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Climate Change - Act and Adapt: European Green Week 2009

Publish date: 30.06.2009

Green Week 2009 (23rd - 26th June, Brussels) attracted over 4,000 participants, making this years conference and exhibition the most visited in its 9 year history. The conference theme 'Climate Change - Act and Adapt' a nod towards the international climate change agreement that will be finalised in Copenhagen at the end of this year.

The biggest annual conference and exhibition on European environment policy focused on the multi-faceted challenges of climate change, in particular addressing the following questions:

  • What are the prospects for reaching a new global deal to control climate change at the crucial Copenhagen conference in December?
  • How can we best 'climate-proof' our economies against the impacts of present and future climate change?
  • How can we create a carbon-free society by 2050?
  • How can we ensure action to address climate change best serves conservation of the ecosystems that support life on Earth?

The conference sessions of perhaps the most interest to nature managers:

  • Session 0.0. Climate change: act and adapt (Opening Session);
  • Session 3.2. Biodiversity aspects of adaptation to climate change;
  • Session 3.5. Building adaptation strategies across Europe
  • Sessions 4.7. & 4.8. 2050 Vision: Working with nature.

Presentations, speaches and videos of the sessions are being made available at the Green Week 2009 website.

Useful links:

Green Week 2009 website main page

Green Week 2009 presentations and speeches

Green Week 2009 session videos

COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference (December 7th - 18th 2009)

EU Ad Hoc Expert Working Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change  

UN Convention on Biological Diversity adaptation

 

There are comments on this article

Gavin Whitmore wrote (Mié, 01/07/2009 - 12:36)

Many Eurosite members are engaged in defining and implementing strategies for adaptation to address the challenges of climate change.

Eurosite members Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Forestry Commission Scotland are working with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Historic Scotland to improve synergies between their respective climate change action plans. As part of this cooperation they have jointly published a four-agency booklet 'Action on Climate Change '

In March 2009, Natural England published the findings of its 'Character Area Climate Change Project' - a project with the aim of identifying the local responses required to safeguard the UK's natural environment and human enjoyment of it. Four specific Character Areas in England were studied, each representing contrasting habitats and landscapes likely to be affected by climate change.