In this Opening Session we will address the EMS2026 programmatic focus on "Delta Climate in Europe: weather, water, and warnings - Advancing Atmospheric Science, Water Management, and Societal Preparedness in a Changing European Climate", as it was proposed by the hosts of this meeting from the Netherlands.
https://www.ems2026.eu/about/programmatic-focus.html
We have invited esteemed experts to look at the many aspects of this challenging topic.
The session is will last approximately one hour and is roughly structured as follows:
▪ Short opening of the conference, followed by an introduction of the four panellist.
▪ A round of about 20 minutes, for which with one or two questions put to each of the panellists.
▪ Opening up of discussion among the panellists.
▪ Opening of the discussion to audience questions: during the former part questions can already be submitted via an online tool, and voted up by others, so the prioritized/most relevant questions according to audience interest will be discussed.
The discussion will be chaired by the EMS President Liz Bentley.
In this panel discussion points of views of the panellists on the impact of climate change on coastal areas and river deltas and its various mitigation alternatives will be in the focus.
The panel will be chaired by the current President of the EMS, Liz Bentley.
The panellists:
- Antonio Parodi, CIMA Foundation, Italy
- Maria Carmen Llasat Bojtja, University of Barcelona
- Annemieke Nijhof, Chief Executive Deltares, The Netherlands
- Kornélia Radics, WMO, Director Regional Office for Europe
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