International Conference: Climate Change in the Mediterranean and the Middle East: Challenges & Solutions

Event Details:

Date: Friday 18 & Saturday 19 May 2018
Time: 9:00
Venue: Filoxenia Conference Centre
Speaker: Various - see here

International Conference

“Climate Change in the Mediterranean and the Middle East: Challenges and Solutions”

Date: 18^th and 19^th May 2018 Venue: Filoxenia Conference Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus

Pre-conference Workshops (16 and 17 of May)

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The Eastern Mediterranean Middle East (EMME) region faces alarming consequences from climate change, according to data analyses and model predictions, and mitigation and adaptation measures are urgent. The region, home of nearly 500 million people of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, accounts for about 50% of the world fossil fuel reserves, and is troubled by persistent conflicts.

Climate induced weather extremes and their impacts in the EMME may have major global ramifications. In the conference, modelling predictions of climate change, its impacts especially in the areas of sustainability, health, security and migration, will be presented and debated. Options for mitigating and especially for adapting to impending climate change in view of energy options, water security, sustainability, mitigation/adaptation strategies will be explored and proposed.

List of Participants (subject to change)

International Advisory Committee
Dr. Assia Bensalah Alaoui Ambassador at large, Morocco Member of the International Council of the Club of Rome	Prof. Hany Helal Cairo University, Egypt Former Minister of Higher Education and Research, Egypt
Prof. Édouard Brézin École Normale Supérieure, France Former President of the Academy of Sciences, France	Dr. Michel Jarraud Secretary-General Emeritus, World Meteorological Organisation
Prof. Réfaat Chaabouni University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia Former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia	Prof. Jos Lelieveld Mainz University, Germany; and The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus Director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany
Prof. Loukas G. Christophorou Academy of Athens, Greece Ordinary Member of the Academy of Europe, Member of EASAC’s Presidium	Prof. Ernest Moniz Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Former Secretary of Energy, USA
Prof. Richard Cooper Harvard University, USA Former Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, USA	Prof. Costas N. Papanicolas (Chair) President of The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
Prof. Paul J. Crutzen Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1995	Dr. Janez Potočnik Former European Union Commissioner for Enlargement for Science & Research, and for the Environment
Prof. Weihong Cui Secretary-General of the China Science Center of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, China	Prof. Angelo Riccaboni Chair of the PRIMA Foundation, Barcelona, Spain Former Rector of University of Sienna, Italy
Mr. Laurent Fabius President of the Constitutional Council and Former Prime Minister of France Chair of the COP21 in 2015, Paris, France	Prof. Jeffrey Sachs Columbia University, USA Director of UN SDSN
Prof. Anastasios Giannitsis Developmental Economics, Univ. of Athens, Greece, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, of Interior & of Labour & Social Welfare	Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Founding Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
Prof. Joanna Dorothy Haigh Imperial College London (ICL), UK Co-Director, Grantham Institute for Climate Change & Environment, ICL, UK	Prof. Khaled Toukan Former Minister of Higher Education, Jordan Director General of SESAME, Jordan
Ms. Connie Hedegaard Former European Union Commissioner for Climate Action Chair of the COP15 in 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark	Ms. Androulla Vasiliou Former European Union Commissioner for Health, and Education, Culture, Multilingualism & Youth

Scientific Program Committee
Prof. Manuel Blanco ERA Chair, Solar Thermal Technologies, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus Vice-Chair, SolarPACES TCP, International Energy Agency	Dr. Amy Luers Executive Director Future Earth (international research platform)
Dr. Dora Chimonidou Director of the Agriculture Research Institute, Cyprus	Prof. Samira Omar Director General, Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research, Kuwait
Prof. George Christophides Imperial College London, UK; and The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus	Prof. Yinon Rudich Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Prof. Philippe Ciais Associate Director, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climatet de l'Environnement, France	Prof. Jean Sciare (Chair) Director of EEWRC, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus CNRS Research Director, France
Prof. Fares Howari Zayed University, UAE Dean of College of Natural and Health Sciences (CNHS)	Prof. Georgiy Stenchikov King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Phoebe Koundouri Athens University of Economics and Business, and London School of Economics Director of ICRE8 Research Center, Greece, and Chaire SDSN-Greece	Prof. Euripides Stephanou Vice President for Research, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus Former rector of the University of Crete, Greece
Prof. Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki, Finland President, European Center of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences

Thematic Areas for the Program


Mitigation & Adaptation Solutions	Climate Change & Pollution: Weather Extremes, Health Impacts, Migration and Security	Energy, Water & Sustainability