Klimakalender Einzelansicht

02.09.2015 - 04.09.2015
Konferenz

World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation

Climate change is among the major challenges of modern times. As the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has shown, there are  still many challenges ahead and many needs to be met, calling from action not only from governments, but also from various stakeholders. The recent reports issued by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate remind us that it is important to act both in the mitigation, and adaptation fronts.
It is against this background that the “World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation” will be organised  by Manchester Metropolitan University (UK),  and the Research and Transfer Centre “Applications of Life Sciences” of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), in cooperation with the International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP) and the United Nations University initiative “Regional Centres of  Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development” (RCE). The Symposium will be a truly interdisciplinary event, covering some of the  key areas in the field of climate change adaptation.
The  “World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation”  will focus on “innovative approaches to implement climate change adaptation”, and will  contribute to the further development of this fast-growing field.
A set of presentations, divided into six main themes will be organised, distributed over parallel sessions dealing with some of the key issues of strategic value in the field of climate change adaptation. These are:
Session 1:
Technological approaches to Climate Change Adaptation

Session 2: 
Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Communities, Cities, Countries and via Outreach Programmes

Session 3:
Funding mechanisms and financing of Climate Change Adaptation

Session 4:
Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Hazards (including floods)

Session 5:
Information, Communication, Education and Training on Climate Change

Session 6: Climate Change and HealthThe Symposium will be of special interest to researchers, government agencies, NGOs and companies engaged in the field of climate change adaptation, as well as development and aid agencies funding climate change adaptation process in developing countries.