Registration

OPENING SESSION

Break

CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE & ATMOSPHERIC & OCEANIC MODELING

Introduction to session
Jassim Al-Hasan
Ex Director of the Marine Science Center
Kuwait University

Key Drivers of Climate Change and the Issues Related to Connection Between Atmospheric Composition and Ocean

Oksana A. Tarasova
Chief Global Atmosphere Watch Programme Research Department World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

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Changes in Ocean circulation due to Climate change and its possible impacts on global and regional climate system

K.Ajith Joseph
Executive Director
Nansen Environmental Research Centre

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Presentation on Application of the USGS' Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS)

Jeff Doebrich
Chief, Africa and the Middle East USGS
Office of International Programs

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A Regional Climate Simulation Study using WRF Model over the Arabian Peninsula

Hussain Alsarraf
Department chair of mathematics and natural sciences
American University of Kuwait (AUK)

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Discussion

Lunch

CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA-LEVEL RISE

Introduction to session
Abdul Nabi Al-Ghadban
Executive Director of Environment and Life Sciences Research Center at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)

Antarctica - The Big Uncertainty for Future Sea-Level Rise

John Englander
President and Founder International Sea Level Institute
Author and sea level rise expert

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Regional effect of sea-level rise/ Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea

Mohamd Hereher
Associate Professor of Environmental Geology and Remote Sensing
Sultan Qaboos University

Discussion and daily wrap-up

SLR: GCC AND KUWAIT CONTEXTS

Introduction to session
Gary Griggs
Distinguished Professor, UC Santa Cruz

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The Impact of CC/SLR on the Western part of the Arabian Gulf Coastal Area

Sabah Al-Jenaid
Head of Geoinformatics Department
Arabian Gulf University

Vulnerability of Kuwait Coast to Sea- Level Rise

Mohammad M. M. Alsahli
Assistance Professor of Remote Sensing – GIS
Department of Geography
Collage of Social Sciences
Kuwait University

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Economic Impacts of Sea-level Rise on Kuwait’s Coast and islands

Nawaf Al-Mutairi
Kuwait Environmental protection Association (KEPS)

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Discussion

Break

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON OCEAN HEALTH

Introduction to session
Redha Al-Hasan
Professor of Biology Biological Science Department Faculty of Science Kuwait University

Monitoring of Ocean Acidification and Ocean warming in northwestern Gulf

S. Uddin, A.N. Al-Ghadban
Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)

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Ocean Salinity: the heart of the Earth’s water cycle

Viviane V. Menezes
Department of Physical Oceanography
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

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Modeling and Analysis of the Coupled Gulf-Atmosphere System

Duaij AlRukaibi
Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering Department
College of Engineering and Petroleum
Kuwait University

Observational Study of the Physical Processes in the Northern Arabian Gulf in Response to Climate Variability and Shamals

Fahad Al Senafi
Physical Oceanography
Kuwait University

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Nuclear and isotopic techniques to advance Member State seafood safety programs

Peter Swarzenski
IAEA

Assessment of the potential impacts on, and the vulnerability of, marine biodiversity and fisheries catches in the Arabian Gulf

Colette Wabnitz
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
University of British Columbia

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Discussion

Lunch

FROM SCIENCE TO ACTION

Introduction to session
Manaf Behbehani
Acting Chairman
Marine Sciences Department Faculty of Science Kuwait University
Chair of Biodiversity Committee
Kuwait Environmental Protection Association (KEPS)

The Adaptation Gap in GCC countries

William Dougherty
President
Climate Change Research Group

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Adaptation Responses: Essential Elements of a Decision-Making Framework

Jochen Hinkel
Senior Researcher
Global Climate Forum (via video link)

From Science to Policy Making – Bridging the Gap Towards Climate Change Adaptation

Jane Galvan
Programme Manager
AGEDI
UAE

My Journey to Antarctica The Last Great Wilderness on Earth

Nasser Ashkanani
Science communicator

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Discussion and Conference Wrap-up