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Prague to Host Central Europe's First Climate Week
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Prague will host the first international climate week in Central Europe from September 14 to 20, with more than 50 conferences, seminars, workshops and other events planned across the city.
Climate Week Prague will bring together representatives from climate research, finance, government, business and other sectors to discuss how cities and economies can respond to climate change.
The official opening will take place at the Prague Planetarium on Monday, September 14, at 2:30 p.m.
Speakers will include former European Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard, Deputy Director-General for Climate Policy at the European Commission and a former Czech environment minister Jan Dusík, and Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda of the ODS party, who is supporting the event.
The program will cover a broad range of issues, including how cities can adapt to rising temperatures, water management, energy, construction, agriculture and transport.
Finance will be a major part of the agenda. The CEE Sustainable Finance Summit, running from September 14 to 16, will examine the impact of geopolitics and artificial intelligence on Europe’s economic competitiveness.
Climate Week Prague has been organized by a coalition of independent organizations led by the International Sustainable Finance Centre. The group also includes research institutions, the Climate Facts think tank, banks, investors and trade unions representing workers in the construction and energy sectors.
The organizers say the increasing effects of climate change, including more frequent heat waves, were among the main reasons for launching the event.
Data cited by Fakta o klimatu illustrates the change in Prague’s summer temperatures.
Between 1961 and 1990, the city recorded seven tropical nights, when temperatures remained at or above 20 degrees Celsius throughout the night. Over the following 35 years, that number increased to 165, according to data from the Czech Academy of Sciences’ Institute for Global Change Research.
Average summer minimum temperatures in Prague also increased during the period, rising from 13 to 15 degrees Celsius, according to Fakta o klimatu.
The local figures come as international assessments warn of further warming. Reuters reported earlier in September, citing the United Nations Environment Programme, that global temperatures are expected to exceed the key 1.5-degree-Celsius threshold above pre-industrial levels within the next few years.
Further warming is expected to contribute to more extreme weather and increase pressure on ecosystems, glaciers and low-lying coastal cities.
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