Uncertainties in the quantification of the global and regional water cycle

March 5, 2013 | 17:00 h - 18:30 h

The Center for Development Research (ZEF) and the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn jointly organize a seminar series on Risk and Uncertainty for Sustainable Development.

The next lecture in the joint seminar series will be on:

"Uncertainties in the quantification of the global and regional water cycle"

Speaker: Harald Kunstmann

Harald Kunstmann is Head of the Division Regional Climate Systems at the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU) in Karlsruhe and holds the Chair for Regional Climate and Hydrology at the Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg (see biography here and abstract of the lecture below.)

Time and place:

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

17:00 - 18:30 h

at ZEF (ground floor conference room)

Background information on the lectures

In this seminar series we address opportunities, risks and uncertainties for development. Uncertainty, i.e. the unknown unknowns, is a particular challenge. Risk and uncertainty have become a focal topic among development researchers, policy makers and practitioners as worldwide, economy and ecology have been assailed by a series of global crises: financial crisis, high and volatile food and oil price, and/or climate change. These crises present threats to development and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The understanding, mitigating and controlling of risk and uncertainty is far from being understood. The seminar series will be a forum for agenda setting and discussion on related themes with leading experts in this field of research and policy.