Session 1: Plenary Opening chair: Prof.dr. Pier Vellinga, Chair of the Board Foundation CcSP, Wageningen university and Research Centre, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

• Minister Gerda Verburg, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Welcome and opening (pdf, 0.79Mb)
• Dr. Elisabeth Lipiatou (e-mail), Belgium, European Commission, Directorate General Research, EU climate research agenda and its relevance for adaptation policies (ppt, 0.8Mb)
• Martin Perry, IPCC, Co-Chair IPCC Working Group 2, Climate Challenge: IPCC 4th Assessment report and beyond (ppt, 4.15Mb)
• Prof.dr. Guy Brasseur (e-mail), National Centre for Atmospheric Research, NCAR, Boulder, USA., Lead Author IPCC Assessment Report 4. Climate challenge: IPCC 4th assessment report and beyond (ppt, 7.87Mb)
• Dr. Carlos Nobre (e-mail), Brazil, Chair Scientific Committee of the International Biosphere - Geosphere Programme, IGBP, Member of the Third World Academy. Climate and sustainable development (ppt, 18.1Mb) 

• Prof.dr. Pavel Kabat (e-mail), Wageningen University and Research Centre, CcSP Director and Chair of the Programme Council, the Netherlands. Climate changes Spatial Planning: CcSP research highlights and key results. (ppt, 28.5Mb)
• Pieter Bloemen (e-mail), Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment, Netherlands climate adaptation strategy: research to policy interaction (ppt, 2.90Mb)

• Dr. Daniela Jacob (e-mail), Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany, Global and European perspective: general progress and remaining uncertainties (ppt, 3.81Mb)
• Prof.dr. Bart van der Hurk (e-mail), KNMI, Regional perspective regional climate scenarios and scenario tailoring (ppt, 6.79Mb)

• Dr. Jeroen Aerts (e-mail), Vrije Universiteit, IVM, Climate adaptation: cross-sectoral approaches in relation to land use and spatial planning (ppt, 17.8Mb)

• Andre Jol (e-mail), European Environmental Agency, Denmark, European Perspective (ppt, 2.40Mb)

Economics of adapting to climate change

• Dr. Terry Barker (e-mail), Cambridge University and Cambridge Econometrics Ltd, United Kingdom, The economic costs avoiding climate change (ppt, 0.59Mb)
• Dr. George Gelauff (e-mail), CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, Economics of climate adaptation: the Dutch experience and perspective (ppt, 0.16Mb)

Short impression of the concluding round table discussion

Session 1: Plenary Opening chair: Prof. Leen Hordijk, Director IIASA, Austria; chair: CcSP International Scientific Advisory Council

• Minister Jacqueline Cramer, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment, The challenge facing the Netherlands (pdf, 0.8Mb)
• Prof. Roger A. Pielke Sr., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA, Reflections on the role of land in understanding and responding to climate (ppt, 15.31Mb)