Programme
Online conference
General sessions via open streaming online and 10 thematic sessions via Zoom
Several languages
Simultaneous interpretation available in Spanish and Portuguese. Also available in English for the opening and closing sessions
Online coffee
An open space for networking and online cafeteria for participants
Wednesday 18th
Opening session
Climate change adaptation for an Iberian resilience
Moderator: Isabel Moreno. Physicist, meteorologist and presenter of the programme “Aquí la Tierra” on TVE
15:00–15:30 CET
Opening and welcome
Valvanera Ulargui, director of the Spanish Office for Climate Change, Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.
Speakers:
- João Pedro Matos Fernandes, minister of Environment and Climate Action, Government of Portugal.
- Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, fourth Vice President of the Government of Spain and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Government of Spain.
15:30–16:00 CET
Challenges shared by Spain and Portugal
Speakers:
- EEA priorities and initiatives on climate change adaptation. Blaž Kurnik, Head of adaptation group and LULUCF, European Environment Agency.
- Climate change projections for Spain and Portugal. Pedro Matos Soares, Senior researcher at Dom Luiz Institute, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
- A common view of the impacts, vulnerability and risks of climate change. Iñigo Losada, Research director at the Environmental Hydraulics Institute of the University of Cantabria and IPCC author.
16:00–16:25 CET
Interactive session with audience
16:25–16:30 CET
Presentation of the thematic sessions
16:30 CET
End of opening session
17:00–18:30 CET
Thematic Session 01
Are cities adapting to climate change?
Thematic Session 02
Challenges and solutions for the agricultural sector regarding climate change adaptation
Thursday 19th
10:00–11:30 CET
Thematic Session 03
Climate change and water: challenges and solutions for adaptation
Thematic Session 04
Climate change and coastal areas management
12:30–14:00 CET
Thematic Session 05
Health and climate change adaptation
Thematic Session 06
Adaptation to climate change in the Mediterranean and Macaronesian islands
15:00–16:30 CET
Thematic Session 07
Tourism: Turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities
Thematic Session 08
Disaster risk reduction and climate change
Friday 20
09:30–11:00 CET
Thematic Session 09
Adaptation to climate change in the tourism sector
Thematic Session 10
Protective biodiversity in the face of climate change
CONCLUSIONS AND THOUGHTS
Adaptation as a solution for the present and the future
Moderator: Isabel Moreno. Physicist, meteorologist and presenter of the programme “Aquí la Tierra” on TVE
12:00–12:30 CET
Conclusions and key messages from the thematic sessions
Speakers:
- Jose Ramon Picatoste Ruggeroni, Head of adaptation strategies, Spanish Office for Climate Change.
- Eduardo Santos, Director of the Climate Change Department. Portuguese Environment Agency
- Graphic representation of conclusions, Antonio Arribas
12:30–13:20 CET
Dialogue: “Adaptation and climate resilience in the ecological transition and green reconstruction”
Speakers:
- Fernando Valladares, research professor at the Spanish National Council for Scientific Research.
- Cristina Monge, political scientist and executive advisor to ECODES.
- Joana Balsemão, executive councillor for Environment and Citizenship at Cascais Municipality.
- Sofia Santos, sustainable and climate finance specialist.
13:20–13:30 CET
Closure of the Conference
- Elena Pita, director of the Biodiversity Foundation.
- Nuno Lacasta, president of the Portuguese Environment Agency
- Claudia Guerrini, project adviser EASME-European Commission