Please note that workshop locations are not yet finalised and therefore subject to change for all workshops.
Overview of energy storage technologies and their prospects on the path to climate neutrality, and selected case studies from applications of these technologies in the EMME region.
Organizer / contact
Nestor Fylaktos (n.fylaktos@cyi.ac.cy)
Date & time
25/09/2024, 09:00 - 14:00
Location
Andreas Mouskos, CyI campus
Open to participation | Online participation available
This scientific workshop aims at bringing experts and knowledge together to discuss research gaps and policy interventions in the area of climate change and health in urban environments, focusing on but not restricted to the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) region.
Organizer / contact
Marco Neira (m.neira@cyi.ac.cy), Kamil Erguler (k.erguler@cyi.ac.cy)
Date & time
24/09/2024 (09:00 - 17:30) - 25/09/2024 (09:00 - 13:45)
Location
24/9: Andreas Mouskos, CyI campus, 25/9: King's Conference Room, Radisson Beach Resort, Larnaca
By invitation only
The event will be the inaugural conference of the new Center for Climate Change Policy and Research of the Arava Institute. It will bring together regional (Middle East and North African) climate scientists, stakeholders, NGO leaders and others to discuss climate inequalities, cross border cooperation and, establish advance research collaborations on water, energy, food, sustainable urbanism and public health.
The workshop will include the following sessions:
- Sustainable urban planning to reduce the vulnerability of people and communities to extreme weather events and natural disasters and increase their resilience.
- Climate Change and Health: People, Principles, Priorities and Policy Making
- Access to affordable, reliable and sustainably produced renewable energy
- Water and resource management for food security and public health in the face of climate change
Organizer / contact
Dr. Elise Machline, Director-Center for Climate Change Policy and research, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (elise.machline@arava.org.il)
Date & time
24/09/2024 (09:00-17:00) - 25/09/2024 (09:00-15:00)
Location
King's Conference Room (24/09/2024), and Princess Conference Room (25/09/2024), Radisson Beach Resort, Larnaca
Open to participation
The main goal of the proposed workshop lies in addressing the numerous and complex consequences of the Environmental Change-Migration-Conflict Nexus on human life. The workshop follows work on a Special Report on Environmental Change, Conflicts, and Human Migration in the Mediterranean Basin, which is carried out under the auspices of the Mediterranean Experts
Organizer / contact
Manfred Lange (m.a.lange@cyi.ac.cy)
Date & time
24/09/2024 (09:00 - 17:00) - 25/09/2024 (09:00 - 13:00)
Location
Fresnel Richard Cooper Seminar Room, CyI Campus
Open to participation | Online participation available | Contact Melina Nicolaides (Director_Activate.org@outlook.com)
In partnership with the PRIMA Foundation and within the framework and activities of the WEFE4MED project, this event is set to take place at the Cyprus Institute premises in Nicosia ,Cyprus, on September 25th, 2024 ,as a preceding workshop of the Conference. The primary goal of this workshop is to establish the fundamental principles and foster co-creation within the WEFE Nexus Community of Practice, focusing on the Mediterranean region. We envision this event as a collective endeavor to lay the foundation for our community, emphasizing core principles, cooperative objectives, and enduring commitments. These building blocks will be crucial in amplifying solutions vital for WEFE demonstration sites and advancing sustainability across the region. Our event has been carefully designed to be highly engaging, featuring interactive sessions, collaborative dialogues, and opportunities for knowledge sharing. We believe it will provide fertile ground for collective innovation, facilitating the exchange of insights, and enabling the co-creation of a dynamic and thriving WEFE Nexus Community of Practice.
Organizer / contact
Dr. Marios C Georgiou (m.c.georgiou@cyi.ac.cy)
Prof. Fadi Comair ( f.comair@cyi.ac.cy)
Ioanna Antoniades (i.antoniades@cyi.ac.cy)
Date & time
25/09/2024, 09:00 - 17:40
Location
Golden Bay Hotel, Larnaca
Open to participation | Contact Lana Naber (l.naber@cyi.ac.cy)
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon is noteworthy in rapidly urbanising regions, as it adds to the large-scale warming due to global climate change. In the region encompassing the Mediterranean and the Middle East–North Africa, which is warming about twice as fast as the global average, urban areas are warming faster that the rural ones, according to recent studies. The observed increasing rate of heat extremes and the further projected warming raise concerns about the human comfort and survivability and related socio-economic impacts in areas across this region. This workshop brings together climate science experts from the region to present and discuss scientific progress in the monitoring, analysis, and prediction of the urban heat island and mitigation strategies of its associated impacts. The workshop includes contributions from Action 2.3 “Climate Crisis and Urban heat Island” of the CLIMPACT project in Greece (“National Network for Research on Climate Change and its Impacts”).
Organizer / contact
Prof. Costas Cartalis (ckartali@phys.uoa.gr)
Dr. Panos Hadjinicolaou (p.hadjinicolaou@cyi.ac.cy).
Date & time
25/09/2024, 14:15 - 16:15
Location
Queen's conference room, Radisson Beach Resort, Larnaca
By invitation only
Climate change has emerged as one of the most serious dangers to world heritage, both at present and in the immediate future. The Eastern Mediterranean, in particular, is already affected by the impacts of the climate crisis. The region, an epicenter of world civilization, preserves an extremely rich body of archaeological treasures and cultural traditions which are now under direct and indirect threats. Besides the impacts on archaeological sites, monuments and landscapes, the loss of cultural heritage has devastating effects on local communities and societies, thus making mitigation policies and adaptation measures an urgent necessity for a sustainable future. We need to document, analyze and understand the remnants of the past and their socioeconomic relevance as we enter an era of crisis and volatility. As a result, the humanities, the sciences and the technological fields, are expected to respond to the challenge and to relate to interdisciplinary efforts to mitigate the impacts as well as to adjust to a rapidly changing world. Without doubt, advances in science and technology can provide new tools and offer innovative methodological perspectives which can significantly contribute to the preservation and protection of our cultural heritage.
This workshop will provide participants with an introductory discussion of the challenges facing cultural heritage as result of the climate crisis. Workshop contributors from a range of different fields will offer short responses and will share expertise and good practices from their efforts to engage the problem. Participants will have the opportunity to pose questions as well as to share experiences related to the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage. We aim at a lively exchange of ideas which will help us to frame broad aspects of the challenge as well as to develop a shared understanding of the urgent need to preserve our common heritage.
Organizers / contact
Anthi Kaldeli (department of Antiquities, ICCROM Council Member) and Nikolas Bakirtzis (Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center, The Cyprus Institute) (n.bakirtzis@cyi.ac.cy)
Contributors
Athos Agapiou (Cyprus University of Technology)
Giorgos Artopoulos (Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center, The Cyprus Institute)
Ann Bourges (Center of Research and Restoration of Collection in France - C2RMF and ICOMOS France)
Costas Cartalis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change)
Ephrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou (Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts)
Sorin Hermon (Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center, The Cyprus Institute)
Agni Petridou (Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Nicosia)
Date & time
25/09/2024, 10:30 - 13:00
Location
Graduate School main lecture room, CyI campus, Nicosia
Open to participation
