IDENTIFYING REGIONAL GOALS AND POLICY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH GLOBALCLIMATE-CHANGE

This paper presents a systematic approach, assisted by analytic hierar chy process (AHP) and goal programming (GP), to build a bridge between science and policy in a regional climate change impact study. The app roach is being applied in the Mackenzie Basin of Canada. The study foc uses on the identification and specification of regional policy concer ns relating to climate change. The approach attempts to ensure that th e outputs of the climate change impact study reflect some major concer ns of various regional 'stake holders'.