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World Water Week 2006
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Hurrican Katrina triggered a huge sea surge drowing hundreds of houses along the coast of Louisiana.
01World Water Week 2006
02Hurrican Katrina triggered a huge sea surge drowing hundreds of houses along the coast of Louisiana.

Presentations

World Water Week Seminar: Climate and water-related risks: Are the strategies for coping with climate- and water-related risks good enough?

World Water Week 2006 Seminar: Climate and water-related risks
22 August 2006, Stockholm City Conference Centre/Folkets Hus, Barnhusgatan 12-14, Stockholm, Sweden

FacilitatorDirk Reinhard
Munich Re Foundation, Munich, Germany
Record storm and flood losses
Mere chance or symptom of climate change?
> Presentation Kron PDF (891 KB)
SpeakerWolfgang Kron
Munich Re, Geo Risks Research, Munich, Germany
Risk management at the local level, targeting the root causes
Examples of national and international strategies for enhancing capacities at local leven in Central America
> Presentation Villagrán de León PDF (231 KB)
Speaker

Juan Carlos Villagrán de León
United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn, Germany

Integrating climate change into future strategies
How to mainstream climate adaptation into integrated water resources management and development cooperation
> Presentation Hoff PDF (601 KB)
SpeakerHolger Hoff
Potsdam Institute for Climate Research, Potsdam, Germany

Investing in ecosystem services to prepare for climate impacts on water, nature and people?
In what areas and when can investments in ecosystem services contribute to adaptation to climate change and increased variability

> Presentation Bergkamp PDF (995 KB)
SpeakerGer Bergkamp
IUCN, Geneva, Switzerland