Programme

Recent version of the programme is available here: [PDF].



           10:00–10:30 Registration

Briefing event for media and stakeholders
Chair: Gabriella Zsebeházi

10:30	Welcome to the press briefing and overview of the workshop
10:35	Kornélia Radics, President of Hungarian Meteorological Service
10:40	Arild Moberg Sande, Representative of Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Hungary
10:45	Zsuzsanna Iványi, Representative of Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
10:50	Jean-Noël Thépaut, Head of Copernicus Climate Change Service, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts: Overview on the Copernicus Programme [PDF]
11:15	Questions and discussion
12:00	Possibility for one-on-one interviews
12:30	End of press briefing

           12:30–13:30 Lunch


           13:30–14:00 Registration

Session 1: Introductions
Chair: Gabriella Szépszó

14:00–14:10	Welcome and organizational issues [PDF] Gabriella Szépszó, Hungarian Meteorological Service
14:10–14:40	The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) [PDF] Jean-Noël Thépaut, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
14:40–15:10	Experiences of co-operation with decision makers at the Norwegian Centre for Climate Services [PDF] Hans Olav Hygen, Norwegian Centre for Climate Services
15:10–15:40	Overview of the Adaptation to Climate Change Programme in Hungary [PDF] Zsuzsanna Iványi, Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
15:40–15:50	Discussion

           15:50–16:20 Coffee break

Session 2: Climate change information – observations and re-analyses
Chair: Trond Iversen

16:20–16:50	Gridded observation data for Climate Services [PDF] Ole Einar Tveito, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
16:50–17:10	Gridded observations for climate change studies in Hungary [PDF] Mónika Lakatos, Hungarian Meteorological Service
17:10–17:40	The ERA5 reanalysis of the Copernicus Climate Change Service [PDF] András Horányi, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
17:40–18:00	Homogeneous tropospheric path delays from GNSS re-processing by Geodetic Observatory Pecny [PDF] Jan Douša, Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography, Czech Republic
18:00–18:10	Discussion

           19:15 Dinner



            8:30–9:00 Registration

Session 2: Climate change information – climate projections and seasonal predictions
Chair: Jean-Noël Thépaut

9:00– 9:35	NorESM – activities for CMIP; RCM – HarmonieClim status [PDF] Trond Iversen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
9:35– 9:55	Estimation of the extreme meteorological and hydrological conditions in Slovenia in the future [PDF] Renato Bertalanic, Slovenian Environment Agency
9:55–10:15	Climate dynamics research in Hungary [PDF] Gabriella Szépszó, Hungarian Meteorological Service
10:15–10:35	Decadal and centennial scale climate projection for the Carpathian Region taking into account RCP4.5 scenario [PDF] Ildikó Pieczka, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
10:35–10:50	The seasonal prediction activities of the Copernicus Climate Change Service [PDF] András Horányi (on behalf of Anca Brookshaw), European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
10:50–11:00	Discussion

           11:00–11:30 Coffee break

11:30–12:50	Round-table discussion on possible cooperation areas Chair: Jean-Noël Thépaut Rapporteur: Péter Szabó
11:30–11:50	Introductory talks for discussion: overview of past, recent and future calls in climate change and adaptation Jean-Noël Thépaut, Gabriella Szépszó [PDF]

           12:50–14:15 Lunch

Session 3: Climate change impact studies
Chair: Ole Einar Tveito

14:15–14:35	How can C3S help economic sectors? A proof-of-concept Sectoral Information System [PDF] Jean-Noël Thépaut, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
14:35–14:55	Mission possible: cooperation with climate model data users [PDF] Péter Szabó, Hungarian Meteorological Service
14:55–15:15	Adaptation support to forest management considering climate change information – results and challenges [PDF] Borbála Gálos, University of West Hungary
15:15–15:35	Evaluating the impact of climate change based on the National Adaptation Geo-information System [PDF] Emese Homolya, Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary
15:35–15:45	Discussion

           15:45–16:15 Coffee break

16:15–16:30	Modelling the impacts of climate change on shallow groundwater conditions in Hungary Attila Kovács, Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary
16:30–16:45	The application of RCM-driven hydrological model to the Uppest-Tisza basin [PDF] Anna Kis, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
16:45–17:00	Vulnerability of natural landscapes to climate change – a case study of Hungary [PDF] Imelda Somodi, Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
17:00–17:15	Introduction of Biome-BGCMuSo model [Prezi] Dóra Hidy, MTA-SZIE Plant Ecology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
17:15–17:30	Educating Climate – A Guide for Climate-adaptive Urban Planning [PDF] Flóra Szkordilisz, Hungarian Urban Knowledge Centre
17:30–17:45	The study of heat wave related excess mortality in Hungary at small area (NUTS4) level, 2005–2014 [PDF] Anna Páldy, National Public Health Center, Hungary

           17:45–18:00 Technical break

18:00–19:30 Science café with poster introductions and demo about Copernicus
Chair: Gabriella Szépszó


            8:45–9:00 Registration

Session 3: Climate change impact studies (continued)
Chair: András Horányi

9:00– 9:20	The Hungarian CRIGiS project [PDF] Zita Bihari, Hungarian Meteorological Service
9:20– 9:40	Heating period features in Ukraine till the middle of the 21st century based on ensemble and individual RCM projections [PDF] Svitlana Krakovska, Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute
9:40–10:00	Urban climate projections for Central European cities and modelling tools for urban planning [PDF] Maja Zuvela-Aloise, Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Austria
10:00–10:20	Society, economy and climate change: lessons from the long-term socio-economic forecasting for Hungary project [PDF] Márton Czirfusz, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
10:20–10:30	Discussion

           10:30–11:00 Coffee break

11:00–11:20	Climate impacts and adaptation challenges in hilly regions of NE-Hungary [PDF] János Mika, Eszterházy Károly University of Applied Sciences, Hungary
11:20–11:40	Environmental indicators of climate change impacts in the Carpathian Basin [PDF] Zsuzsanna Ladányi, University of Szeged, Hungary
11:40–13:00	Round-table discussion on application of climate information with a 10-minute summarizing presentation based on the presentations of session 2-3 Chair: András Horányi Rapporteur: Tamás Illy

           13:00–14:00 Lunch

Session 4: Dissemination, education, communication
Chair: Edit Hoyk

14:00–14:20	Local capacity building activities under the EEA Adaptation to Climate Change Programme [PDF] Réka Virág-Prokai, Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
14:20–14:40	Getting across our message about climate change [PDF] Rasmus Benestad, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
14:40–15:00	How can a newspaper help? – Practical examples from the GazMag online magazine Marcell Tóth, Széchenyi István University, Hungary
15:00–15:20	Education of and by climate change [PDF] János Mika, Eszterházy Károly University of Applied Sciences, Hungary
15:20–15:40	Climate Change and Local Level Adaptation Strategies in Hungary [PDF] Antal Z. László, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

           15:40–15:50 Technical break

15:50–16:20	Café and round-table discussion on dissemination, education, communication [REPORT] Chair: Edit Hoyk Rapporteur: Judit Sábitz
16:25–16:50	Final discussion on possible cooperation areas, conclusions, closure [PDF] Chair: Gabriella Szépszó Rapporteur: Péter Szabó