Post conference event:

A unique sailing experience focusing on climate change
At 17:45 all conference guests are invited on a 50 minute boat tour round Copenhagen Harbour.

The tour will be guided by Senior Climate Researcher Mr. Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen from the Danish Meteorological Institute's (DMI's) Climate Centre, who will identify and illustrate the consequences of various climate changes while sailing through the modern and historic parts of Copenhagen Harbour.

At the Danish Climate Centre Mr. Hesselbjerg Christensen and his fellow researchers are currently focusing on the consequences of climate change. As a result,  the Danish Climate Centre predicts the following weather scenario in Denmark by the year 2100:

The Earth’s atmosphere is changing and the weather and climate is changing along with it. Anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gasses into the Earth’s atmosphere is accelerating the greenhouse effect, resulting in global warming.

At the Danish Climate Centre, researchers are predicting the future climate, focusing on the next 50-100 years. When researchers work with climate models, they base the work on assumptions of future emissions of greenhouse gasses. The climate models are first tested on the historic climate before they are applied on the future.

Continued emissions of greenhouse gasses at the present or an increased rate will result in further global warming and could lead to many changes in the global climate system in the 21st century. In the year 2100 Denmark will face an increase in temperature in the range of 0.7 to 4.6 degrees Celsius and a rise in sea level of 30 to 60 centimetres.