International Scientific Congress " Climate Change Global Risks, Challenges and Decision" [10-12 Mar 2009]
>>> Climate change represents a clear and unprecedented challenge for human society. This symposium focuses on providing a synthesis of existing and emerging scientific knowledge necessary in order to make intelligent societal decisions concerning application of mitigation and adaptation strategies in response to climate change.
>> Congress themes are:
Exploring the Risks: Understanding Climate Change
Sharing the Burdens and Opportunities: Equity Issues
Reducing the Risks of Climate Change: Opportunities for Mitigation
Preparing for Impacts: Adapting to the Inevitable
Managing the Planet
Mobilising the Populace: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
>>The findings of the congress will be supplementary to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The congress will provide a summary of existing scientific knowledge two years after the last IPCC report