2014 Summer School

Climate Change Understanding the Challenge

14th– 16th of July (2014) Convention Palacio Miramar – San Sebastian

  • Duration: 3 days
  • Academic Validity: 30hours
  • Official Language: English

Faculty of the Summer School

  • Anil Markandya (Director of the Summer School)
    BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change – Klima Aldaketa Ikergai
  • Ibon Galarraga  (Co- Director of the Summer School)
    BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change – Klima Aldaketa Ikergai
  • Sergio Faria
    UPV/EHU – Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
  • Jon Saenz
    UPV/EHU – Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
  • Millán Millán
    Former Director of Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo (CEAM)
  • Francisco Doblas-Reyes
    IC3 Barcelona and IPCC
  • Alberto Ansuategi
    UPV/EHU – Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
  • Juan Carlos Ciscar 
    IPTS
  • Joseph Spadaro
    BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change – Klima Aldaketa Ikergai
  • Marc Neumann
    BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change – Klima Aldaketa Ikergai
  • Itziar Lazkano
    Universidad de Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Marta Escapa
    UPV/EHU – Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
  • Rob Dellink
    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Pedro Linares Llamas
    U. Comillas and Harvard Kennedy School
  • Luis Lassaletta
    CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie
  • Teresa Ribera
    Advisor on International Climate. IDDRI. Former Secretary of State Climate Change (Gov. of Spain)

Directors of the Summer School

Directors: Prof. Anil Markandya (BC3, Basque Centre for Climate Change) and Dr. Ibon Galarraga (BC3, Basque Centre for Climate Change).

Programme

14th of July           Climate Science

9:00 Welcome and opening of 2014 school
Anil Markandya (BC3) and Ibon Galarraga (BC3)
9:15 Current challenges in climate science: Introduction to IPCC WG1
Sérgio H. Faria (BC3)
10:15 Regional climate projections. 5AR and beyond
Jon Saenz (UPV/EHU)
11:15 Break
11:40 Drought in the Mediterranean and summer floods in the UK and Central-Eastern Europe: What Global Climate Models cannot see regarding the hydrological cyles in Europe, and why.
Millán Millán (Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo (CEAM))
12:40 Climate prediction for climate services: How the IPCC got involved in verifying the climate information
Francisco Doblas-Reyes (IC3 Barcelona and IPCC)
13:40 Synthesis session
Alberto Ansuategi (UPV-EHU)

15th of July           Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to climate change

9:00 Opening session
9:15 Current challenges in the impacts and adaptation to climate change: Introduction to IPCC WG2
Anil Markandya (BC3)
10:00 Economic impacts of climate change
Juan Carlos Ciscar  (IPTS)
11:00 Break
11:30 Climate change and public health 
Joseph Spadaro (BC3)
12:15 Impacts and adaptation for water systems
Marc Neumann (BC3)
13:00 Poster Presenting Session
 13:30 Synthesis session
Marta Escapa (UPV-EHU)
15:00-15:30 Adaptation to Climate Change: How does Heterogeneity in Adaptation Costs Affect Climate Coalitions
Itziar Lazkano (Universidad de Wisconsin-Milwaukee )
15:30-17:30 Donostia United Nations Summit
Moderator: Marta Escapa (UPV/EHU) and Mikel González de Eguino (BC3)
Participants: all students
18:00 Social event
Cycling tour and “pintxos” night

16th of July            Mitigation

9:00 Opening session
9:15 Regional and global costs of policies to mitigate climate change
Rob Dellink (OECD)
10:15 The role of energy in mitigation of climate change
Pedro Linares Llamas (U.Comillas and Harvard Kennedy School)
11:15 Break
11:40

 

Effects of international trade of food and feed and human diet shifts on food security and environmental safety: global and regional perspectives
Luis Lassaletta (CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
12:40 International climate policy: An uphill battle for global conference diplomacy
Teresa Ribera (Advisor on International Climate. IDDRI. Former Secretary of State Climate Change (Gov. of Spain))
13:30 Conclusions and future developments
Ibon Galarraga(BC3, UPV/EHU)

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