DLR Conference of Climate Change
Understanding how variations in the Earth’s climate come about has become one of the most important issues mankind will have to deal with in forthcoming decades. Though it is extremely likely that human activity is one of the causes of global warming, the scale of the warming and the associated changes in the probability distribution of many climate variables are still virtually undefined. It is therefore crucial that these issues are more thoroughly analyzed to help combat the negative effects that changes in climatic processes have on our planet.
The aim of the Paris Agreement is to reinforce the global response to the threats arising from climatic change by, for example, imposing a global temperature rise within this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The agreement underlines the necessity to study ways of reducing the consequences of climate change. This scientific conference aims to bring international scientists, space agencies and interested parties together with United Nations entities such as UNOOSA, UNSPIDER, UNFCCC, WMO and GCOS and thus provide a discussion forum to elaborate on the substantial challenges faced in atmospheric climate research. By encouraging an open exchange of ideas we hope to facilitate the implementation of suitable measures to support the requirements as outlined in Paris.
Conference Topics
• State of the art and major challenges
• Improving our knowledge of the climate system
• Remote sensing for climate change
• Detecting and projecting climate change
• Mitigating climate change
Keynote Speaker
The Science Advisory Board
Chairs
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Atmospheric Research for Understanding and Mitigating Climate Change in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Climate change has become one of the most important issues mankind will have to contend with in forthcoming decades. Though we are basically certain that human activity is causing global warming, the magnitude of the warming and the associated changes in the probability distributions of many climate variables are still quite uncertain. We need a better understanding of, e.g., the cloud processes and their im pact on climate sensitivity.
This scientific conference aims to provide a discussion forum for international scientists, research centers and space agencies together with United Nations entities such as UNOOSA, UNSPIDER, UNFCCC, WMO and GCOS to investigate the considerable challenges in atmospheric climate research.
