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Climate Change in South-Eastern European Countries III - Causes, Impacts, Solutions

Date:
18. 09. 2008 till 19. 09. 2008

Type of event:
Workshop

Content:

Place: Graz, Austria
Organiser:JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Graz  (www.joanneum.at/climate) in co-operation with ASO Ljubljana and ASO Sofia
 
The objectives of the workshop are specifically:
- to strengthen and improve the multidisciplinary approach to climate change related issues
- to generate ideas for joint research projects
- to meet potential research partners
 
Workshop topics include:

Causes of climate change impacts

- Which meteorological extreme events do we expect to increase in SEE?
- Which patterns of land use change do contribute to the severity of hydrological extremes?
 
Impacts on ecological and (socio-)economic systems and vulnerability assessment
- Which of the extreme events (e. g. Droughts, Floods, Forest fires, Windthrows, Erosion, etc.) have the most severe impacts on the landscape in SEE?
-   What are the mid- and long-term impacts on ecology?
-   Which of the ecological and environmental problems in SEE will be aggravated by climate change?
-    Which regions and economic sectors are most vulnerable to climate change?
-    Are the climate change impacts likely to hit poor citizens more severely?
 
Solutions for adaptation and mitigation
- Which technical adaptation options are feasible and necessary?
-  Which economic and financial instruments are suitable for themost vulnerable regions and economic sectors to adapt to climate change?
- Are there new appropriate technical mitigation options (e. g.
carbon capture and storage, algae, etc.) for which SEE has comparative advantages?
- What are the future climate policy options (Post- Kyoto) in SEE (e. g. domestic offset projects, green investment schemes, joint implementation, clean development mechanism, emissions trading, etc.)?
- Which synergies between adaptation and mitigation policies should be exploited (e. g. meeting the future heating and cooling energy demand by carbon neutral technology, afforestation/reforestation and flood prevention, etc.)?
- Which sustainability criteria need to be considered for biomass production systems?
 
 
For participation, researchers are encouraged to prepare either or both ...
*   Abstracts for presentations for this year's workshop's topics
*   Proposals / outlines of ideas for joint research projects (for the purpose of coordination)
 
by 28th July 2008 to climate@joanneum.at (Cornelia Sterner).
 
Abstracts for presentations and proposals / outlines of ideas will be selected and coordinated in order to ensure appropriate coverage of topics and ideas at the workshop.

 

 



Contact:

For organisational requirements please contact Ms. Cornelia Sterner at climate@joanneum.at or visit  www.joanneum.at/climate


Attachments:

Title File name File size  
Programme 1Programm.pdf 350.78K