Climate Change, Human Health and National Security - adelphi

1st day.
a.m.
Chair: Dr. H.J.S. Fernando
NATO Advanced Research Workshop
Climate Change, Human Health and National Security
28 – 30 April 2011
Dubrovnik, Croatia
DRAFT
0845 – 0900 WELCOME, Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola, President, European Medical Association, Brussels, Belgium,
vincenzo@emanet.org
0900 – 0950 Keynote Address: Climate Change and Security Risks, Lord Julian Hunt, University College London,
England, UK, jcrh@cpom.ucl.ac.uk
0950 – 1010 Megacities: Urban Environment, Air Pollution, Climate Change and Human Health Interactions, Dr.
Alexander Baklanov, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, alb@dmi.dk
1010 – 1030 Urban Environments Meet Climate Change, Dr. Harindra J. Fernando, Environmental Fluid Dynamics
Group, Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame,
IN, USA, Harindra.J.Fernando.10@nd.edu
1030 – 1050 Break
Chair: Dr. Alexander Baklanov
1050 – 1110 Atmospheric boundary layers – features controlling air quality and human health, Dr. Sergej Zilintinkevich,
Professor, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland, Sergej.Zilitinkevich@fmi.fi
1110 – 1130 Climate variation or climate change? Evidence in favour in the Northern Adriatic Area, Croatia, Dr. Ana
Alebic-Juretic, Air Pollution Division, Teaching Institute of Public Health, Rijeka, Croatia,
alebic@rijeka.riteh.hr
1130 – 1150 ENSO forcing of climate variability over the North Atlantic/European region in a warmer climate conditions,
Dr. Ivana Herceg Bulić, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia,
iherceg@mail.irb.hr
1150 – 1210 Vector-borne diseases and climate change, Dr. Jean-Claude Andre, European Centre for Research and
Advanced Training in Scientific Computing, France, andre@cerfacs.fr
p.m.
Chair: Dr. Cristina Mammarela
1330 – 1415 Keynote Address: Large scale solar radiation dimming and brightening and its importance for climate change,
Dr. Christos Zerefos, President, National Observatory of Athens, Greece, zerefos@geol.uoa.gr
1415 – 1435 Atmospheric aerosol climatology over the globe: emphasis on dust storms, Dr. Harry D. Kambezidis, National
Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece, harry@meteo.noa.gr
1435 – 1455 Influence of meteorological conditions on the fine particles (PM1.0) levels in urban atmosphere, Dr. Zvjezdana
Klaic, Professor, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia,
zklaic@irb.hr
1455 – 1510 Break
Chair: Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola
1510 – 1530 Temperature and mortality in Tel Aviv in regard to climate change, Dr. Chava Peretz, School of Public Health,
Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel, cperetz@post.tau.ac.il
1530 – 1550 Meteorological and air pollution factors related to human health in urban areas, Dr. Ekaterina Batchvarova,
National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgaria, Ekaterina.Batchvarova@meteo.bg
1550 – 1610 Prediction of Particulate Pollution as a Mitigation Strategy of Respiratory Health Problems, Dr. Christina
Mammarella & Dr. Giovanni Grandoni, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the
Environment, Italy, mammarella@sede.enea.it, giovanni.grandoni@casaccia.enea.it
1610 – 1630 Interactions of global climate change and urban climate in different climate regions, Dr. Robert Bornstein, San
Jose State University, California, USA, pblmodel@hotmail.com

2nd day.
a.m.
Chair: Dr. Roger Falconer
NATO Advanced Research Workshop
Climate Change, Human Health and National Security
28 – 30 April 2011
Dubrovnik, Croatia
DRAFT
0845 – 0930 Keynote Address: Climate changes and regional ecological impacts, Dr. Igor Mokhov, A.M. Obukhov Institute
for Atmospheric Physics, RAS, Moscow, Russia, Mokhov@ifaran.ru
0930 – 0950 How effective could ’landscape management’ tool address mitigation of cultural and natural threats on coastal
wetlands system? Dr. Adnan Kaplan, Agriculture Department, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey,
adnankaplan@gmail.com
0950 – 1010 On Some Issues of the Anthropogenic Transformation of Water Ecosystems (Case Study of Lake Sevan), Dr.
Trahel Vardanian, Department of Physical Geography and Hydrometeorology, Yerevan State University,
Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, tvardanian@ysu.am
1010 – 1030 Climate Change and Adoption Strategies- what's going on in the Republic of Serbia, Dr. Vesela Radovic,
EDUCONS University, Serbia, veselaradovic@yahoo.com
1030 – 1050 Break
Chair:
1050 – 1110 Water quality and assessment under scarcity: Fate and risk of emerging contaminants in the Iberian river
systems affected by climate change, Dr. Damià Barceló, Chemical & Environmental Research Institute of
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, dbcqam@iiqab.csic.es
1110 – 1130 Global warming projected water cycle changes over the Mediterranean, Dr. Pinhas Alpert, Department of
Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv,
Israel, Pinhas@post.tau.ac.il
1130 – 1150 The relative impact of climate change on water resources in Jordan, Dr. Ibrahim Oroud, Prince Faisal Center
for Dead Sea, Environmental and Energy Research, Mu’tah University, Jordan, ioroud@mutah.edu.jo
1150 – 1210 Climate change effect on Egypt’s water supply, Mr. Gamal Elsaeed, Sadco Engineering Works, Cairo, Egypt,
Elsaeed@sadcoegypt.com
p.m.
Chair: Dr. Nancy Lewis
1330 – 1415 Keynote Address: National Security and the Threat of Climate Change: A View from the Military Advisory
Board, Mr. Marcus King, Environment & Energy Research Team, CNA, kingm@cna.org
1415 – 1435 Experiences from Assessing Local Water Conflicts: Understanding the Links between Water, Marginalisation
and Climate Change, Mr. Lukas Rüttinger, Adelphi Research, Germany, ruettinger@adelphi.de
1435 – 1455 Climate change, tipping elements and security, Dr. Kjeld Rasmussen, Dept. of Geography and Geology, Dr. Ole
Wæver, Centre for Advanced Security Theory, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark,
kr@geo.ku.dk
1455 – 1515
1515 – 1530 Break
Chair:
Assessment of ecological and sanitary-hygienic states of natural waters using bio-indication and integral ecoindexes,
Dr. Irina Bashmakova, University of Helsinki, Finland, iryna.bashmakova@helsinki.fi
1530 – 1550 Global Water Security: Engineering the Future, Dr. Roger Falconer, Cardiff University, United Kingdom,
FalconerRA@cf.ac.uk, and Michael Norton, Managing Director of Water and Power, Halcrow Group, Ltd.,
United Kingdom
1550 – 1610 Investigation of multiple-factor impact of weather changes and atmospheric pollution on human health, Dr.
Georgy Golitsyn, Dr. Boris Revich, Dr. Maria Artamonova, A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics,
RAS, Moscow, Russia, Artamonova@ifaran.ru

NATO Advanced Research Workshop
Climate Change, Human Health and National Security
28 – 30 April 2011
Dubrovnik, Croatia
DRAFT
1610 – 1630 Numerical and experimental simulations of local winds, Antonio Cenedese, Franco Catalano, Serena Falasca,
Monica Moroni, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile edile e ambientale, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università degli
Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, antonio.cenedese@uniroma1.it
1745 Depart hotel for City tour and dinner
3rd day.
a.m.
Chair: Mr. Marcus King
0900 – 0950 Keynote Address: Climate Variability and Change, Human Health and National Security in Small Vulnerable
Nations, Dr. Nancy Lewis, Director, Research Program, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,
lewisn@eastwestcenter.org
0950 – 1010 Climate change and human health in the Canadian Arctic: from vulnerability to resilience, Dr. Chris Furgal,
Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent University, Canada, chrisfurgal@trentu.ca
1010 – 1030
Climate Change and Adoption Strategies- what is going on in the Republic of Serbia, Dr. Vesela Radovic,
University of Novi Sad, Serbia, veselaradovic@yahoo.com
1030 – 1050 Experiences from Assessing Local Water Conflicts: Understanding the Links between Water, Marginalisation
and Climate Change, Mr. Lukas Rüttinger, Adelphi Research, Germany, ruettinger@adelphi.de
1050 – 1110 Modelling of Heavy Metals: Study of Impacts due to Climate Change, Dr. Amela Jericevic, Meteorological and
Hydrological Service, Croatia, jericevic@cirus.dhz.hr
1110 – 1130 Break
1130 – 1300 Group discussion and completion of recommendations
p.m.
1300 Wrap-up and workshop ends