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European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2013

From 18-20 March 2013, the European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA) will be held in Hamburg, Germany. ECCA bringing together scientists and practitioners working on climate change adaptation. The conference will provide a European forum to assemble world-class science and spark a creative dialogue with climate adaptation policy makers and practitioners.

The main theme of the conference is integrating climate into action. Major topics to be covered will include:

  • climate vulnerability assessment
  • risk assessment
  • economics of adaptation
  • decision-making under uncertainty
  • governance of adaptation
  • adaptation strategies and planning
  • mainstreaming climate adaptation
  • adaptation cases studies: organisational, sectoral and regional
  • monitoring and measuring adaptation
  • impact and effectiveness studies
  • role of tools and knowledge in adaptation
  • communicating impacts, vulnerability and adaptation

The conference is co-sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the European Commission, the City of Hamburg and the University of Hamburg. The conference is an initiative of four EU research projects: RESPONSES, CLIMSAVE, MEDIATION and ClimateCost.

More information on the conference, including programme details and registration can be found on the project website.

Date: 
Monday, March 18, 2013
City: 
Hamburg
Country: 
Germany