M. Safiullah, Vice Chancellor, BUET	Speech of the Prof. Dr. M. Habibur Rahman, Pro-Vice Chancellor, BUET
Speech of Jim MacAlpine, DFID	Speech of Dr. Bashkaran of Met Office, UK
Speech of Prof. Shah Alam Khan, Director, IWFM	Speech of Dr. Saiful Islam, Coordinator, CCSC
Participants of the workshop	Honorable Guests in the Dias
Instructors of Met office: Dr. Ben, Daivid Hein and Dr. Claire (from left)	Dr. Islam Md. Faisal, DFID (left) and Prof. Mozzamel Hoque, IWFM, BUET (right)