Information
- Type
- Conference/Workshop
- Name
- CLAMER conferentie "Marine climate change in Europe"
- Location
- Paleis der Academiën, Brussel
- Attendee capacity
- 350
- Start date
- 2011-09-15
- End date
- 2011-09-15
- Description
- This one day conference will present key findings of the CLAMER project, including:
- Results of the pan-European public poll, conducted to investigate public views and understanding about climate change and the marine environment
- Main messages from a state-of-the-art overview of EU research results on marine climate change, which summarizes all existing scientific outputs
Leading experts in climate change science and related mitigation and adaptation strategies will be given the floor, among them Prof. Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The conference will be chaired by Quentin Cooper, presenter of ‘The Material World’ on BBC Radio 4, the UK's most-listened-to science programme.
A detailed programme will be available soon.
Programme
Thursday, 15 September 2011
08:00
Registration and welcome coffee
09:00
Welcome and introduction to CLAMER
Dr. Katja Philippart (Project coordinator, NIOZ) & Mr. Quentin Cooper (Chair, science journalist BBC Radio 4)
09:10
Introductory address by the European Commission
Ms. Manuela Soares (Director Environment, DG Research & Innovation)
09:25
Climate change impacts on marine ecosystems in Europe
Prof. Dr. Carlo Heip (Project coordinator, NIOZ)
10:00
IPCC, climate change research and the marine environment
Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri (Chair IPCC - video message)
Prof. Dr. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (Professor at the UCL & vice-chair IPCC)
10:30
Coffee/tea break
11:00
The outcomes of the first pan-European poll on public perception and awareness of climate change impacts on the marine environment
Mr. Paul Buckley (CEFAS)
11:25
Exploring public understanding of, and responses to, marine climate change
Dr. Jason Chilvers & Ms. Geraldine Terry (UEA)
11:50
How do the CLAMER outreach products look like and what do they achieve?
Dr. Jan Mees (VLIZ) & winner of video message contest
12:20
Wrapping up of the morning session
Mr. Quentin Cooper (science journalist BBC Radio 4)
12:30 - 13:00
Media availability session
12:30
Lunch
13:45
Opening address
Dr. Sybille van den Hove (MEDIAN)
14:00
All aboard: getting climate change research to chime with the wider public
Mr. Quentin Cooper (science journalist BBC Radio 4)
14:15
Nine parallel workshops
15:45
Coffee/tea break
16:15
Plenary discussion on the outputs of the workshops
Mr. Quentin Cooper (science journalist BBC Radio 4)
17:00
Reception
