Campus Lecture with Sonia Seneviratne
Event details
| Date | 03.03.2022 |
| Hour | 17:00 › 19:00 |
| Speaker | Sonia Seneviratne, ETH Zurich |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
"State of the climate crisis: Conclusions from the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports"
Sonia I. Seneviratne, ETH Zurich
This presentation will provide an overview of the main conclusions of the latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published in its 6th assessment cycle. In particular, the latest evidence on past and projected changes in climate extremes will be presented. For the first time, a full chapter of an IPCC assessment report was dedicated to the topic of weather and climate extremes (Seneviratne et al. 2021). The newest evidence shows that changes in extremes are observed in all regions of the world, and that human influence strongly contributed to observed trends. With every increment of global warming, changes in extremes become larger, with important implications for changes in heatwaves, heavy precipitation, droughts, and tropical cyclones depending on the region. All regions are projected to be affected by multiple changes in climate extremes and other climatic impact drivers with increasing global warming, in particular above 2°C of global warming.
Program
5:00 pm Welcome address
Martin Vetterli, President of EPFL
5:05 pm Talk
"State of the climate crisis: Conclusions from the latest IPCC reports"
Sonia Seneviratne, Climate scientist and Professor at ETH Zurich
5:55 pm Round table
"Are we ready to face climate disasters?"
■ Nathalie Doswald, Policy Expert, UN Environment Program
■ Charlotte Franck, Manager at the Climate Unit, City of Lausanne
■ Sonia Seneviratne, Climate scientist and Professor at ETH Zurich
■ Paola Vigano, Full Professor at EPFL
Moderator:
■ Jean-André Tony Davy-Guidicelli, EPFL Student and Vice-President of the Global Earth Horizon Talk - GEHT Association
7:00 pm Cocktail
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Sonia I. Seneviratne, ETH Zurich
This presentation will provide an overview of the main conclusions of the latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published in its 6th assessment cycle. In particular, the latest evidence on past and projected changes in climate extremes will be presented. For the first time, a full chapter of an IPCC assessment report was dedicated to the topic of weather and climate extremes (Seneviratne et al. 2021). The newest evidence shows that changes in extremes are observed in all regions of the world, and that human influence strongly contributed to observed trends. With every increment of global warming, changes in extremes become larger, with important implications for changes in heatwaves, heavy precipitation, droughts, and tropical cyclones depending on the region. All regions are projected to be affected by multiple changes in climate extremes and other climatic impact drivers with increasing global warming, in particular above 2°C of global warming.
Program
5:00 pm Welcome address
Martin Vetterli, President of EPFL
5:05 pm Talk
"State of the climate crisis: Conclusions from the latest IPCC reports"
Sonia Seneviratne, Climate scientist and Professor at ETH Zurich
5:55 pm Round table
"Are we ready to face climate disasters?"
■ Nathalie Doswald, Policy Expert, UN Environment Program
■ Charlotte Franck, Manager at the Climate Unit, City of Lausanne
■ Sonia Seneviratne, Climate scientist and Professor at ETH Zurich
■ Paola Vigano, Full Professor at EPFL
Moderator:
■ Jean-André Tony Davy-Guidicelli, EPFL Student and Vice-President of the Global Earth Horizon Talk - GEHT Association
7:00 pm Cocktail
Watch this event on YouTube
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