European and Mediterranean workshop on climate change impact on water-related and marine risks

The main aim of the Workshop is to foster better preparedness and response amongst populations living in the European and Mediterranean areas which might be affected by water related disasters induced by climate change. This can be done by spreading the latest knowledge on the potential impact of climate change and identifying the challenges of the associated scenarios to such domains as public awareness, protective actions, emergency planning, early warning procedures and emergency response. The workshop will be structured around the following major issues:

1. Reassessing risk identification: how the traditional risk evaluation can be merged with the diverse climate change scenarios ?

2. Adapting preventive measures: how the often short term designed measures will be able to cope with longer term evolutions due to climate change?

3. Improving populations’ information: how to communicate on the specific natural hazards component of climate change ?

4. Enhancing emergency plans and training: how to adapt the existing procedures to the new features imposed by climate change ?

5. Fostering international co-operation: how to coordinate