Fourth meeting of the WG Adaptation to Climate Change
30 September - 02 October 2015, Szolnok, Hungary
The Fourth Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Adaptation to Climate Change will be held from 30 September to 2 October in Szolnok, Hungary.
The Meeting will be organized by the UNEP Vienna – Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention together with the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture and the Istvan University. It will be kindly hosted in at the headquarters of the Middle Tisza District Water Directorate.
The main purpose of the meeting will be a discussion on future activities of the Working Group, including development of new projects. The meeting will aim as well at establishing cooperation with strategic organization active in the Carpathian region, with the view on future common activities.
MEETING DOCUMENTS
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE WG CLIMATE CHANGE with comments from Poland and Romania
Strategic Action Plan for development of project ideas in the Carpathian region – first draft
- Strategic Agenda on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Carpathian Region
- Joint Alpine – Carpathian Statement on Adaptation to Climate Change
- Joint Declaration of the ICPDR Tisza Group and the Carpathian Convention on the sustainable development of the Tisza River Basin within the Carpathian Region – final draft
MEETING PRESENTATIONS
- Presentation of past activities and – CARPATCLIM, CARPIVIA, CarpathCC and their results – Harald Egerer, UNEP Vienna SCC
- EEA information on climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation – Kati Mattern, EEA Group
- Climate-ADAPT – Options for presentation of the Carpathian Convention – Kati Mattern, EEA Group
- Guidelines for Climate Change Adaptation at the local level in the Alps and beyond – Luca Cetara, Alpine Convention
- ICPDR Tisza Group activities and potential cooperation – Diana Heilmann, Tisza Group
- DMCSEE: Activites and potential cooperation – Andreja Susnik, Drought Management Center for South Eastern Europe
- Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe – Sabina Bokal, Global Water Partnership
- Measurement and modelling of the soil water and carbon-dioxide regime, Eszter Toth, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Adapting to global climate change – Verrasztó Zoltán and Németh Róbert, Cholnoky
- Cooperation of the Working Group on Adaptation to Climate Change with other CC Working Groups and beyond – Harald Egerer, UNEP Vienna SCC
- Activities in other mountain areas and potential cooperation – Harald Egerer, UNEP Vienna SCC
- The EU Life Programme: Opportunities for the WG on Climate Change – Henk Zingstra
- Climate change ongoing projects and activities in the Carpathian region, Slovakia – Libor Urlich, State Nature Conservancy
