NEWS

Last update: 30.09.2004

03 August 2004

• INDO-EU Workshop on Climate Change& Natural Disasters
  September 06- 10, 2004, Hyderabad, India
  
• Workshop Background ( 394 KB)
  
  
• Joint Statement issued as the outcome of the event ( 88 KB)
  
  
• This workshop provides a forum for the experts from the European Union and India to discuss threadbare both current and far sighted issues related to natural disaster and climate change. The following are the possible areas of major themes of discussion during the workshop. Climate Change
  • Global warming and climate change.
  • Atmospheric pollutant and climate forcing, Albedo reduction
  • Climate modeling: micro and meso scale
  • Ocean – Atmosphere coupling – El nino.
  • Middle atmosphere coupling process: stratospheric ozone and climate interaction
  • Tropical monsoon dynamics.
  • Satellite climatology.
  • Medium range weather forecasting.
  • Ocean mechanisms and climate change.

  Natural Disasters

  • Floods and flash floods

  • Earthquake

  • Landslides

  • Forest fires

  • Desertification/ Drought

  • Policy Research and Policy options

  The expected outcome of the Thematic Workshop is the following

  • To gain first hand knowledge of state of art in a given thematic research area in Europe and India

  • To provide a platform for networking, match making and to establish contacts between Indian and European researchers drawn from academia, public research laboratories and industries with complementary interests;

  • To evolve international research cooperation projects and actions with European and Indian partners to be submitted under the EC Sixth Framework Programme (EC FP6) Thematic priorities e.g. EC FP6 Global change and Ecosystems; Human Resources and Mobility Initiatives; International Cooperation with developing countries (INCO-DEV) related call for proposals.
    
    

• For further information, please contact:
  Anver Ghazi, head of unit for Global Change, Research DG, European Commission
  tel: +32.2.295.84.45
  anver.ghazi@ec.europa.eu

30 April 2004

• Symposium on "EC Global Change Research: International Partnership"

• Symposium Statement ( 58 kB)

• On 6-7 May 2004, the Commission held a Symposium on "EC Global Change Research: International Partnership", the venue being the "Academy Palace of Sciences and Arts" in Brussels.

  This conference discussed results to date and examined ways to reinforce the cooperation between European and global Initiatives on Earth System Science.

  Understanding the Earth System is crucial to achieving Sustainable Development. Improved knowledge on global change processes and interactions with human activities is required to implement policy objectives on human welfare and safety, protection of environment and economic development. Considerable progress has already been made through European Union research on Global Change in collaboration with International Programmes.

  Opening speeches were given by Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, by the Secretary General of WMO (World Meteorological Organisation), by the Chairman of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change) and by a representative of the ESSP (Earth System Science Partnership).

  Mr Valette, on behalf of Mr. Mitsos, Director-General for Research at the European Commission, also addressed the participants on the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) initiative. Mr. Mitsos with other government representatives from USA, Japan and South Africa co-chairs GEO.

  Leading scientists gave speeches and participated in discussions. This included a presentation given by Prof. Paul Crutzen, Nobel Laureate for Chemistry, on "Atmospheric Chemistry in the Anthropocene".

For further information, please contact:
Anver Ghazi, head of unit for Global Change, Research DG, European Commission
tel: +32.2.295.84.45
anver.ghazi@ec.europa.eu

02 February 2004

• Announcement/event

• European Commission and the United States
  Second Joint Climate Change Science and Technology Workshop

  The European Commission and the United States convened the Second EC-U.S. Joint Climate Change Science and Technology Workshop at the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the Italian National Research Council in Bologna on January 29-30, 2004, at the invitation of the Research Directorate-General of the European Commission. The meeting was conducted under the 2002 agreement of ministerial-level representatives to the U.S.-EC High Level Dialogue on Climate Change to enhance cooperation on climate-related research.
  Dr. Anver Ghazi, Head, Global Change Unit of the European Commission Research Directorate-General and Dr. Harlan Watson, U.S. Department of State Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative led the respective delegations. ... More information on this announcement - 203kB

For further information, please contact:
Anver Ghazi, head of unit for Global Change, Research DG, European Commission
tel: +32.2.295.84.45
anver.ghazi@ec.europa.eu