Second International Conference on Climate Impacts Assessment (SICCIA)

SICCIA Meeting Program

Monday, June 28

8:30-9:00	Registration
9:00-9:30	Welcome and introductions
Session 1: Estimating the Impacts of Future Climate Change
9:30-10:20	Dagmar Schroeter (invited), Potsdam Institute for Climate Research	Impacts of and vulnerability to climate change in Europe
10:20-10:40	Break
10:47-11:17	Bob Cechet, Climate Impacts Group, CSIRO Australia	Climate change impact on the pavement maintenance and rehabilitation costs associated with the Australian National road network
11:20-11:47	Marton Jolankai, Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Impacts and responses concerning global climate change in Hungary
11:52-12:20	Zsolt Harnos, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Hungary	Potential impact of climate change on wheat production in Hungary
12:30-2:00	Lunch
2:18-2:45	Markus Erhard, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Germany	Indicators of Europe’s changing climate
2:51-3:15	Danda Pani Adhikari, Yamanashi Institute of Environmental Sciences, Japan	Holocene and Late Glacial climate variability as deduced from the sediments of Lake Nakatsuna and Lake Aoki, central Japan
3:15-3:45	Break
3:45-5:15	Panel A: Vulnerability and Sustainability Convenor: Manfred Lange, Centre for Environmental Research, University of Muenster, Germany
4:45-5:15 p.m.	Meeting adjourns for the day

Tuesday, June 29

Session 2: Using, Evaluating, and Improving Seasonal Forecasts
8:30-9:20	Holger Meinke (invited), Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Australia	Climate risk management in Australia: Linking research to practical outcomes
9:20-10:10	Milton Waiswa (invited), Uganda Meteorology Department, Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment	Climate impact assessment through the media in Uganda, a case study of 2002
10:10-10:40	Anthony Patt, Boston University, USA	Improving climate forecast communication: Results from a controlled intervention study
10:40-11:00	Break
11:00-11:30	Jaakko Helminen, Finnish Meteorological Institute	The value of seasonal forecasts of effective temperature sum and precipitation for the malting barley crop yield estimation in southwestern Finland
11:30-12:00	Marta Graciela Vinocur, Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Argentina	Use of climate information in agriculture decision-making: Experience from farmers in central Argentina
12:00-12:30	Philip Mote, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, USA	Using the past as a guide to understanding impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation of future climate change (will be posted)
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:45	Group photo (lar ge size)
2:00-3:15	Panel B. Communication and uncertainty Convenor: Roger Pulwarty, Climate Diagnostics Center, USA
Session 3: Tools and Methods for Impacts Analysis
3:15-3:45	Martin Dubrovsky, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Republic	Application of weather generator in climate change impact studies in Czechia
3:45-4:15	Freddie Mpelasoka, CSIRO Land and Water and Atmospheric Research - Climate Impact Group, Australia	Validation of global climate models towards realistic impacts assessments (pdf)
4:15-5:30	Poster Session and refreshments: Jeffrey Andresen, Michigan State University, USA: The Pileus Project: climate change impact assessment of two industries in the Great Lakes region of North America Manfred Lange, Centre for Environmental Research, University of Muenster, Germany: Climate change and water shortage - course on sustainable water management on Mediterranean Islands Roger Pulwarty, Climate Diagnostics Center, USA: Designing effective assessments of environmental variations, impacts and responses Richard Slaughter, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, USA: The Snake River: storage, allocation, and climate impacts Jagath C. Vithanage, Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka : Assessment of impacts and adaptations to climate change in tea and coconut sectors in Sri Lanka

Wednesday, June 30

Session 3 (cont'd): Tools and Methods for Impacts Analysis
8:30-9:20	Senaka Basnayake (invited) , Centre for Climate Change Studies, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Sri Lanka	Impacts and adaptation of climate change with emphasis on downscaling of future climate change scenarios as an impact assessment tool - A Sri Lanka perspective
9:20-10:10	Richenda Connell (invited), UK Climate Impacts Programme	Tools for climate risk management: the UKCIP climate adaptation risk framework and the UKCIP adaptation wizard
10:10-10:40	Rachael Dempsey, Institutes for the Environment, Pennsylvania State University, USA	The consortium for Atlantic Regional Assessment (CARA): overcoming information barriers in assessing regional impacts of climate change
10:40-11:00	Break
11:00-11:30	Jo Mummery, Land Management & Science Branch, the Australian Greenhouse Office, Australia	Regional communities driving regional impact assessments
11:30-12:00	Benjamin L. Preston, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, USA	Probabilistic risk analysis of climate change impacts: implication for climate policy
12:00-12:30	Abigail Amissah-Arthur, Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, USA	Recognizing recommendation domains for targeting actionable climate forecasts to rural stakeholders in Kenya
12:30-1:30	Lunch
Afternoon excursion or free time for hikes

Thursday, July 1

Session 4: Approaches to Integrated Assessment
8:30-9:00	Shusen Wang, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing	Response of a boreal forest ecosystem to climate variations
9:00-9:50	Upasna Sharma (invited), Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology	Assessing impacts as changes in economic output
9:50-10:15	Suppakorn Chinvanno (invited), Southeast Asia START, Thailand	Initiating stakeholder-driven research on impact of climate change in developing countries: case study in Lao PDR and Thailand
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:15	Andrew Comrie, Climate Impact Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), USA	Translational climate science and services in the CLIMAS project
11:15-11:30	Ian Holman, Institute of Water and Environment, Cranfield University, UK	Regional Climate Change Impact and Response Studies (REGIS 2)
11:45-12:15	Manfred Lange, Centre for Environmental Research, University of Muenster, Germany	Reducing climate-change related vulnerabilities to drought on Mediterranean islands through holistic water management practices
12:15-12:45	Anthony Nyong, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Jos, Nigeria	Vulnerability of poor rural households to climate variability and change in the West African
12:45-1:30	Lunch
1:30-2:15	Said Ahmed Othman, Comoros Islands	Climate change impact on water resources
2:15-3:00	Brent Yarnal, Center for Integrated Regional Assessment, Pennsylvania State University, USA	Collaboratories to facilitate collaboration in integrated regional assessment
3:00-3:15	Break
3:15-3:45	T. Ensafi Moghaddam, Desert Research Division, Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands, Iran	Aridity zoning of dry-land (Climate Index of desertification) based on precipitation and temperature in central basin of Iran
3:45-5:00	Panel C: Fellows discuss SICCIA
5:00 p.m.	Meeting adjourns for the day

Friday, July 2

Session 5: Adaptation
8:30-9:20	Balgis Osman Elasha (invited), Climate Change Unit, Higher Council for Environment & Natural Resources, Sudan	Sustainable livelihood approach for assessing community's resilience to climate change: A case study from Sudan
9:20-9:50	Roger Pulwarty, Climate Diagnostics Center, USA	Mainstreaming adaptation to climate in the Caribbean
9:50-10:20	Amy Snover, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, USA	Developing tools to enable water resources managers to plan for and adapt to climate change
10:20-10:50	Richard Slaughter, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, USA	Structuring a water market
10:50-11:10	Break
11:10-11:40	Bob Cechet, Climate Impacts Group, CSIRO Australia	Options for Victorian agriculture in a new climate: A study linking climate change scenarios and land suitability modeling
11:40-12:30	Panel D. Adaptation Convenor: Amy Snover, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, USA
12:30-1:00	Final discussion and next steps
1:00	Lunch
SICCIA meeting adjourns