French-German Bilateral Climate Symposium

The Science & Technology Department at the French Embassy in Berlin, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena and INRA in Paris organize a bilateral symposium on climate change, agriculture and forestry.

Preliminary program:
Introduction : Markus Reichstein (MPI-BGC) and Jean-François Soussana (INRA)


Session 1: Forestry, Climate Extremes and the Terrestrial Carbon Balance
Chair: Markus Reichstein
Speakers: Denis Lousteau, Damien Bonal (INRA); Nuno Carvalhais, Miguel Mahecha (Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry)

Session 2: The Greenhouse Gas Balance of Agriculture and Climate Change
Chair: Jean-François Soussana
Speakers: Annette Freibauer (Thünen-Institute); Katja Klumpp, Sylvain Pellerin (INRA)

Session 3: Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
Chair: Markus Reichstein
Speakers: Gianni Bellocchi, Pierre Martre (to be confirmed) (INRA); Frank Ewert (Friedrich-Wilhems University)

Session 4: Bioeconomy, Ecosystem Services and Climate
Chair: Jean-François Soussana
Speakers : Sylvain Caurla (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research); Alberte Bondeau (CNRS, IRD, Université Aix-Marseille)

Session 5: Global Biosphere Modeling
Chair: Jean-François Soussana
Speakers : Nicolas Viovy (LSCE); Sönke Zaehle (Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry)

Outlook: Jean-François Soussana and Markus Reichstein
The Symposium language is English.