AVEC

2nd International Summer School, Peyresq, 18-30 September 2005

18.09.2005
Sunday
Arrival and Introduction 
Welcome and general introduction
Wolfgang Cramer, Rik Leemans & Sabine Lütkemeier
Why did we all come here? (Discussion)
Dagmar Schröter

The history of Peyresq
(Introduction and village walk)
Jean Vancompernolle

19.09.2005
Monday
Climate and Land-use Change / Posters
Climate change in perspective
Stefan Rahmstorf
Basic impacts of anthropogenic climate change
Wolfgang Cramer
Poster session of participants  
The relationship between land use and climate change
Rik Leemans
20.09.2005
Tuesday
Obtaining Data for the Vulnerability Assessment / Posters
The changing balance sheet of nature: Findings from the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment
Joe Alcamo
Vulnerability of European shrublands to climate change
Claus Beier
Poster session of participants  
Assignment of working groups
The evolution of the Anthropocene: From hunter-gatherers to a global geophysical force
Will Steffen
21.09.2005
Wednesday
Scenarios
Introduction to scenarios
Rik Leemans
Global change scenarios
Tim Carter
Land use change scenarios in the European context: interpreting regional scenarios from global storylines
Mark Rounsevell
 
 
22.09.2005
Thursday
Data / Stakeholder Dialogue
Data for assessing the conditions of European forests in a changing environment
Lars Lundin
How to integrate stakeholders
Anne de la Vega-Leinert
 
 
23.09.2005
Friday
Excursion
Excursion to local ecosystems
24.09.2005
Saturday
Services and Indicators I:
Biodiversity
Mountain ecosystem goods and services
Harald Bugmann
Assessing trends in mammals in areas under land-use change
Danilo Russo

Risk management approach for climate adaptation in Australian agriculture
Will Steffen
25.09.2005
Sunday
Services and Indicators II: Water
Climate change and the water resources sector: is Integrated Water Resource Manangement the answer?
Roland Schulze
Vulnerability of water quality exemplified on the River Seine
Michel Meybeck

Problems and challenges with climate change and the water sector in developing countries: Experiences from South Africa
Roland Schulze
26.09.2005
Monday
Services and Indicators III:
Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
Carbon cycle and global vulnerability
Wolfgang Lucht
Agricultural systems and their vulnerability to climate change
Marco Bindi
 
Landscape variability and impacts of ammonia in relation to the Habitats Directive
Mark Sutton
27.09.2005
Tuesday
Free Day
Individul excursions in the region
28.09.2005
Wednesday
Vulnerability Assesment / Adaptive Capacity
Integrating vulnerability indicators from natural and social science
Rik Leemans
Business ethical dilemmas
Sybille van den Hove
 
Ethical values
Sr. Tù Nghiêm
29.09.2005
Thursday
The Vulnerability Assessment
European vulnerability to global change
Marc Metzger
Historical cases of vulnerability
Dagmar Schröter
Vulnerability mapping of climate sensitive systems in Germany
Marc Zebisch
 
30.09.2005
Friday
Dissemination / Evaluation
Working group sessions: what have we learned? What do the stakeholders have to expect? How could they better communicate their ideas to our assessment?
Presentation of teamwork results
Working group members
Vulnerability studies today and tomorrow
Wolfgang Cramer



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