Documents & Program

Agenda (Central European Time (CET), UTC+1)

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9:00 – 12:30

Morning session (chaired by Lina Tode, Deputy Director of Plan Bleu)

9:00 – 9:30

Welcome and opening session

Welcoming: Joël Guiot, MedECC Co-coordinator, CEREGE, CNRS, France
Opening speech: Nasser Kamel, Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
Opening speech: Tatjana Hema, Coordinator, UNEP/MAP – Barcelona Convention Secretariat

9:30 – 10:00

Presentation of the draft Special Report on climate and environmental coastal risks and its Summary for Policymakers (SPM): key concepts, results of the consultation with policymakers and stakeholders on the draft SPM and the full report, integration of the comments, questions about the process

Report Coordinators:

Salpie Djoundourian, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Piero Lionello, University of Salento, Italy
María Carmen Llasat, University of Barcelona, Spain

10:00 – 12:20

Discussion of the revised draft SPM

The revised draft SPM will be projected and discussed. The participating policymakers will express their remarks and the MedECC Coordinators, Report Coordinators and Coordinating Lead Authors will reply to them and give clarifications if necessary. Only modifications agreed by scientists would be included in the text during the session.

10:00 – 10:20 0. Framing: scope and basic concepts
10:20 – 11:00 A. Present status of climatic and environmental drivers for the coastal area
11:00 – 11:40 B. Future evolution of climatic and environmental drivers for the coastal area
11:40 – 12:20 C. Observed impacts and future risks

12:20 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 17:30

13:30 – 16:00

Afternoon session (chaired by Grammenos Mastrojeni, Senior Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean)

Discussion of the revised draft SPM