Side events during WCC-3

Monday, 31 August - Afternoon

Organizer	Topic	Related files
Global Humanitarian Forum / WMO	WIFA (Weather Information for All) [pdf]


Tuesday, 1 September - Lunch

Organizer	Topic	Related files
International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Center	Disaster risk management: challenges and opportunities using climate information, a Red Cross-IRI multi-country perspective [pdf]	Presentations by: Arame Tall [pdf] Meaghan Daly [ppt] Jessica Sharoff [ppt] Simon Mason [ppt] Maarten van Aalst [ppt]
Institut des hautes études internationales et du développement (HEID)	Climate information for decision-making
Institute of Global Climate and Ecology of Roshydromet and Russian Academy of Sciences	Stabilization of climate on the basis of geoengineering


Tuesday, 1 September - Afternoon

Organizer	Topic	Related files
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP)	Groundwater and climate [pdf]
HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management (IFM Help Desk)	Global change and floods [pdf]	Presentation by W. Grabs [ppt]
Global Compact / Copenhagen Business Council / WMO Caring For Climate Initiative - to be confirmed	UN Global Compact - Caring For Climate Initiative Copenhagen Business Summit on Climate Change


Wednesday, 2 September - Lunch

Organizer	Topic	Related files
WWF	Arctic Climate Feedbacks: Global Implications; report launch and panel discussion [pdf]
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)	Global climate change adaptation network: enhancing the availability of climate information for adaptation [pdf]
United States Geological Survey (USGS)/United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)	From space to communities: an end-to-end approach to climate resiliency


Wednesday, 2 September - Afternoon

Organizer	Topic	Related files
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)	Weather Index Insurance in practice: insurers' experience from China, Ethiopia and India [pdf]
University of Geneva	Adapting to changing water quantity and quality in a changing climate
Intercooperation and the University of Zurich on behalf of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)	Linking global and local perspectives for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in mountain regions [pdf]