ECRA2015

„New knowledge for risk reduction“

25-26 March 2015, Brussels

The ECRA General Assembly 2015 presented key challenges in climate research identified in ECRA's Collaborative Programmes. Future challenges posed by climate change were discussed in the context of research priorities, providing a comprehensive and robust knowledge base for future mitigation and adaptation measures.

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GA2015

Agenda

The full programme is available here

Documentation

The documentation is available at this link

25 March 2015

Participation and Collaboration in Climate Research

Welcome and presentation of the Collaborative Programmes (15:00-18:30)

Welcome by Karin Lochte (ECRA chair, AWI, Germany)

Presentation of the Collaborative Programmes:

CP Arctic Climate Stability and Change (Thomas Jung, AWI, Germany)

CP Hydrological Cycles (Antonello Provenzale, CNR, Italy)

CP High Impact Events (Peter Braesicke, KIT, Germany)

CP Sea Level Change and Coastal Impacts (Gianmaria Sannino, ENEA, Italy)

Evening Panel Discussion (18:30-20:15)

"Importance of collaboration in Climate Research to face societal challenges:
Pathways and models of collaboration"

Moderation: Ralf Ludwig (LMU, Germany)

GA2015

Panelists from left to right:
David Carlson (WMO, World Climate Research Programme), Karin Lochte (AWI, Chair of ECRA), Kurt Vandenberghe (European Commission, DG Research and Innovation), Humberto Delgado Rosa (European Commission, DG Climate Action), Sanna Sorvari (JPI Climate, Finnish Meteorological Institute), Martin Visbeck (Future Earth, GEOMAR).

26 March 2015

ECRA - Collaborative Programmes (CPs)

Scientific Presentations (08:30-17:00)

	CP Arctic Climate Stability and Change Moderation: Eystein Jansen (Bjerknes Centre, Norway)
	Jeremy Wilkinson (BAS, UK) Why is Arctic sea ice disappearing so rapidly? Lars Smedsrud (UNIS/ Bjerknes Centre, Norway) What are the local impacts of Arctic climate change? Francisco Doblas-Reyes (ICREA/IC3/BSC, Spain) What are the global impacts of Arctic climate change? Ralf Döscher (SMHI, Sweden) How can climate prediction capabilities be advanced?
	CP Hydrological Cycles Moderation: Antonello Provenzale (CNR, Italy)
	Harald Kunstmann (KIT-IMK/IFU, Uni Augsburg, Germany) Closure of the large scale water cycle: Performance and limitations of models and observations Jens H. Christensen (DMI, Denmark) Are we able to simulate the main observed processes and feedbacks? Elisa Palazzi (ISAC-CNR, Italy) Prediction of precipitation (uncertainties) under different climate change scenarios Franz Prettenthaler (Joanneum Research, Austria) Societal challenges: Impacts of hydrological changes, risk assessment
	CP High Impact Events Moderation: Martin Drews (DTU, Denmark)
	Jana Sillmann (CICERO, Norway) Beyond the mean: Temperature extremes during the recent warming hiatus Romualdo Romero (UIB, Spain) Learning for the future from the observation and modelling of Medicanes Bart van den Hurk (KNMI, Netherlands) Scenarios of future weather Kirsten Halsnæs (DTU, Denmark) Climate risks and adaptation
	CP Sea Level Change and Coastal Impacts Moderation: Jan Even Øie Nilsen (NERSC, NO)
	Anny Cazenave (LEGOS, France) Observations of sea level rise Damià Gomis (UIB, Spain) Sea-Level Change in semi-enclosed basins. The case of the Mediterranean Sea Svetlana Jevrejeva (NOC, UK) Uncertainties in global and regional sea level projections by 2100 Saskia Werners (Wageningen UR, Netherlands) Connecting climate research to societal challenges