Day 1:
1 February 2005
| 0800-0900
|
Registration/coffee |
| 0900-0905 |
Introduction from symposium
chair (Dennis Tirpak) |
| 0905-0910 |
Introduction from Met
Office (David Rogers) |
| 0910-0930 |
First keynote address
(Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett) |
| 0930-1000 |
Second keynote address,
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (R Pachauri, IPCC)
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396 kb) |
| 1000-1020 |
Coffee
break |
| Session
1: For different levels of climate change what are
the key impacts, for different regions and sectors
and for the world as a whole? |
| a. Key
vulnerabilities and critical thresholds (Chair:
John Schellnhuber) |
| 1020-1050 |
Overview
of dangerous climate change (Steve Schneider)
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| 1050-1110 |
Antarctic
ice sheets and sea level rise (Chris Rapley)
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62 kb)
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| 1110-1125 |
The
Role of Sea Level Rise and the Greenland Ice Sheet
in Dangerous Climate Change and Issues of Climate
Stabilisation (Jason A Lowe)
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| 1125-1145 |
Assessing
the risk of a collapse of the Atlantic thermohaline
circulation (Mike Schlesinger)
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|
| 1145-1200 |
Towards
a Risk Assessment for shutdown of the Atlantic Thermohaline
(Richard Wood)
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| 1200-1215 |
Probability
of Rapid Climate Change (Peter Challenor)
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| 1215-1230 |
Reviewing
the impact of increased atmospheric CO2 on oceanic
PH and the marine ecosystem (Carol Turley)
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| 1230-1300 |
Discussion
and conclusions |
| 1300-1400 |
Lunch |
| b. Impacts
overview (Chair: John Ashton) |
| 1400-1420 |
Overview
of key vulnerabilities to climate change (Martin
Parry)
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| 1420-1435 |
Critical
Levels of Greenhouse Gases, Stabilization Scenarios,
and Implications for the Global Decisions (Yuri
Izrael)
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(PDF, 198 kb)
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| 1435-1450 |
Burning
Embers and Beyond: The Role of Typologies in Defining
Dangerous Outcomes (Farhana Yamin)
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| 1450-1515 |
Discussion
and conclusions |
| 1515-1530 |
Coffee
break |
| c. Key
vulnerabilities for ecosystems and biodiversity
(Chair: Yap Kok Seng ) |
| 1530-1545 |
Responses of Species to
Changes in Climate Determine Climate Protection
Targets (Rik Leemans)
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|
| 1545-1600 |
Conditions
for Positive feedbacks from the Land Carbon Cycle
(Peter Cox)
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| 1600-1615 |
Ecosystem
Loss and its Implications for Greenhouse Gas Concentration
Stabilisation (John Lanchbery)
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| 1615-1630 |
Tropical
Forests and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Current
Knowledge and Potential Future Scenarios (Simon
L Lewis)
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| 1630-1700 |
Discussion
and conclusions |
| 1700-1730 |
Summarising
key impacts |
| 1800-1930 |
Poster session and
drinks reception
Abstracts
of posters |
