Section:
Broadening the IPCC focus: extreme events, vulnerability to multiple stresses and adaptation options
Chair:
Dr. Jörn Birkmann, Prof. Dr. Susan Cutter
Form of presentation:
Oral
Duration:
90 Minutes
10:00 am
Introduction
Presenters:
Jörn Birkmann | United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) | Bonn | DE
Susan Cutter | University of South Carolina | US
10:18 am
Contextualizing social vulnerability: findings from case studies across Europe
Presenters:
Christian Kuhlicke | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ | Leipzig | DE
10:36 am
Urban vulnerability - why and how to adapt to climate change in Santiago de Chile
Presenters:
Anke Schwarz | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ | Leipzig | DE
10:54 am
Infrastructure adaptation measures and risk management opportunities towards extreme events and climate change
Presenters:
Alexander Fekete | Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance | Bonn | DE
11:12 am
Urban growth and extreme events: understanding the dynamics of risk in Ho Chi Minh City
Presenters:
Harry Storch | Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus | Cottbus | DE