Session C1: Societal  impacts

This session focuses on high impact regional phenomena and implications for urban areas, health, renewable energy,  infrastructure (buildings and transport), disaster management, insurance issues, and land use and land cover change and management strategies (including agriculture and forestry). It also includes studies on the attribution of extremes and risk assessments and event-based downscaling at high resolution for process-based understanding of event drivers.

Format: Initiating talks, Standard seminars (submitted abstracts), panel discussion. Oral and poster abstract submission.

Session C2: Natural ecosystem impacts

Climate change implications/risks for marine and terrestrial ecosystems, coastal environments, biodiversity and wildlife. Examples of how CORDEX/regional climate information have been or can be used in natural ecosystem impact studies.           

Format: Initiating talks, Standard seminars (submitted abstracts), panel discussion. Oral and poster abstract submission.