4th Session of WCRP Grand Challenge on Sea Level Rise and Regional Impacts

Thursday, November 14, 2019 to Friday, November 15, 2019
Event City: 
Orléans
France
Event Attendance: 
By Invitation
Event Contact: 
Jing Li
Event Description: 

4th Session of WCRP Grand Challenge on Sea Level Rise and Regional Impacts

Orléans, France, 14th -15th November 2019

Download the meeting report

 

Venue

BRGM office, 3 avenue Claude-Guillemin, 45060 Orléans FRANCE. (* Please note that your ID card or your Passport will be requested upon your arrival at the BRGM.)

How to get BRGM from Airport or railway stationhttps://www.brgm.eu/content/access-map-head-office-scientific-technical-centre-orleans

  

 

Accomodations

You are recommended to use the city-center hotels (others are available on booking or other platforms). A shuttle will be available to reach BRGM from the city center every morning and evening. The meeting point will be close to the Cathedral in the city center.

A list of recommended city-center hotels is available here.

Programme  Download the Agenda

Thursday 14th November

 

Session

 

 

8h00

 

Shuttle to the BRGM

Meeting point in the city center at the cathedral

 

8h30

Welcome

BRGM Registration and Coffee

30’

9h00

 

Goal of the Meeting (RW/RN)

15’

 

 

Reflection on the climate service workshop 12-13thNov.

1H15

10h30

 

Coffee break

30’

 

Report of the different Working Groups – part 1

WP1 Paleo sea level - Thomas James,

Roderik van de Wal

30’

 

WP2 Ice/ISMIP - Tony Payne

30’

 

WP3 causes for regional variability and change

Catia Domingues

45’

12h45

 

Lunch

1h30

14h30

Report of the different Working Groups  - part 2

              WP4 Predictability of RSL – Jonathan Gregory

45’

 

WP5 Sea Level science for coastal zone management - Scott Stephens NZ adaption

 

WP5 wave in ESL - Kathy McInnes

15’

15h30

Coffee break

30’

 

WP6 Sea Level budget - Roderik on behalf of Anny Cazenave, Garry Mitchum on Gloss

 

30’

16H00

 

Presentations of guests to the meeting - Bette Otto-Bliesner                

30’

 

 

AR6 developments Bob Kopp

 

17h30

 

Shuttle to the city center at the cathedral

 

Friday 15th November

 

Session

 

 

8h00

 

Shuttle to the BRGM

Meeting point in the city center at the cathedral

 

8h30

Welcome

BRGM Registration and Coffee

30’

9H00

 

Summary of Achievement so far and knowledge gaps Future meetings, Grand Challenge Papers, acknowledgements

1H

10H00

 

Sea Level Conference in 2022 (RW)

30’

10h30

 

Coffee break

30’

11h00

 

WCRP developments (RN/Michael Sparrow)?

20’

 

 

Organizational aspects of WCRP grand challenge Stepping back of Detlef (RW)

20’

 

 

Next Meeting

1H

12h45

 

Lunch

1h30

14h30

 

End of the meeting

 

 

 

Shuttle to the city center at the cathedral

 

Participants

Name Affiliation Country Role
Robert Nicholls U. Southampton UK Co-chair
Roderik van de Wal U. Utrecht The Netherland Co-chair
 A.S. Unnikrishnan NIO India  Member
 Benoit Meyssignac (remote)  LEGOS France  Member
Bette Otto-Bliesner NCAR USA  Member
 Catia Domingues  U. Tasmania Australia  Member
 Goneri Le Cozannet  BRGM France  Member
Jonathan Gregory (remote) U. Reading UK Member
 Kathy McInnes  Kathy McInnes  Australia  Member
 Tony Payne  U. Bristol UK  Member
 David Behar  San Francisco Public Utilities Commission USA Invited
 Jochen Hinkel (remote)  Global Climate Forum Germany  Invited
Alexander (Sandy) Bisaro   Global Climate Forum Germany  Invited
John Church (remote) Climate Change Research Centre,
University of New South Wales
Australia Invited
 Gary Mitchum  Florida State University USA  Invited
 Rosh Ranasinghe 
(remote)
IHE Delft The Netherlands Invited
Scott Stephen National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA) New Zealand Invited
 Thomas James  Natural Resources Canada Canada  Invited
 Judy Lawrence  Victoria University of Wellington  New Zealand  Invited
 Michael Sparrow WCRP JPS  Switzerland Staff
Jing Li (remote) International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO) China Staff