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Workshop
Adapting to climate change in time
Rome 19-21 July 2010

The ACT Workshops, organized by ISPRA in Rome in July 2010, were attended by ACT partners and around 50 participants.
The workshops looked at these main aspects:

  1. Climate change scenarios and downscaling;
  2. Evaluation of impacts and local vulnerabilities;
  3. Definition of adaptation strategies;
  4. Definition of actions and adaptation plans.

The main objective of the workshops is to create a common and shared knowledge basis among the ACT partners and also to support the capacity building of local authorities that will have to implement local adaptation plans in next ACT actions.
During the 3-day event in Rome, the ISPRA survey results have been presented: the Baseline climate scenario and the State of the art review.

Programme

Monday 19th July (morning)

9:30

Registration and welcome coffee
9:45

Welcome to ACT project's Partners
(ISPRA, State of the Environment and Environmental Metrology Department Director, R. Caracciolo)
9:50

Intoduction
(ISPRA, Project manager, A. Capriolo)

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO AND DOWNSCALING

10:00

Carried out and plannet activities on baseline climate scenario for the ACT project
(ISPRA, F. Desiato) slides
10:30

Time series analysis and current climate trend estimates
(ISPRA, G. Fioravanti) slides
11:00

Global and regional climate models scenarios for the Mediterranean area
(ISPRA, A. Toreti) slides
11:30

Projections of climate models on ACT target areas
(ISPRA, W. Perconti and P. Fraschetti) slides
12:00

Downscaling trough empirical-statistical modelling: methodologies and planned activities
(ISPRA, A. Toreti) slides
12:30

Projections of relative sea-level rise over the next century
(ISPRA, S. Silenzi) slides
13:00

Lunch

Monday 19th July (afternoon)

ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND LOCAL VULNERABILITIES (PART I)

14:30

Adaption to climate change: key concepts (ISPRA, D. Gaudioso ) slides
15:00

Natural risk (ISPRA, D. Spizzichino) slides
15:30

Coastal environment (ISPRA, C. Vicini) slides
16:00

Biodiversity (ISPRA, C. Piccini) slides
16:30

Health (ISPRA, J. Tuscano) slides
17:00

Soil (ISPRA, F. Fumanti) slides

Tuesday 20th July (morning)

ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND LOCAL VULNERABILITIES (PART II)

9:00

Welcome coffee
9:30

Infrastructure (ISPRA, F. Assennato) slides
10:00

Historical and artistic heritage (ISPRA, R. Gaddi) slides
10:30

Agriculture and forestry (ISPRA, L. Ciccarese) slides
11:00

Fisheries (ISPRA, M. Romanelli) slides
11:30

Tourism (ISPRA, G. Finocchiaro) slides
12:00

Economics (ISPRA, A. Capriolo) slides
13:00 Lunch

Tuesday 20th July (afternoon)

STRATEGIES, ACTIONS AND PLANS FOR ADAPTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

14:00

Setting the framework at European and Member States level (ISPRA, F. Giordano) slides
14:30

Learning from existing regional/local guidelines, strategies and plans (ISPRA, F. Giordano)

15:00

Two case studies:
The Spanish national framework for adaption (Oficina Española de Cambio Climático, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Medio Rural y Marino, A. Gutierrez)
The climate Change Strategy of the Murcia Region (Consejería de Agricultura y Agua, Region of Murcia, F. V. Jumilla) slides

Tuesday 20th July (evening)

20:00

Social dinner

Wednesday 21st July (morning)

CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES

9:30

Welcome coffee
10:00

Partners will be asked to contextualize the impact and vulnerability analysis to their own municipality and structure the assessment process on the basis of methodological framework provided by ISPRA's experts in the previous days
(ISPRA, Coordinator G. Battistella)
- Opening
- Working Groups
- Reports from working groups
- Conclusion & Open issues
13:00

Lunch

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