Climate Data Store (CDS) training and the 6th WG Climate Change meeting
08 - 09 October 2019, Budapest, Hungary
The 6th Carpathian Convention Working Group on Climate Change (WG Climate Change) meeting took place on 9 October 2019 in Budapest, Hungary, at the premises of the National Meteorological Service (Kitaibel Pál u. 1, 1024 Budapest, Hungary).
The Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention (COP5, 2017) adopted an amendment to the Convention, the new Article 12bis on Climate Change. The main purpose of the 6th WG Climate Change meeting was a discussion on pending ratification processes, implantation of the Article 12bis and prioritization of activities to be undertaken by the WG Climate Change.
The meeting considered also the recommendations of the last Working Group on Sustainable Forest Management (Zvolen Slovakia 27-28 June 2019), which call for undertaking activities concerning the impact of climate change on the Carpathian forests, as its priority for the implementation of the Forest Protocol and its Strategic Action Plan.
MEETING PRESENTATIONS
- Activities of the WG Climate Change – Klaudia Kuraś
- 6thForum Carpaticum 2020 and other S4C planned activities – Katalin Mázsa
- Overview of the climate change issue in the Carpathian region – Sandor Szalai
- Cooperation with the Alpine Climate Board – Helmut Hojesky
- Alpine Climate Target System 2050 – is it relevant for the Carpathians? – Sabine McCallum
- Global Stocktake (referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement – Sabine McCallum
- Climate Change impact on forestry – Libor Urlich
- Towards a Carpathian Observatory and Early Warning Platform for climate change – Sabine McCallum
- Cooperation with ICPDR Tisza Group, EUSDR PA4 and PA5 – Sandor Szalai
- Improvement of Forest Transport Network of Mountain Areas as Primary Factor to Elaborate Sustainable Forest Management – Volodymyr Korzhov
- Cooperation with the Alpine Convention – experience sharing on adaptation to climate change in the Alps – Piero Di Carlo
