1. Workshop A: Regions, resources and environment - Climate change and new energy paradigm

2. Hundreds of millions of people exposed to increased water stress
Climate change: Key impacts as a function of increasing global average temperature change (IPCC, 2007)
Hundreds of millions of people exposed to increased water stress
Increasing species range shifts and wildfire risk
Increased damage from floods and storms
Increasing mortality from heat waves

3. Climate change: Issues identified by the scenarios
Structural impacts:
drought in southern Europe (impacts on the economy, the environment and the production of hydro-electricity)
mountain regions dependent upon winter tourism;
potential positive impacts on the northern half of Europe (new opportunities for rural areas and for winter tourism in the Nordic countries)
Impacts of natural hazards: river valleys, coastal areas, forest areas in southern Europe, but local risk is probabilistic
Less prosperous regions have less resources to allocate to prevention and mitigation measures
Global issue:
Risk of increasing socio-economic disparities at global scale
Important migratory movements

4. Energy: the global context

5. Energy: the impact
Share of transport and taxes in the price of a shoe: 5%
Share of energy in total consumption of manufacturing industries: 3%
Labour cost differential between Germany and China: 40:1
Accessibility top priority for companies when chosing a location
Share of energy in total household expenditure in Belgium: 8%
Share of housing in total household expenditure in Belgium: 21%

6. Energy: Issues identified by the scenarios
Expensive energy vs rare energy
Evolution of mobility and accessibility (substitution through telecom services ?);
Evolution of settlements (compact cities?)
Delocalisation of companies towards lower energy prices
Opportunities for regions with renewable energy sources and new energy technologies
Likely positive impacts on the urban environment (hydrogen technologies)
Competition between food and energy production in rural areas
Environmental damages resulting from intensive energy-related agriculture and forestry.