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Speaker: Marc Zebisch
Marc.Zebisch<at>eurac.edu
Institute for Alpine Environment, EURAC research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano,
Italy
Title of the talk:
Vulnerability mapping of climate sensitive systems in Germany (pdf: 8MB)
Summary of the talk by Georg Leitinger: Students´
summary (pdf)
Regional vulnerability mapping in Germany
This talk will summarize the findings of a study conducted by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), commissioned
and financed by the Federal Environmental Agency, Germany (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), and carried out between March 1st, 2003 and
June 30th, 2005.
The objectives of this study were
1 to document existing knowledge on global change (and particularly climate change) in Germany and analyze its current and
potential future impacts on seven climate sensitive sectors (water management, agriculture, forestry, biodiversity/nature
conservation, health, tourism and transport);
2 to evaluate the present degree of adaptation and the adaptive capacity of these climate-sensitive sectors to global change;
3 to draw conclusions on the vulnerability to global change of sectors and regions in Germany by considering potential
global change impacts, degrees of adaptation and adaptive capacity;
4 to discuss the results of the study with decision-makers from government, administration, economy, and society, in order
to develop a basis for the development of strategies of adaptation to global change in Germany.
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