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