Towards climate adapted and resilient regions

Dealing with climate change impacts is one of the great challenges of the 21^st century and its importance is only just being discovered. The challenges arise from uncertainties in climate change and its impacts, from the long time-horizon, from regionally widely varying vulnerabilities, and from a lack in public awareness. Notwithstanding the challenges of adapting to climate change, the long time horizon and the inherent uncertainties suggest to adopt a wider frame of reference for adaptation.

The conference will bring together experiences from different regions and strives to develop lessons for other regions. The scientific sessions will be arranged around three main topics:

• Analysing impacts and assessing vulnerabilities
• Designing and testing solutions for climate adaptation and resilience
• Implementing climate adaptation and paths to a resilient future

Who should attend?

The conference is open to all relevant contributions. The organizers are especially inviting contributions on successful socio-economic and socio-technical innovations from coastal regions (call for papers will follow soon on our website). They are not only inviting scientists but also Business representatives - Public administrators - Politicians (local, regional and national) and Representatives from Non-governmental Organizations!