3^rd World Congress on Climate Change and Global Warming October 16-17, 2017 Dubai, UAE

Gene Fry grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. He received his PhD in Resource Economics from Cornell University in 1989. He testified before the Maine and New York utility commissions and a nuclear plant siting board. He became policy & planning director at the Maine energy office in 1988. In 1990 Dr. Fry joined the Massachusetts utility commission staff. He spent half his time on energy efficiency programs, analyzing savings estimates and reviewing program plans. During 2009-11, he was in charge of evaluating many energy efficiency programs for Western Massachusetts Electric and Connecticut Light and Power. In a 1991 case to assign prices to air pollution, Dr. Fry was point person for CO2. He reviewed scores of studies on the evidence for it and its consequences. He recommended $22 / ton of CO2. Over 2005-2009, he wrote hundreds of summary articles about climate change for 2 monthly newsletters. His research has included how CO2 and CH4 relate to temperatures over millions of years via albedo changes and natural feedbacks; recent warming rates for US cities; economics of home solar water heating; and the economics of nuclear power plants as they age. The 1st shows that we can expect 5°C warming or more from current CO2 and CH4 levels, mostly over the next 300 years, as well as even more warming if humans emit even more carbon. Dr. Fry has presented information on global warming to some 40 audiences. He has distributed his CDs, with a library on climate change, to more than 20,000 people over 10 years. He has made three 2,000 mile bicycle trips, most recently from Seattle to Boston with his son in 2003.

1. Temperatures trends in the US, mostly summer highs over 41 years, for 348 US cities. 2. Analysis of temperatures over the past 15 million years to project global temperature changes over the coming decades and centuries. I connect changes in albedo (ice, snow, clouds, sulfates) and natural emissions (permafrost, methane hydrates, peat and forest fires, and outgassing from a warming ocean) to future temperature trends.

Prof. Hoeppe joined Munich Re in 2004. He was appointed Head of the Geo Risks Research Department in January 2005. Currently he is heading the Munich Re division “Geo Risks Research/Corporate Climate Centre”.
Before joining Munich Re Prof. Hoeppe has worked in different institutes at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and as a post doc at Yale University (USA). Most time of his university career Prof. Hoeppe spent at the Insitute of Bioclimatology and Applied Meteorology and the Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. His academic education is in meteorology (Masters and PhD) and human biology (PhD).
Prof. Hoeppe is scientific member of many scientific societies, from 1999 to 2002 he has been the President of the International Society of Biometeorolgy. He has held expert functions in different UN-Organisations. He is the Chairman of the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative, which he has founded in 2005. In 2007 Prof. Hoeppe has been appointed as Global Warming Advisor of the Bavarian State Government and Chair of the “Finance-Forum: Climate Change” of the high-tech Strategy of the German Federal Government. In 2009 he has been one of the initiators of the Desertec Industrial Initiative. In 2014 he became Chairman of the “Münchener Universitätsgesellschaft”, the sponsoring association of the “Ludwig-Maximilians-University”.
Prof. Hoeppe currently is member of several caucuses, advisory boards and associations:
-Board Member of the Global Climate Forum
-Member of the Steering Committee of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy at LSE
-Member of High Level OECD Advisory Board on Management of Large Scale Catastrophes
-Chair of MCII (Munich Climate Insurance Initiative)
-Member of Advisory Board of Munich Re Foundation
-Member of Working Group "Extreme Events and Climate Risks” of the Geneva Association
-Chair of “Muenchener Universitaetsgesellschaft”
-Board member of VfU (Verein für Umwelt-management und Nachhaltigkeit in Finanzinstituten) and coordinator of "Finanz-Forum: Klimawandel“

His main areas of research have been effects of atmospheric processes (heat/cold, UV radiation, air pressure fluctuations) and air pollutants (ozone, particles) on humans and the general assessment of environmental risks. Currently his research focus is on trends of natural catastrophes and their drivers and on strategies to increase the resilience of societies against these perils. A major topic also is the analysis of effects of climate change on insurance and the development of strategies on how this industry can contribute solutions for the adaptation and mitigation of global warming.

Professor V.P. Singh is a University Distinguished Professor, a Regents Professor, and Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A & M University. He received his B.S., M.S., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees in engineering. He is a registered professional engineer, a registered professional hydrologist, and an Honorary diplomate of ASCE-AAWRE. He has published more than 900 journal articles; 25 textbooks; 59 edited reference books; 104 book chapters; and 315 conference papers in the area of hydrology and water resources. He has received more than 85 national and international awards. He is a member of 10 international science/engineering academies. He has served as President of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH). He is editor-in-chief of three journals and two book series and serves on editorial boards of more than 25 journals and three book series.

Watershed modeling, Erosion and Sediment Transport in Upland Watersheds, Streamflow Forecasting, Dam Break Analysis, Entropy-Based Modeling, Network Design,Groundwater Modeling and Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change.

J. Sciare is the director of the Energy Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC) of the Cyprus Institute (CyI). His main expertise covers the experimental characterization of atmospheric pollutants; addressing issues related their impacts on air quality, health and climate. He is currently leading the development of several major research infrastructure in Cyprus, contributing to the long-term observation of key climate forcers in the Eastern Mediterranean Middle East (EMME) region. These facilities represent a major constrain to the Air Quality and Climate models used at CyI to evaluate the various impacts of human-made air pollution. J. Sciare is (co-)author of more than 100 international refereed publications (H-index 35) and more than 200 presentations at international conferences devoted to atmospheric chemistry and physics.

My main expertise covers the experimental characterization of atmospheric pollutants(sources, geographic origin, atmospheric processes); addressing issues related their impacts on air quality, health and climate. I am currently leading the development of several major research infrastructure in Cyprus, contributing to the long-term observation of key climate forcers in the Eastern Mediterranean Middle East (EMME) region. These facilities represent a major constrain to the Air Quality and Climate regional models used at the Cyprus Institute to evaluate the various impacts of human-made air pollution. They also aim at promoting (through transnational access and training) the development of the first atmospheric network in the Middle East complying with international standards.

Wendy Lynne Lee is professor of philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania where she has taught for over 25 years. Her primary objectives have long been to realize a philosophically informed life both professionally, as a public intellectual, and as a citizen dissident. She is deeply committed to teaching, writing, and a life as an engaged feminist, particularly in the environmental movement as a writer, researcher, and amateur photographer. Lee has published about 40 scholarly essays in her areas of expertise--philosophy of language (particularly later Wittgenstein), philosophy of mind/brain, feminist theory, theory of sexual identity, post-Marxian theory, nonhuman animal welfare, ecological aesthetics, aesthetic phenomenology, and philosophy of ecology. She was a founding member of the Shale Justice Coalition, ran for Lt. Governor on the Pennsylvania Green Party 2014 ticket, and was vice president of the National Community Rights Network (CELDF). She writes an incendiary current issues blog called The Wrench. Her most recent book is "Eco-Nihilism: The Philosophical Geopolitics of the Climate Change Apocalypse," Lexington Press. She is now hard at work drafting "This is Environmental Ethics" for Blackwell, and completing her first Trumpian era scholarly essay tentatively titled "The New Fascism: The Retrofit of Karl Marx in the Quest for the Fully Capitalized Planet.

Philosophy of language (particularly later Wittgenstein), philosophy of mind/brain, feminist theory, theory of sexual identity, post-Marxian theory, nonhuman animal welfare, ecological aesthetics, aesthetic phenomenology, and philosophy of ecology.

Hans Joachim Mueller has completed his PhD in Geophysics at the Academy of Sciences Berlin, Germany in 1988. During the last 30 years he published multiple papers in reputed journals about high pressure geophysics, mineral physics and the deep interior of terrestrial planets. The international program Deep Carbon Observatory was link and cause for starting to care about special aspects of climate change few years ago.

Geophysical large volume high pressure research in conjunction with light and neutron sources, High pressure ultrasonic interferometry, High pressure falling sphere viscosimetry, Seismic attenuation, Elastic and inelastic properties of natural rocks and its artificial representatives under extreme conditions, Experimental investigation of elastic properties in the seismic frequency range by the LVP deformation technique, Multi-staging in DIA-type LVPs – bridging the pressure gap between large volume and diamond anvil cell hp technology, Comparative study of long term climate development of terrestrial planets and Earth, Development and political enforcement of real negative emissions on planet Earth before the ongoing climate change gets irreversibly.

Dr Taha B.M.J. Ouarda’s specialization is in hydrometeorology, environmental and public health modeling, and risk analysis. Prior to joining Masdar Institute, Mr. Ouarda was Chairman of the Canada Research Chair on the Estimation of Hydro-meteorological Variables, and also Chairman of the Industrial Chair in Statistical Hydrology, where his research team represented one of the largest Canadian teams in the field of hydrology. Mr. Ouarda has also served as President of the National Canadian Committee on Statistical Hydrology. Mr. Ouarda holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University. He has developed several approaches for the estimation of extreme hydro-meteorological events on local and regional scales, developed several methodologies for the modeling of hydro-meteorological variables under changing environments, and developed several computer softwares that deal with a range of problems in the fields of water resources and environmental engineering. He has also led several international projects dealing with hydro-meteorological modeling, environmental analysis and the links between climate evolution, the environment, and public health. Mr. Ouarda is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards and is a member of the editorial Board of a number of international scientific journals such as the Journal of Hydrology and the Hydrological Sciences Journal

Estimation of extreme hydro-meteorological events, modeling of hydro-meteorological variables, computational hydrology, environmental analysis, links between climate evolution, the environment, and public health.

1951: Born in Japan.
1974: Graduated from Department of Physics in Waseda University, Japan.
1974: Assistant in Department of Geo Sciences, National Defense Academy, Japan.
1989: Lecturer in Department of Geo Sciences, National Defense Academy, Japan.
1990: Ph. D. from University of Tsukuba, Climatological and numerical studies of deep local depressions on the lee side of the Hidaka mountain range in Hokkaido.
1991: Associate professor in Department of Earth Sciences, National Defense Academy, Japan.
1998 to present: Professor in Institute of Earth and Ocean Sciences, National Defense Academy, Japan.

Aviation weather, Turbulence, Lightning, Fog, Artificial cloud seeding

Xiangrong Wang is currently the director and professor of the Centre for Urban Eco-Planning & Design, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering of Fudan University in Shanghai China, the director of National Centre for Virtual Simulation of Environmental Science at Fudan University,the President of Shanghai Ecological Society, the Deputy Chairman of Urban Ecological Commission of Ecological Society of China. In addition, he is the Chair of Environmental Science and Greening Division of Shanghai Municipal Construction Commission, and the editorial members of some academic journals, such as the editor-in-chief of Journal of World Forestry (Hans Press, USA), editors of Acta Ecological Sinica, Chinese Journal of Ecology, Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture, Journal of Environmental Science & Technology, etc, and reviewers of some International Journals such as Ecological Engineering, Landscape and Urban Planning, and Journal of Environmental Management.He also served as a regional vice-chair of East Asia, the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication during 2004-2012 and a steering member of INTECOL Association. Prof. Wang got his Ph.D of Environmental Ecology in 1991 at East China Normal University and carried out his post-doctoral education of urban ecology and Planning at Tongji University in 1993. He was also a senior visiting scholar at the Univrsity of Liverpool, UK during 1994-1996 and a Fulbright Scholar at the State University of New York at New Paltz and Bard College, USA during 2004-2005.

Environmental ecology assessment and Ecological planning, Global change and Environmental policy & Sustainability, and Urban ecosystem research

A. W. Jayawardena is a retired professor with over 40 years of experience in the fields of hydrology, water resources and environmental engineering in academia, government, consulting engineers and international organizations. At present, he is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Hong Kong where he has been teaching for many years, and has in the past been a Technical Advisor to the Research and Development Centre of Nippon Koei Co. Ltd (Consulting Engineers), Japan, Research and Training Advisor to the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) under the auspices of UNESCO, Japan, Professor in the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan, a Guest Professor of Beijing Normal University, China, Honorary Professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences of the University of Hong Kong and a Visiting Professor in Tsinghua University of China. He has been the recepient of the 2013 International Award of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, has authored the book "Environmental and Hydrological Systems Modelling", and authored or co-authored over 175 reseach publications.

Hydrology and Water Resources

Queena K QIAN is Assistant Professor at OTB research for Research Institute for the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands since December 2014. Prior to this appointment, She was employed as Research Assistant Professor at Building and Real Estate Dept., the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU). She received her PhD, entitled “Barriers to Promote Building Energy Efficiency- A Transaction Costs Perspective”, at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2012. She has received prestigious awards from different countries. For example, Delft Technology Fellow (2014) at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. Endeavour Australian Cheung Kong Fellow (2013) at University of South Australia, Australia. She was a Fulbright recipient (2010) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at UC Berkeley and Washington University in St Louis, USA.

green building promotion, building energy efficiency, transaction costs, low carbon city development, elderly friendly precinct design, sustainable urban planning, energy retrofit, governance and incentive schemes, etc.

Qiang Zhang has his expertise in evaluation of risk of floods and droughts, modelling of hydrological and meteorological extremes. His achievements include finding of nonstationarity in occurrence rates of precipitation extremes and effects of topographical characteristics on spatial patterns of precipitation extremes. Besides, he proposed detrending methods in multi-scale detrending fluctuation analysis which make feasible application of MDFA in modelling of hydrometeorological series. Moreover, he achieved new finding of clustering phenomenon of precipitation extremes and this finding can help to development human understanding of clustering phenomenon of floods and droughts.

Hydrometeorology, Natural hazards: modelling and mechanisms; nonlinear hydrology; modelling of hydrological and meteorological extremes.