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A BSSSC / BALTEX Conference
Adapting to Climate Change
Case Studies from the Baltic Sea Region
Hamburg, Germany, 31 May 2011
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The conference is intended to provide practitioners in the field of local and regional administraton and decision making with an opportunity to
- access first hand information on regional climate change in the Baltic Sea region and its impacts
- present case studies on climate change adaptation plans and activities in various regions and municipalities in the Baltic Sea region
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build and foster a network of practitioners facing similar problems regarding adaptation to climate change in their regions
Programme
| Monday, 30 May 2011 |
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| 18.00 |
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Informal Get-Together: Boat tour to Emigration Museum Hamburg (Ballinstadt) including guided tour and dinner |
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| Tuesday, 31 May 2011 |
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| 09.30 |
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Opening and Welcome addresses
Holger Lange, State Secretary, Ministry for Urban Development and Environment, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
Olgierd Geblewicz, BSSSC Chairman and Marshal of Western Pomerania, Poland
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kaysser, Scientific Director, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
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Session 1:
The Science Base |
| 09.45 |
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Scientific evidence on climate change in the Baltic Sea Region
Prof. Dr. Hans von Storch, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht and KlimaCampus Hamburg, Germany |
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| 10.15 |
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Coffee break |
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Session 2:
From Science to Politics
Moderation: Dr. Marcus Reckermann, International BALTEX Secretariat, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany |
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2a: Adaptation from the scientific perspective - Examples from international research programmes |
| 10:45 |
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Adaptation strategies to climate change impacts in urban regions of the Baltic Sea coast - The science-practice interactions within plan B:altic
Dr. Sonja Deppisch, HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany |
| 11:05 |
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Adaptation needs? Adaptive capacities? Answers from the INTERREG project BalticClimate
Dipl. Ing. Sebastian Ebert, Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL), Hannover, Germany |
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2b. International climate services for stakeholders, the policy and the public |
| 11:25 |
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Creating and maintaining dialogue on climate information - Reflections on the adaptation process in Sweden
Dr. Carin Nilsson and Dr. Erik Engström, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden |
| 11.45 |
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Regional Climate Service – Experience from the North German Climate Office
Dr. Insa Meinke, Northern German Climate Office at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht and KlimaCampus Hamburg, Germany, and
Prof. Dr. Hans von Storch, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht and KlimaCampus Hamburg, Germany |
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| 12.05 |
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Lunch |
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| 13.30 |
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Session 3: Case Studies
Presentation and discussion of practical case studies related to regional or local adaptation to climate change
Moderation: Dr. Grit Martinez, Ecologic Institute, Berlin |
| 13:30 |
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Cooperative planning for climate change adaptation on the municipal level - Two case studies from the metropolitan region of Hamburg
Thomas Zimmermann, HafenCity Universität Hamburg, Germany |
| 13:50 |
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BaltCICA, consulting citizens about climate adaptation
Jørgen Madsen, Project Manager Information with The Danish Board of Technology, Denmark |
| 14:10 |
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The Norwegian case: Climate change adaptation at the regional and local level – The role of the land use planning sector.
Elisabeth Dahle, Head of regional planning in the region of Östfold, Eastern Norway |
| 14:30 |
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The transfer of scientific knowledge concerning climate change to regional decision makers in the German Baltic Sea region
Dr. Dennis Bray, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany and Dr. Grit Martinez, Ecologic, Berlin, Germany |
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| 14:50 |
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Coffee Break |
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| 15:20 |
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The project plan B:altic from the associates point of view in the urban region of Rostock
Katja Klein, Regional Planning Association Mittleres Mecklenburg/ Rostock, Germany |
| 15:40 |
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Living with water - Adapting to climate change in Copenhagen
Lykke Leonardsen, Municipality of Copenhagen, Technical and Environmental Administration, Denmark |
| 16:00 |
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Regional strategies and possibilities to tackle climate change in the Stockholm region
Jessica Andersson, Stockholm County Council, Sweden |
| 16:20 |
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Adaptation to climate change in Gothenburg, a seaside city in Sweden
Ulf Moback, Coordinator of the Gothenburg Climate Group, Sweden |
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| 16:40 |
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Panel discussion: The Hamburg Declaration and next steps
Moderation: Dr. Grit Martinez, Ecologic Institute, Berlin, Germany
Participants:
Stefan Herms, Director General, Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Hans von Storch, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht and KlimaCampus Hamburg, Germany
Lykke Leonardsen, Municipality of Copenhagen, Technical and Environmental Administration, Denmark
Ulf Moback, Coordinator of the Gothenburg Climate Group, Sweden
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| 17.10 |
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End of conference |
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| 19.00 |
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Reception at the Hamburg City Hall by invitation of the
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg |
Please note that the programme is preliminary and minor changes may occur.
The programme can also be downloaded as pdf here.
  
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