International Summer School on
Climate change and the Water Cycle1 - 8 June 2008
Sponsored by
the United WorldCollege of the Adriatic,
the CEC project "WATer and global CHange",
and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
The United World College of the Adriaticin collaboration withThe Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), and with funding provided through, the CEC project "WATCH", are organizing the International Summer School on Climate Change and the Water Cycle, to be held from 1 to 8 June 2007 in Duino, Italy.
Signs of a warming climate are ubiquitous and unequivocal. Global mean surface temperatures have increased by ¾ of a degree Celsius over the last century and they are rising twice as fast today than they were 50 years ago. Mountain glaciers have, on a global average, retreated. The average sea level has risen2mm a year for the past half century. In the Arctic the rate of warming is twice that of the global average while the Arctic summer ice sheet is contracting by just under 10% every decade.
This warming is associated with changes in the climate system. Significant changes in precipitation patterns have been detected over the last century. More intense and longer droughts have been observed over wider areas since the 1970s. widespread changes in extreme temperatures have been observed over the last half of a century. Among the key findings of the fourth IPCC assessment report is that these changes are very likely due to anthropogenic green house gas emissions over the last century.
Summer School description
Achieving sustainable development represents a decisive challenge in the future for mankind. The AdriaticoCollege is aware of the fact that this challenge can be overcome only if they take into consideration two key elements: the necessity to play a more leading, innovative and dynamic role in education and the necessity to involve developing countries in this battle.
This intensive five days programfor 36 students representing all the United World Colleges will cover an introduction to the climate system and climate change, present the observational evidence for climate change and the tools used to produce long term forecasts. In the final days the focus will be on regional impacts and adaptation/mitigation policies. A mid-week field trip to Venice is planned. Students are expected to come with some background preparation. Debate is encouraged, dissent is welcome and action is expected to be the outcome.
The Application Form is available at:
Applications should be sent via e-mail to arrive no later than1 DECEMBER, to:
International Summer School on Climate change and the Water Cycle
United WorldCollege of Adriatic
Via Trieste 29, 34011 Duino (TS), Italy
Fax: +39 040 3739.225 Tel: +39 040 3739.111
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The Abdus Salam
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
ORGANIZERS
Eliana CAMACHOUWCAD., Italy
Claudio PIANI
ICTP, Italy
LECTURERS
Dr. ClaudioPiani
ICTP, TriesteItaly
Dr. Stefan Hagemann
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Hamburg, Germany
Dr. Jeremy Pal
ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Dr. Richard Harding
CEH,
WallingfordUnited Kingdom