Descriptions:
Impacts World 2017 conference – I: Opening plenary
- Session chair: Hermann Lotze-Campen
- Location: Potsdam, Germany
1) Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany) Title: Avoiding the Unmanageable, Managing the Unavoidable: A Slogan Revisited Starting time: 00:01:55
2) Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Germany) Title: Human impacts on polar and deep seas: Knowing the unknown (true costs) Starting time: 00:23:40
3) Prof. Dr. Rainer Sauerborn (Heidelberg University, Institute of Public Health and Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Germany) Title: Why care about health impacts, apart from humanitarian reasons? Starting time: 00:41:00
4) Prof. Dr. Jacqueline McGlade (United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya) Title: The impacts of childhood malnutrition in the face of climate change Starting time: 01:01:10
5) Dr. Stephane Hallegatte (Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) at the World Bank, United States) Title: Climate change impacts as an obstacle to the achievement of development goals Starting time: 01:18:15