Cities and Climate Change: adaptation to climate change strategies and dissemination of scientific knowledge to local decision makers.

Date: 1st December, 3.15pm – 4.45pm
Location: Générations Climat
Organizers: I4CE & Météo France

This workshop aims to present the results of scientific research on climate change issues at the local level and how these results can be effectively appropriated by local public and private decision-makers through the Club Cities, Territories , Energy and Climate Change ( ViTECC ).

Speakers :

Valéry Masson, Research fellow – Météo-France
Alexia Leseur, Program Manager, Territories and Climate – I4CE
Serge Planton, Head of the Climatic Research Unit – Research Centre of Météo-France
Cécile Bordier, Project Manager, Territories and Climate – I4CE

01 Dec 2015

Cities and Climate Change: adaptation to climate change strategies and dissemination of scientific knowledge to local decision makers.

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