TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2020
16.00 – 17.30
High Level Plenary Panel – Challenges and perspectives for European policies on adaptation and disaster resilience
Elena Višnar Malinovská, European Commission, DG CLIMA
The revised EU Adaptation Strategy: challenges and priorities
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Nacira Boulehoua, European Commission, DG ECHO
Overview of natural and man-made disaster risks the European Union may face
Philippe Tulkens, European Commission, DG RTD
Mission Area on Adaptation to climate change and societal transformation
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020
10.00 – 13.00
Climate Adaptation Modelling Community Workshop
Moderator: Jaroslav Mysiak, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change
10.05 – 11.05
Sectoral adaptation 1
Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla, University of Catalonia
Hybrid modelling for coastal adaptation
Edoardo Borgomeo, University of Oxford
Water resource system modelling for climate adaptation
Hans Sanderson, Aarhus University
Cascading Transitional Climate Risks in the Private Sector – Risks and Opportunities
Francesca Larosa, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate
ChangeMaking the business case for climate services
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10.05 – 11.05
Adaptation policy & planning 1
Carlo Giupponi, University Ca’ Foscari of Venice
Operationalizing climate proofing in decision/policy making
Marc Zebisch, Eurac
Research Climate impact chains – A conceptual modelling approach for climate risk assessment in the context of adaptation planning
Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Reducing and managing uncertainty of adaptation recommendations to increase user’s uptake
Reimund Schwarze, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research
Modelling the cost and benefits of adaptation
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10.05 – 11.05
Integrated modelling 1
Raghav Pant, University of Oxford
Advances in climate adaptation modelling of infrastructure networks
Thorsten Wagener, University of Bristol
On the evaluation of climate change impact models for adaptation decisions<
Jana Sillmann, Center for International Climate Research
Cross-sectoral challenges for adaptation modelling
Frank McGovern, JPI Climate
Adaptation modelling: a JPI Climate perspective
10.05 – 11.05
Adaptation to climate extremes 1
Bjørn Kalsnes, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Use of vegetation for landslide risk mitigation
Heidi Kreibich, Deutsches Geo Forschungs Zentrum (GFZ)
Dynamic flood risk modelling in human-flood systems
Marie Scholer, European Insurance and Ocupational Pensions Authority
Climate change adaptation in insurance
Laurens M. Bouwer, Climate Service Center Germany
The roles of climate risk dynamics and adaptation limits in adaptation assessment
11.30 – 12.30
Sectoral adaptation 2
Virginia Murray, Public health England
Climate Change Adaptation and Societal Transformation – what are the public health challenges and opportunities?
Kurt Christian Kersebaum, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung
Modelling to evaluate climate resilience of crop rotations under climate change
Dionisio Perez Blanco, University of Salamanca and CMCC
Navigating deep uncertainty in complex human-water systems
Manuel Pulido-Velazquez, University of Valencia
A top-down meets bottom-up approach for climate change adaptation in water resource system
11.30 – 12.30
Adaptation policy & planning 2
Timothy Carter, Stefan Fronzek, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
A model-based response surface approach for evaluating climate change risks and adaptation urgency Transformation – what are the public health challenges and opportunities?
María Máñez Costa, climate Service Center Germany – GERICS Weather and Climate services to support a risk sharing mechanism for adaptation of the agricultural sector.
A theoretical example for drought-prone areas
Robert Wilby, Loughborough University
Stress-testing adaptation options
Enrica De Cian, Ca’ Foscari university of Venice and CMCC
Adaptation policy & planning. The blind spot of energy
11.30 – 12.30
Integrated modelling 2
Piers Forster, University of Leeds
Relationship Between Net Zero Emissions and Adaptation Policy
Peter Alexander, Almut Arneth, Juliette Maire, University of Edinburgh
A new modelling approach to adaptation-mitigation in the land system
Roger Street, University of Oxford
Climate services supporting adaptation modelling
Bart van den Hurk, Deltares
Impact oriented climate information selection
11.30 – 12.30
Adaptation to climate extremes 2
Filip Lefebre, Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Climate-fit City: urban climate data and services
Óscar Manuel Ferreira, Universidade do Algarve
Modelling risk reduction measures to minimise future impacts of storms at coastal areas
Jeffrey Neal, University of Bristol
Recent innovations in flood hazard modelling over large data sparse regions
BJantsje Mol, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University
Climate adaptation by homeowners
14.00 – 15.30
Hands-on tutorials
Antonio Trabucco, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change
Using fast scripts for forest fire vulnerabilitys
Dennis Wagenaar, Deltares
Using fast scripts to visualise coastal flood risks
Paola Mercogliano, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change
Using fast scripts to calculate heat stress
Kees van Ginkel, Deltares
Demonstrating the use of the adaptation pathway generator
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16.00 – 17.30
High Level Plenary Panel – Adaptation modelling and assessment
Moderator: Paul Watkiss, PWA
Carlo Buontempo, ECMWF – European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Copernicus Climate Change Service
Blaz Kurnik, EEA – European Environment Agency
Assessing climate risks and monitoring adaptation progress
Luc Feyen, JRC – Joint Research Centre
Adaptation study in PESETA and beyond
Zintis Hermansons, ESPON European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
Climate change adaptation modelling at the ESPON
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2020
10.00 – 11.30
Study on Climate Adaptation Modelling (DG CLIMA)
Moderator: Francesco Bosello, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change
Francesco Bosello, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change
Project overview and key component
Rhian Ebrey, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit
Desk review and gap analysis
Enrico Scoccimarro, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change
Recommended approach to analysis
Ad Jeuken, Deltares
Use case and case studies and rapid assessment
11.45 – 13.00
Presentation of use cases and related case studies followed by discussion
Adaptation modelling for European policies and investments
Kees van Ginkel, Deltares
Climate impact on Road networks
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Umit Taner, Deltares
World Bank decision tree framework
Rob Wilby, University of Loughborough
Tools for climate resilient investments
Philip Ward, Institute for Environmental Studies
Acqueduct tools for global analyses
11.45 – 13.00
Adaptation modelling for regional and urban adaptation
Judith ter Maat, Deltares
Water allocation and distribution for the Rhine
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Dionisio Perez Blanco, University of Salamanca and CMCC
Hydro micro-macroeconomic modeling for agricultural decision making
Hasse Goosen, Climate Adaptation Services
Tools for climate stress testing in the Netherlands
Ambika Markanday, Basque Centre for Climate Change
RESIN tools: the adaptation options library
11.45 – 13.00
Adaptation modelling for the private sector and insurance
Wouter Botzen, Institute for Environmental Studies
Flood Insurance models
Craig Davies, EBRD
Integrating physical climate risk into the supervision of financial markets
Nico Kroener, South Pole
Application of climate risk tools for companies
Gerhard Mulder, Climate Risk Services
Applications of climate risk tools in the financial sector
16.00 – 17.30
Summary of the lessons learned and conclusions
Moderator: Paul Watkiss, PWA
Francesco Bosello, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change
Marleen de Ruiter, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit
Enrico Scoccimarro, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change
Ad Jeuken, Deltares