Event summary:
The Arc Manche Assembly is a maritime network of French regions and English local authorities bordering and in the Channel Area. (Cornwall to Kent and Brittany to Nord-Pas de Calais). All levels of government and public bodies are represented.
On 3 December 2008 the Assembly will be hosting a conference in Folkestone UK entitled Adaption to Climate Change – Channel Communities in a Changing Economic Tide at which all aspects of the effect global warming on the Channel's coastal environments and its communities will be considered. The conference is unique in its focus on the effect of climate change on Channel communities and the debate will be based on modelling information from the UK Climate Impact Programme, in connection with relevant socio- economic information.
