EU WATCH - News and Events

SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

PRIORITY 6.3
Global Change and Ecosystems

Project Duration:
01.02.2007 - 31.01.2011

Project News and Events

2008 WATCH Planned meetings, workshops and presentations WATCH Planned meetings, workshops and presentations for the year 2008.
WATCH, January 01, 2008
WATCH General Assembly Bratislava 2008 The second WATCH General Assembly was held in Bratislava, Slovakia, between the 3rd and the 7th of November 2008.
WATCH, November 06, 2008
WATCH General Assembly meeting and Work Block meetings November 4-7, 2008, General Assembly meeting and Work Block meetings, Bratislava, Slovakia
WATCH, November 04, 2008
Joint WATCH-GWSP Model Intercomparison Workshop, Bratislava, Slovakia November 3-4, 2008, Joint WATCH-GWSP Model Intercomparison Workshop, Bratislava, Slovakia
WATCH, November 03, 2008

Climate News

Water vapor confirmed as major player in climate change Water vapor is known to be Earth's most abundant greenhouse gas, but the extent of its contribution to global warming has been debated. Using recent NASA satellite data, researchers have estimated more precisely than ever the heat-trapping effect of water in the air, validating the role of the gas as a critical component of climate change.
ScienceDaily.com, November 18, 2008
Improving carbon measurements in global climate studies University of Iowa researchers and their colleagues have found a way to improve existing estimates of the amount of carbon absorbed by plants from the air, thereby improving the accuracy of global warming and land cover change estimates, according to an article in the journal Science.
ScienceDaily.com, November 17, 2008
Rising industrialized countries emissions underscore urgent need for political action on climate change at Poznan meeting Two weeks ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, the UN Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn has reported that greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized countries continue to rise.
UNFCCC, November 17, 2008
Telecommunications, climate change and natural disaster The Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union addressed the high-level segment of the 63rd session of the ITU Council on 13 November 2008, in which he spoke of ITU’s role in helping countries to mitigate the effects of climate change, including the use of emergency telecommunications and warning systems for disaster relief.
International Telecommunication Union, November 14, 2008