Pre-Day to the 19th Austrian Climate Day
23.04.2018, University of Salzburg
The programme for the networking meeting for early-career researchers can be found here.
The programme for the networking event can be found here.
NETWORKING DAY AT THE AUSTRIAN CLIMATE DAY
The Climate Day 2018 was once again opened with the so-called Networking Day, which focuses on the exchange between climate researchers and, in particular, with stakeholders from administration and practice, this year under the motto "Alpine Regions in Climate Change – The Alpine Convention as a Platform for New Ideas and Approaches to Sustainable Development". The event was opened by Markus Reiterer, Secretary General of the Alpine Convention, and Herbert Formayer, Professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. In workshop sessions, the topics of tourism, communication and awareness-raising, as well as climate monitoring were then explored and discussed with the approximately 80 participants. To continue the lively discussions from the communication session, a follow-up workshop on this topic is being planned.
The Networking Day was organised in cooperation with the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention and the Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism.
At the same time, there was once again an exchange meeting for early-career researchers, who discussed the topic of "Alpine Risks – Challenges, Solutions, Governance". The early-career researchers were able to use the meeting to present their research projects and work on the topic and to identify and make use of potential interfaces with the other participants. Chris Schubert, head of the CCCA Data Centre, introduced participants to available data, datasets and options for using the Data Centre, while Michalis Tzatzanis from the FFG presented funding opportunities for early-career researchers under Horizon 2020. The exchange meeting also aimed above all to bring early-career researchers from various research institutions together, connect them with one another, and initiate potential collaborations and follow-ups for the future.
After treats from the buffet, the day wrapped up with an input by Harry Spiess (ZHAM) entitled "The Alps in Transition – a personal account from TransALPedes 1992 to whatsalp 2017".
PRESENTATIONS
Networking meeting for early-career researchers
Alpine Regions in Climate Change – The Alpine Convention as a Platform for New Ideas and Approaches to Sustainable Development
- Markus Reiterer - Introduction to the Alpine Convention: instruments, role, development, activities in climate protection and adaptation
- Herbert Formayer - Current climate scenarios for the Alpine region
Session 1 - Tourism
- Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider - Alpine tourism in climate change – challenges in the area of adaptation and for the sustainable development of the Alpine region
- Marc Olefs - The CCCA networking project SNOWNET - AT: Snow reliability as a planning basis for winter tourism
Session 2 - Communication, Knowledge Transfer, Awareness-Raising
- Taja Ferjančič Lakota - Climate communication: What role for the Alpine Convention
- Josef Essl - Experience report: Awareness-raising on the Alpine Convention and climate change in practice
- Isabella Uhl - Unwanted side effects of climate change communication – insights from psychology
- Andrea Prutsch - Overview of initiatives/good practices in the area of climate change communication and knowledge transfer in Austria
- Lukas Fritz, Maximilian Riede - Introduction to the Interreg Alpine Space project YOUrALPS as a best practice example for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the Alpine region
Session 3 - Climate and Environmental Monitoring within the Framework of the Alpine Convention
- Annette Lotz, Gudrun Mühlbacher - 40 years of Berchtesgaden National Park long-term monitoring
- Elke Ludewig - 132 years of monitoring and international networking at Sonnblick Observatory
- Markus Leuenberger - Monitoring and international networking at Jungfraujoch research station
Data Centre Workshop
Icebreaker
- Harry Spiess - The Alps in Transition – a personal account from TransALPedes 1992 to whatsalp 2017