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Adapting to Climate change: Strategies and experiences to increse cities recilience to climate change
Ancona 14th December 2010
Scientists, researchers, politicians from all around the world have met in Ancona on the 14th of December 2010 to discuss and confront on adaptation to climate change, presentingstrategies, models and instruments to tackle the problem (see the complete programme of the conference).
UNISDR, the UN Secretariat for International Disaster Reduction, attended the conference to officially present the new World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2010-2011: MAKING CITIES RESILIENT - World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2010-2011 (visit the website).
Programme
Morning: Plenary Session
| 8:45 | Registration |
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| 9:45 |
Welcome and Conference opening Fiorello Gramillano Mayor - Municipality of Ancona Sandro Donati Councilor for Environment - Marche Region Marcello Mariani Councilor for Environment - Province of Ancona María Dolores Muñoz Valverde Deputy Mayor and Councilor of Local Development and Tourism of Bullas Spyros Politis Municipal Councilor of Patras and Member of ADEP Administrative Board |
| 10:00 |
MichiKo Hama The 2010-11 World Disaster Reduction Campaign “Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!” slides |
| 10:20 | Official signature of the campaign UNISDR “MAKING CITIES RESILIENT” by the Mayors of the Municipality of Ancona (IT), Patras (GR) and Bullas (SP) |
| 10:40 |
Marco Cardinaletti Toward an Integrated Adaptation Policy for the Mediterranean Cities: the ACT project slides |
| 11:00 |
Emilio D'Alessio The outcomes of the COP 16 held in Cancun seen in the perspective of European cities and local authorities slides |
| 11:20 |
Stefano Tibaldi From climate change to adaptation plans and strategies: global issue, local interventions slides |
| 11:40 |
Agostino Miozzo General overview on the environmental issues characterizing the Italian territory |
| 12:00 |
Ewa Ciuk-Jackson Changing Climate, changing communities: the ICLEI Guide and Workbook for Municipal Climate Adaptation slides |
| 12:30 |
Guido Fioravanti Baseline climate scenarios for the ACT project slides |
Afternoon: Parallel Sessions
Adaptation in practice, a challenge for the whole community
Session A: Resilience thinking for an innovative policy making at urban level
| 14:30 |
CHAIRMAN Michiko Hama Programme Officer United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) SPEAKERS Federica Appiotti Changing policies in a changing climate slides Emanuele Burgin The role of local networks to promote strategies for adaptation to climate change Maria Berrini Toward a integrated system for urban management - From the MUE25 project to CHAMP slides Mauro Bigi Private-public partnership for climate responsibility: the LIFE LACRe project slides Maurizio Ferretti Regional actions for managing risks of Climate Change: methodologies and tools Antonio Ninivaggi Making a City Adaptation Policy for managing environmental and Climatic risks at local level |
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Session B: From development to implementation of a Urban/Local Adaptation Plan. Methods and best practices
| 14:30 |
CHAIRMAN Ewa Ciuk-Jackson Acting Director - ICLEI Canada SPEAKERS Marco Calligaro Francesco Vascellari Communicating what's happening: the experiences of the Civil Protection in the City of Venice slides Fausto Marincioni Aniello Russo Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Mapping to facilitate Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Actions in Northern Vietnam slides Anna Celenza The experience of the Municipality Genova: The GRABS project slides Kirsi-Marja Lonkila Adapting to climate change in the Baltic Sea Region - Experiences of the BaltCICA project slides Claudio Baffioni The path of the Municipality of Roma toward adaptation slides Stefano Cardellini Adapting to landslide: the experience of the Municipality of Ancona |
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Session C: Assessing and evaluating the economic impacts of Climate Change at urban level: a cost-benefit analysis for a local adaptation strategy
| 14:30 |
CHAIRMAN Alessio Capriolo Responsible of the sector for Economic and environmental assessment of ISPRA SPEAKERS Céline Gimet Evaluation of the economic impacts of extreme events in Mediterranean countries Enrica DeCian The economic impact evaluation of climate change slides Francesca Severini Environmental tax reform and double dividend evidence slides Margaretha Breil Impacts from climate change, some insights into the Venitian case slides |
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| 17:00 | Conclusion and sharing of the “key advises” coming from the three Parallel Sessions - Plenary Session |
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Links
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European Commission Environment
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IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
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Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici CMCC
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ICLEI Europe - Local governement for Sustainability
Open link - Key studies
New York
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London
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The Amsterdam City District of Nieuw-West Netherlands
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White paper - Adapting to climate change : towards a European framework for action
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ICLEI Canada - Guide and Workbook for Municipal Climate Adaptation
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