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Conference on Climate Change impacts on Water and Security in the Mediterranean: CLIMB & CLIWASEC Final Conference2013-11-12
This Conference highlights the research findings on climate change impacts, water and security issues in the Mediterranean region. It brings together scientists, stakeholders and policy makers to discuss and exchange on related implications on policy and decision making from international, national and regional perspectives and provides recommendations on future research needs.
The Mediterranean region is experiencing a broad range of threats to water security. According to climate projections, the region is at risk due to its pronounced susceptibility to changes in the hydrological budget and extremes, which is expected to have strong impact on the management of water resources and on key strategic sectors of regional economies. Related developments have capacity to exacerbate tensions, and intra‐ and inter‐state conflict among social, political, ecological and economic actors. Effective adaptation and prevention policy measures call for multi‐disciplinary analysis and action. In order to better assess the manifold consequences and uncertainties in climate impact on man‐environment systems, a coordinated topic has been programmed in EU‐FP7, bringing together the three projects CLICO (SSH), WASSERMed (ENV) and CLIMB (ENV) to establish the research cluster CLIWASEC (Climate Change, Water and Security; www.cliwasec.eu). Goals of this activity were to improve scientific synergy and policy outreach and to initiate and maintain a sound and successful dissemination process on regional, national and international levels. Presentations and panel discussions will focus on a jointly delivered policy position paper, which will be published in the course of the event. Venue: Representation of the Free State of Bavaria, Brussels Draft Agenda: HERE More information: http://www.climb-fp7.eu/news/news_details.php?news_id=32 |
