Conference on climate change in the Black Sea, Sofia, Bulgaria

The Black Sea - HOT 2008 conference on 'Climate change in the Black Sea - hypothesis, observations, trends, scenarios and mitigation strategy for the ecosystem' will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 6 to 9 October.

The aim is to initiate a concerted effort to use science, information technology and policy measures to understand and deal with the consequences of global warming in the Black Sea by improving governance and ensuring the sustainable exploitation of resources and the conservation of the marine environment.

Conference sessions will be dedicated to:
- 'climate forcing' mechanisms in the Black Sea;
- Black Sea ecosystem responses to climate change;
- data availability and database management;
- economic and sociological impacts on the coastal Black Sea communities and resource users: management scenarios and measures.

The four-day event is jointly organised by the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution and the EU-funded Black Sea SCENE project.For further information, please visit:
http://www.blacksea-commission.org/bs-hot/(opens in new window)