Context
Given the impacts of global changes, the Earth system is reaching its limits on use of natural resources and biosphere integrity. The Paris Agreement for climate signed in 2015 targets the fight against climate change as a non-negotiable condition for sustainable development of our societies. The IPCC special report on a 1.5°C warming concludes that, although it is not too late to act, a 1.5 °C maximum warming requires a drastic society model change, taking into account not only economic, but also environmental and human development. Such a transition thus relies on new paradigms and practices changes.
Conference
The research consortium Labex OT-Med coordinates and funds research projects on global change and natural hazards in the Mediterranean region and semi-arid Sahel regions since 2012. The consortium plans to evolve into a Mediterranean Environmental Transition Institute (ITEM) in 2019. The October 2019 international conference is designed to share its research results and what is at stake with international collaborators.
Program
The conference program will cover the following topics:
MONDAY 14/10 |
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Coordinators | |
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Intro |
Framework of the environmental transition for the Mediterranean region |
Joël Guiot |
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Session 1 |
Biodiversity, ecosystem services, adaptation |
Didier Aurelle / Bruno Fady |
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(PM) |
Session 2 | Water resources, risks and adaptation | Laurence Vidal / Pierre Deschamps |
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(evening) |
Conference diner |
TUESDAY 15/10 |
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(AM) |
Session 3 |
Natural hazards, associated risks and adaptation |
Lucilla Benedetti / Thomas Curt |
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(PM) |
Session 4 |
Perspectives |
Joël Guiot |
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(evening) |
Conference for all (in French) |
La biodiversité des sols : |
Invited speaker: Lionel Ranjard |
WEDNESDAY 16/10 |
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(AM + lunch) |
Stakeholders session (in French) |
Echanges Recherche – Acteurs sociétaux | Sophie Pekar, Isabelle Laffont-Schwob, Marie-Charlotte Bellinghéry |
Call for posters now open
The Organising Committee invites all researchers from all Labex members to share their scientific results relevant to OT-Med’s research priorities through this call for posters. Researchers who received Labex OT-Med funding since 2012 are particularly encouraged to participate.
Registration
Registration will be open soon (link here)
Practical information
The conference will take place in the heart of Marseille at the Pharo site, facing the Mediterrnean Sea.
