From drifting to steering - getting serious with climate risks management in Europe
| 25 Oct 2024 | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | |
| Eurooppasali, Malminkatu 16, Helsinki and virtually, streamed into YouTube |
This hybrid event taking place in person in Helsinki and online, will explore preparing for the impacts of climate change, what we can still avoid action and how we can manage risks, with scientists and expert practitioners.
Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world, experiencing rapidly intensifying flooding, drought, fires and heat. More is to come, but as Europe, we are not prepared. What can we still avoid with action? What must change in climate risk management? How can new risk assessment tools help?
This event will explore these very topical questions together with scientists and practitioners, as we navigate the avoidable, unavoidable and irreversible in climate risks management.
When: Fri 25 Oct at 10:00 Helsinki time (9 am CEST)
Where: Eurooppasali, Malminkatu 16, Helsinki, Finland and virtually
Programme
10.00 Welcoming words - Ismo Ulvila, Head of Communications at the European Commission's Representation in Finland.
10.05 The status of climate risk management in Europe - Leena Ylä-Mononen, EEA Executive Director. (virtual)
Key findings and recommendations from the first ever European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA), and how they’re landing.
10.15 Identifying the avoidable, unavoidable and irreversible - Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Consortium Lead, Horizon 2020 PROVIDE project. (virtual)
The PROVIDE Climate risk dashboard is a new interactive online tool providing detailed information on different future global warming scenarios and expected impacts on the climate, natural, and human systems, aiming to inform policy making and planning.
Case study: Enhancing local capacity to meet future flooding in Bodø, Norway - Dr. Helena Gonzales Lindberg Senior researcher (PhD), Nordland Research Institute (virtual)
10.35 Discussion: Stepping up - but how and by whom?
- How well do we know what to prepare for?
- What are we still missing and how could tools like Climate Risk Dashboard help?
- Owning the risks - expectations for different actors
Elina Väänänen, Climate Change Specialist, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Hilppa Gregow, Research Professor, Finnish Meteorological institute
Kirsi Mäkinen, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
Susanna Kankaanpää, Project Leader, City of Helsinki
Commentary: Maaria Parry, Chief Specialist, Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, Finland
Chaired by: Kaisa Kosonen, Senior Policy Advisor, Greenpeace, member of the PROVIDE Stakeholder Advisory Board.
11.30 Closing
The event is co-organised in co-operation with the European Commission Representation in Finland and Greenpeace Nordic. It will take place in English, but the audience can ask questions in Finnish.