Climate Change Adaptation in Practice,
3rd International BaltCICA Conference
18th and 19th January 2012, in Helsinki, Finland
The 3rd International BaltCICA Conference was the closing event
of the project, setting the spotlight on examples of applied climate
change adaptation.
The questions addressed dealt with the changes in precipitation and
flood patterns as well as rising sea levels the Baltic Sea Region is
facing. As coastal urban areas continue to grow, tourism is an
important and growing economical factor, and nature and natural
resources are to be protected, this leads to new challenges: How to
safeguard drinking water availability and quality? How to manage
riverine and coastal floods? How to design new urban areas and how to
retrofit existing ones?
At the conference cities and regions presented their solutions and
approaches for these challenges. Several communication tools developed
in the project were presented and discussed, laying the ground for
further applications. A special light was shed on transnational
approaches on identifying solutions how to adapt to the changing
climate from a regional development point of view. A focus of the
conference was on adaptation in Finland and the Helsinki Metropolitan
Area, as well as highlights from Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia,
Norway and Estonia.
Representatives of local and regional administration, ministries,
pan-Baltic organisations and scientists had the chance to exchange
their views and discuss on topics, such as applying scientific results,
assessment of adaptation methods, participatory approaches for
adaptation and the benefits of transnational cooperation.
The 114 participants perceived the event as valuable and relevant for
their work and research activities.
The conference and the vast expertise of the participants in climate
change adaptation offered an excellent platform for networking and
establishing new contacts. The conference was jointly organized by the Geological
Survey
of
Finland , the City of Helsinki
and
the
Centre for
Urban and Regional Studies (Aalto University).
Programme:
18.1.2012
| 08.30-09.30 |
Registration |
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Morning Session |
Climate change adaptation in Finland and the Helsinki Metropolitan Region |
Venue: |
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9.00-9.30 |
Welcome speeches |
Pekka Sauri (Deputy Mayor for Public Works and Environmental
Affairs, Helsinki) |
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09.30-10.00 |
Mikko Alestalo (Finnish Meteorological Institute) |
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10.00-10.30 |
From emergence of adaptation policy to challenges of implementation |
Sirkku Juhola (Aalto University, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies) |
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10.30-11.00 |
Coffee |
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11.00-11.30 |
Susanna Kankaanpää (Helsinki Regional Environmental Services Authority) |
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11.30-12.00 |
Jari Viinanen (City of Helsinki Environment Centre) |
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12.00-13.00 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon Session I |
Decisions, costs and benefits |
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13.00-13.30 |
Economic perspectives of climate change adaptation – balancing threats and opportunities |
Adriaan Perrels (Finnish Meteorological Institute) |
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13.30-14.00 |
Natural hazards and adaptation: a framework evaluating costs and benefits |
Diego Rybski (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) |
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14.00-14.30 |
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis, coastal protection, climate change |
Philipp Schmidt-Thomé (Geological Survey of Finland) |
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14.30-15.00 |
Andris Locmanis (Riga) |
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15.00-15.30 |
Coffee |
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Afternoon Session II |
Citizen and stakeholder involvement for adaptation |
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15.30-16.00 |
Edvinas Stonevicius, Egidijus Rimkus, Justas Kazys (Vilnius University) |
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16.00-16.30 |
How to involve stakeholders and citizens in climate adaptation – the Kalundborg strategy |
Bjørn Bedsted and Søren Gram (Danish Board of Technology) |
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16.30-17.00 |
Southern Beaches - adaptation for a Baltic Sea bathing destination |
Holger Janssen (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research) |
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17.00-17.30 |
Attractive beach and safe drinking water - How to deal with climate change in Klaipeda District |
Jonas Satkunas, Jurga Arustiene (Lithuanian Geological Survey) |
19.1.2012
| Morning Session | Networks for climate change adaptation | |
| 9.00-9.30 | Ilmasto-opas / Climate Guide Network | Juha A. Karhu, (Finnish Meteorological Institute) |
| 9.30-10.00 | Bergen: many projects, one process | Ove Langeland (Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research) |
| 10.00-10.30 | Top Down or Bottom up? -Different approaches to push forward adaptation measures in the Metropolitan Region of Hamburg | Prof. Jörg Knieling, Philipp Schuster (HafenCity University Hamburg) |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee |
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| 11.00-11.30 | An Adaptation Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region? The BALTADAPT Project | Cristina Alionte Eklund (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute) |
| 11.30-12.00 | Transnational learning among BaltCICA case studies | Stefanie Lange, Lisa Van Well (Nordic Centre for Spatial Development) |
| 12.00-12.30 | North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve – a joint exhibition concept for climate change adaptation | Andris Urtans (North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve) |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
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| Afternoon Session | Knowledge generating for climate change adaptation | |
| 13.30-14.00 | Tampere – City planning, geology and climate change | Petri Jokinen (City of Tampere) |
| 14.00-14.30 | Island of Falster - balancing between flood risks and saltwater intrusion | Klaus Hinsby (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) |
| 14.30-15.00 |
Coffee |
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| 15.00-15.30 | Hanko – safe drinking water and climate change – the role of groundwater modelling | Samrit Luoma, Birgitta Backman (Geological Survey of Finland) |
| 15.30.-16.00 | West Estonian coast - climate change adaptation measures for low lying coastlines | Sten Suuroja (Estonian Geological Survey) |
| 16.00-16.30 | Summing up - looking beyond BaltCICA |
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