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This workshop will be organized over 3 days, around:
9h30-10h15 : Official opening Session
10h15-10h45 : Aims of the workshop / international co-construction with MISTRALS
10h45-11h30 : Coffee break
11h30-13h : euro/med organizations in relation to mediterranean sustainability ICSU CIESM Union for Mediterranean
13h-14h30 : LUNCH
14h30-18h30 : Sessions presenting MISTRALS and HOMERE topics and state of the art (co-presentation French / mediterranean)
HyMeX (Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean eXperiment) aims to improve our understanding of running-water cycle, particularly focussed on evolution and predictability of extreme events in the perspective of climate change.
MERMeX (Marine Mediterranean eXperiment) is focused on the biogeochemical changes that will take place in the Mediterranean Sea due to natural changes as well as the socio-economic impacts, and how they will affect marine ecosystems and biodiversity.
ChArMeX (Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean eXperiment) aims to evaluate current situation of the Mediterranean basin atmospheric environment and to anticipate its future development and its impact on regional climate, air quality, marine and continental biogeochemistry.
TERMeX (Terra Mediterranean eXperiment) aims to better understand, in the Mediterranean context, interactions between dynamic processes of the lithosphere, on a short time scale ( 10-1000 years for earthquakes or volcanic eruptions) and on a long time period ( 10e6-7 years for constrains accumulation and resources concentration).
Coffee break
SICMED (Surfaces et Interfaces Continentales Méditerranéennes) is dedicated to the study of eco-anthroposystems of rural and peri-urban areas under present and future climate and man-induced pressures; the impact of climate variability on hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, as well as the social, economic and biotechnological mechanisms associated to these cycles, in order to optimize the management of these systems.
PaleoMeX (Paleo Mediterranean eXperiment) is dedicated to the study of climate change in the Mediterranean area during the Holocene, ie the last 10000 years. Overall, this program proposes to understand the interactions between climate, societies and civilizations of the Mediterranean world during this period of time.
BioDivMex (BioDiversity of the Mediterranean eXperiment) is committed to monitor the specific biodiversity of the Mediterranean area, its vulnerability to anthropogenic and climate pressures, which have multiple and often adverse impacts on the specific Mediterranean habitats and ultimately on the diversity of animal, plant and microbial biosystems.
HOMERE was started as a crosscutting initiative between INSU, INSHS,“Human and Society Sciences Institute” and INEE, “Ecology and Environment Institute) and in partnership with other research organizations. It aims to develop more interdisciplinary researches and to address directly the societal issues related to global climate changes in the Mediterranean Basin.
20h : Reception dinner
Plenaries and workshop day. Keynotes are given as an introduction / reflexion points for the workshops following them.
8h30-10h15 : Keynotes speeches sessions PART 1
Coffee break
10h30-13h : Workshops session PART 1, organized by 20/30 people groups
13h-14h30 : LUNCH
14h30-16h30 : Keynotes speeches sessions
Coffee break
17h-19h : Workshops session PART 2, organized by 20/30 people groups
Workshops reporting working session for the chair-persons
9h00-12h30 : Workshops reporting session (plenary), coffee break within
12h30-14h00 : LUNCH
14h00-17h00 : Special session dedicated to funders, stakeholders and managers putatively involved in the sustainable development of the Mediterranean / Large equipments and observatories, coffee break within