A Norden Top-Level Initiative in Climate Change Adaptation Research Network is hosting a workshop in Aalborg, Denmark, from 20-21 March 2012. The focus of this three-day workshop will be on national, regional and municipal climate change adaptation strategies placed in context of sustainable regional development. Planners and researchers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, and the UK will discuss the opportunities and challenges of different adaptation (and mitigation) strategies within a Nordic and European context. This workshop is primarily aimed at planners, decision makers and researchers in the field of climate change planning and regional development.

Participating institutions include: Aalborg University (DK), Aalborg Municipality (DK), Aalto University (FI), CICERO (NO), Oslo Municipality, Oslo University College (NO), Prognos AG (DE), Swedish Defence Research Agency (SE), Örebro University (SE), Region Nordjylland (DK), The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, University of Leeds (UK), and Vestlandsforsking (NO)