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Researchers' Day - Climate Change Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation

Climate Change Task Force (CCTF) invites all researchers to a Researchers' Day on Climate Change Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation on 7 October 2010, at GEUS in Copenhagen. See the programme with links to abstracts of the presentations below.

View the invitation here (Pdf).

PROGRAMME

8.30-9.00  REGISTRATION

9.00-10.30  WELCOMING REMARKS AND KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

• Søren Jeppesen, CBS: The firm view on Business and Development, and the relation to climate issues
• John Christensen, UNEP Center Risø: Status of Climate Change negotiations towards COP16
• Lilian van der Bijl: KFT - Science, science policy networks and projects
• Miriam Feilberg, DWF: SACCNet - a joint activity by the research networks
• Sujan Saha, Action Aid, Denmark: Assessing the Security Implications of Climate Change as a challenge to international peace and security: Country Case Studies of Bangladesh

10.30-10.45  COFFEE

10.45-12.00  PARALLEL SESSION

  1. Climate change, land and water

• Jens Raunsø Jensen, KU-Life: Climate change uncertainty and most appropriate actions 
• Annalisa Savaresi, KU Faculty of Law: Reducing emissions from deforestation under the UNFCCC. A new opportunity for forest governance. 
• Ole Mertz, Geography, University of Copenhagen: Importance of climate factor, such as declining rainfall, as drivers of land use and livelihood change in West Africa

  2. Disaster risk reduction

• Karen G. Villholth, GEUS: Ensuring sustainable use, management, and protection of groundwater resources for disaster risk reduction.
• Andrew Crabtree, RUC: Climate Change and the Psychological Consequences of Flooding, experiences from Rajni, India.
• Frank Sejersen, KU, Faculty of humanities: Responses to climate change disasters such as the melting of ice in the Arctic and accelerating desertification in large parts of Africa.

12.00-13.00  LUNCH

13.00-14.40  PARALLEL SESSIONS

  3. Climate change, land and water

• Neil Mackellar, DMI: Regional climate models, DMI activities in developing countries and capacity development. 
• Anthony Hogan, The Australian National University: A study of Australian farmers' attitudes to climate risk and adaptation. 
• Torsten Mandal, Independent consultant: Climate change increases incidents of extreme and/or unpredictable rainfall.
• Ole Fryd, LIFE, University of Copenhagen: Defining water sensitive urban landscapes for developing countries - water & sanitation.

  4. Climate change, health, urban development and transfer of technology

• Sara Lærke Meltofte Trærup, UNEP Risø, DTU: The Health Impacts of Climate Change, flooding and rising temperatures, a Study of Cholera in Tanzania.
• Janine Wichmann, University of Copenhagen: Apparent temperature and cause-specific mortality in Greater Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Søren Lütken, Risø DTU: Technology transfer as a tool for adaptation to climate change. An element of the Bali Action Plan.

14.40-15.00  COFFEE

15.00-16.30  PLENARY SESSION: Feedback from parallel session, discussion: linking climate change and economic development

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Deadline for registration: 4 October 2010.

Registration by email to hab@dhigroup.com or by tel. +45-45 16 90 38.

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CCTF is a joint initiative of the three Danida supported research networks, Danish Development Research Network (DDRN), Danish Water Forum (DWF) and Danish Research Network for International Health (Enreca Health).