1 st TURKISH - GERMAN FRONTIERS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM 2015
“Changing Climate – Changing Lives”
26– 29 November 2015
»List of sessions«
27.11.2015
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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON NATURAL SYSTEMS
Organizers: Patricia Ramey-Balci & Annette Kolb
The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Its Consequences for Human
Well-being
Barış Yılmaz, Celal Bayar University
Will ocean acidification and warming affect European Societies?
Felix C. Mark, Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven
Changes in Freshwater Ecosystems Due To Climate Change And Potential Adaptations
Arda Özen, Çankırı Karatekin University
European pollinators suffer from climate change in many ways
Oliver Schweiger, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Halle
27.11.2015
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIAL PRESSURES
Organizers:Zühre Aksoy & Kerstin Krellenberg
Transformative psychology? Psychological determinants of prevention behavior facing climate risks and the inaccuracy of the information deficit model
Torsten Grothmann, University of Oldenburg
Strengthening the resilience of cities in the light of climatic and societal change
Jörn Birkmann, University of Stuttgart
The Late Early Bronze Age Regional Catastrophe in the Ancient Near East: Climatic
Change and the Collapse of a Socio-Economic System
Tevfik Emre Şerifoğlu, Bitlis Eren University
Positioning of the society towards (increasing) flooding in Turkey: Examining reflections of urban planning, media and non-governmental organizations at local level
Aslı Öğüt Erbil, Istanbul Technical University
Possible population mobility scenarios between Southeast Europe and
Anatolia following the Last ice Age
Onur Özbek, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

28.11.2015
 ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Organizers: Baris Karapinar & Katrin Rehdanz
Developing Quantitative Measures for Fair Allocation of Emission Reduction
Responsibilities and Capabilities across Countries
İzzet Arı, Ministry of Development
The Effect of Building Energy Retrofits on Daily Heating Time
Martin Achtnicht, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development Dresden
The impact of climate change on costs of food and people exposed to hunger at subnational scale
Anne Biewald, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Impacts of Climate Change on Turkish Agriculture and Adaptation Strategies
Gökhan Özertan, Boğaziçi University
29.11.2015
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GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Organizers: Gonca Ongan & Markus Lederer
The Politics of International Climate Treaty Negotiations
Semra Cerit Mazlum, Marmara University Research Center for International Relations
Power Constellations in the International Climate Regime
Thomas Hickmann, University of Potsdam
You can crush us, you can bruise us but you’ll have to answer too…”: Contentious politics of climate justice in a warmer world
Ethemcan Turhan, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University
Righteous Climate Policies: Exploring Institutional Inter-linkages between the Human
Rights and the Climate Regime
Andrea Schapper, University of Stirling