Impressions Events

Scenarios Forum 2019

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:19:00 +0300

The Scenarios Forum will take place from 11 to 13 March 2019 in Denver, CO. The goal of the Scenarios Forum is to bring together a diverse set of communities who are using or developing scenarios for use in climate change and sustainability analysis to:

exchange experiences, ideas, and lessons learned
identify opportunities for synergies and collaboration
identify knowledge gaps for future research.

By taking stock of progress and facilitating further scenario-related research, this meeting will inform the use of scenarios in the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It will also help ensure a research base sufficient to inform future national and international assessments as well as policy initiatives, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

An important, but not exclusive, focus of the meeting is the ongoing process of developing and using the so-called "scenarios framework" for fostering integrated climate change and sustainability research. As part of that framework, climate models have simulated alternative climate outcomes driven by the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), and a new set of societal futures, the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), has been developed and used by integrated assessment models to produce a first set of global energy, land use, and emissions scenarios based on them.

The meeting is presented by the International Committee on New Integrated Climate change assessment Scenarios (ICONICS) and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures.

More information on the official event website: https://www.scenariosforum2019.com

European Climate Change Adaptation (ECCA) Conference 2017

Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:07:00 +0200

The 3rd European Climate Change Adaptation (ECCA) Conference will take place from 6 to 8 June 2017 in Glasgow, Uk and will be co-organized by IMPRESSIONS and its sister projects HELIX and RISES-AM.

The theme of ECCA 2017 is ‘Our Climate Ready Future’. Our vision is that this conference will inspire and enable people to work together to discover and deliver positive climate adaptation solutions that can strengthen society, revitalise local economies and enhance the environment. We will bring together the people who will deliver action on the ground – from business, industry, NGOs, local government and communities – to share knowledge, ideas and experience with researchers and policymakers. Set in the cultural city of Glasgow, at the heart of a city-region that is putting climate adaptation and climate justice at the core of decision-making, ECCA 2017 offers a unique opportunity to visit many innovative local adaptation projects and share experience of how climate adaptation can work in practice.

More information to follow on the event's dedicated website: http://www.ecca2017.eu/

EU Green Week 2017

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:54:00 +0300

EU Green Week 2017 will take place from 29 May to 2 June with the theme of 'Green jobs for a greener future'. It will focus on how EU environmental policies are creating green jobs and contributing to economic, sustainable and socially responsible growth in the EU. It will also highlight the demand for new types of green skills in many professional sectors.

In addition to a high level conference in Brussels, the programme will also feature a series of partner events and actions taking place across Europe. As well as being invited to take part in person, stakeholders and the general public are encouraged to become 'virtually' involved by participating in a wide range of on-line and social media activities.

More information is available here: http://www.eugreenweek.eu/

World Conference on Climate Change

Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:05:00 +0300

The ‘World Conference on Climate Change (Climate Change 2016)’ will take place on Oct 24-26, at Valencia, Spain.

Climate Change 2016 is organised with the theme "Updating our Understanding: Earth's Climate is Warming" OMICS International conference series organizes 1000+ Global Events inclusive of 300+ Conferences, 500+ Upcoming and Previous Symposiums and Workshops in USA, Europe & Asia with support from 1000 more scientific societies and publishes 700+ Open access journals which contains over 30000 eminent personalities, reputed scientists as editorial board members.

More information: http://climatechange.conferenceseries.com/

1.5 degrees: Meeting the challenges of the Paris Agreement

Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:51:00 +0200

The 1.5 degrees international conference will take place on 21 & 22 Septermber 2016 in Oxford, UK, to bring together researchers, policy makers and members of civil society to understand the impacts of warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and assess the feasibility of meeting the challenges in the Paris Climate Agreement.

The 1.5 degrees conference will contribute to the evidence base for the Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, which the IPCC has been called upon to produce in 2018.

Conference Themes

Why and how did we arrive at 1.5 degrees?
Moral questions surrounding a 1.5 degrees goal
Impacts of 1.5 degrees: sensitivity of the Earth system
Impacts of 1.5 degrees: damage avoided and residual damage
Mitigation pathways to 1.5 degrees
Societal and development implications of 1.5 degrees
Technology options for radical emissions reduction and negative emissions
Implications for land use and biodiversity
Adaptation to climate change in the context of a 1.5 degrees goal
Financing 1.5 degrees
Governance of 1.5 degrees
Weighing up the benefits and costs of 1.5 degrees.

The full conference programme and a call for papers will be announced during the first quarter of 2016 along with registration and event details. Scientific papers submitted to the conference will be considered for a journal special issue, to be published in time to contribute to the anticipated IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways.

For more detailed information, please visit the conference website: www.1point5degrees.org.uk

European Ecosystem Services Conference: Helping Nature to Help Us

Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:36:00 +0200

The European Ecosystem Services 2016 conference: Helping nature to help us, will take place in Antwerp, Belgium from 19-23 September 2016.

This conference will be the biggest European event in 2016 that links science, policy and practice on ecosystem services and natural capital. With our strong focus on practice and implementation we will showcase excellent knowledge and research, share working examples from business, land management, policy and local practice.

The conference is organised by the research projects OPERAs, OpenNESS, and ECOPLAN and the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP).

For more information and to register, please see the event's webpage.

4th Nordic Conference on Climate Adaptation

Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:20:00 +0200

4th Nordic Conference on Climate Adaptation: From Research to Actions and Transformation will be held from 29 to 31 August 2016 in Bergen, Norway.

Following from the three successful earlier conferences the 4th Nordic Conference on Climate Adaptation will ensure a lively, inspiring conference on climate adaptation, with a focus on Northern Europe, where scientists and stakeholders can meet to discuss recent research findings, adaptation experiences, plans and practices. The scope of the conference will this time be widened to also include the marine and maritime sectors.

To register and learn more, please visit the conference website.

European Science Open Forum (ESOF)

Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:31:00 +0200

The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is a biennial, pan-European, general science conference dedicated to scientific research and innovation. Each conference aims to deliver stimulating content and lively debate around the latest advancements and discoveries in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. Now in its seventh iteration, ESOF attracts thousands of delegates to the host city during the week of the conference, which, in 2016, will be held between 23 and 27 July in Manchester.

ESOF brings together over 4,500 leading thinkers, innovators, policy makers, journalists and educators from more than 90 countries, to discuss current and future breakthroughs in contemporary science.

ESOF is one of the best opportunities for everyone from leading scientists, early careers researchers, business people, policy makers, science and technology communicators to the general public to come together to find out more about how science is helping us advance today.

To register and read more, please visit the event's website.

Resilient Cities 2016

Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:45:00 +0200

For the seventh time "Resilient Cities 2016 - Annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation" will take place from 6 to 8 July 2016 in Bonn, Germany. Resilient Cities is the global platform for urban resilience and climate change adaptation, organized by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability and co-hosted with the City of Bonn, Germany.

Submissions are now open for the Resilient Cities 2016, the 7th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation. The call for contributions will remain open until January 8, 2016.

The themes for Resilient Cities 2016 will feature a new focus on urban resilience and informality (informal settlements and economy) and on tracking progress on the local implementation of global frameworks (i.e. Sendai Framework, SDGs, Paris Agreement, Habitat III).

Learn more, register and submit an abstract here.

3rd Open European Day at Resilient Cities 2016

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:40:00 +0200

EEA and ICLEI joined forces again this year to organize the 3rd Open European Day (OED), taking place on the 5th July, back-to-back with the Bonn Resilient Cities Conference.

Thematic Focus

The thematic focuses of this year reflect the needs flagged by participants in the past editions and revolve around cutting-edge adaptation solutions and trends.

These are:

Climate services, involving the production, transfer and use of climate knowledge, but also tools, methods and instruments to enable climate-informed decision-making. Climate services are increasingly important to support cities in becoming climate-resilient.

Nature-based solutions, providing numerous benefits to cities and their inhabitants, if planned correctly.

Mainstreaming adaptation by integrating different local planning processes and exploiting co-benefits and opportunities for combining climate change mitigation and adaptation measures.

Financing adaptation as a means of making good adaptation solutions viable and of creating a window of opportunity for change in cities will be a cross-cutting theme during the event and be reflected upon in the sessions on topical themes.

For more information and for registration, visit the official event's page.

Adaptation Futures 2016

Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:02:00 +0300

Adaptation Futures 2016 is the fourth PROVIA worldwide adaptation conference. It will be held in Rotterdam from 10 to 13 May 2016. The conference aims to move climate change adaptation forward by promoting solutions across sectors, borders and communities.

The confernce will bring together scholars, practitioners, policymakers and business people from all around the world offering a platform to exchange new and practical ideas, experiences and insights for climate change adaptation. Participants are invited to share their research findings, public and commercial solutions, and policy issues. They are asked to demonstrate how their findings might be applicable to other communities, countries or sectors. Over four days, there will be opportunities to meet, mingle, inspire and develop partnerships.

Sessions

Three types of sessions will be offered: science sessions, practice sessions (including policy practice) and combined science-practice sessions. We invite proposals for full sessions that fit one of the three categories, as well as abstracts for individual presentations in the science sessions. The call for abstracts is now open!

Important dates

2015
August	Registration open, early bird till 15 March 2016
4 October 23.59h GMT+1	Call for scientific abstracts and policy/practice/science sesssions closed
End November	Notification of policy/practice/science session selection
Week of 15 December	Notification of scientific abstract/poster selection
2016
January	Publication draft programme
February	Publication final programme
15 March	Registration, start regular fee
10-13 May	Conference

More information is available on the official event website: http://www.adaptationfutures2016.org/

8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns

Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:39:00 +0200

The 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns will be hosted by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the Basque Government, Bizkaia County Council and Bilbao City Council, with the involvement of Udalsarea 21 - Basque Network of Municipalities for Sustainability, and the support of Araba County Council, Gipuzkoa County Council, Donostia/San Sebastián City Council and Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council. The event will take place from 27 to 29 April 2016.

The flagship European conference on local sustainable development will bring together local and regional government representatives, European and international institutions, multilateral organisations, members of the research community, business leaders, and civil society. It will build on the legacy of the previous conferences in Aalborg (Denmark, 1994 and 2004), Lisbon (Portugal, 1996), Hannover (Germany, 2000), Seville (Spain, 2007), Dunkerque (France, 2010), and Geneva (Switzerland, 2013). The conference will demonstrate the urgent need for actions by local governments in shaping Europe’s future.

Through the Aalborg Charter and Commitments, thousands of local governments in Europe have committed to enhancing the sustainability of their urban areas. The 2016 conference will allow participants to capitalise on the growing momentum for actions that transform cities into truly sustainable areas. The Sustainable Development Goals and the results of COP 21 in Paris will be reflected in the discussions, as well as the emerging Urban Agenda for Europe and the upcoming UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development HABITAT III.

Find out more here.

European Geosciences Union, General assembly 2016

Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:15:00 +0200

European Geosciences Union, General assembly: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Climatic Change Research and Assessment will take place in Vienna from 17 to 22 April 2016.

Adequate response to the challenges associated with climate change requires new formats of scientific research and assessment. In the past, linear approaches, starting from the recognition of climate change, through the analysis of observed or expected impacts and ending with policy recommendations, have been the mainstream. It is now widely recognised that these approaches mostly fail to reach their objectives since they do not account for feedbacks between the physical environment and societal action, nor for the feedbacks in the various subsystems. The objective of this session is to review and discuss the problem of climatic change in all its dimensions, with a special focus on interdisciplinary approaches. Climate change science concerns a number of disciplines, such as physics, biology, economics, social sciences etc. It is essential that new forms for interact between disciplines are found in order to produce innovative results.

We do not expect to cover all the aspects of the climate change science but we hope that as well researchers in physical and natural sciences than researchers in social sciences will find interest to participate at the session to present and discuss a few exciting issues within one of several of these scopes (and more):

- The link between global climate scenarios and the socio-economic developments

- Scenarios for impact studies: from global to local

- Climate services: the relation between scientists and stakeholders

- Ecosystem services: outputs from ecosystems, challenges and responses

- Climate – societal interactions in the last millennia: can we learn from past experience?

- Socio-ecosystems, towards a comprehensive approach to sustainability Science

- The climate change policies to mitigate climatic change

- Climatic change and biodiversity

- How to couple physical, ecological and socio-economic models

- Peoples' perception of risk, how to improve communication

- Sea level change and the problems of low lying areas.

Information: http://egu2016.eu/information/general_information.html

The call for abstracts for the EGU 2016 General Assembly is now open: make sure to submit your abstract by 13 January 2016, 13:00 CET. If you would like to apply for funding from the EGU to attend, please submit your abstract within the next few days, by 1 December. This month the EGU has also open a call for proposals for EGU 2016 co-sponsored meetings and has announced a new grant scheme for EGU members interested in developing an outreach and public engagement project.

IMPRESSIONS 3rd General Assembly

Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:22:00 +0200

The 3rd IMPRESSIONS General Assembly meeting will take place between 19 and 21 Januart, 2016 in Florence, Italy. The meeting will bring together the project consrtium to discuss achevements and plan for the future development of IMPRESSIONS.

2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference

Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:39:00 +0300

In 2015, France will be hosting and presiding the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11), otherwise known as "Paris 2015" from November 30th to December 11th.

COP21 will be a crucial conference, as it needs to achieve a new international agreement on the climate, applicable to all countries, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C. France will therefore be playing a leading international role to ensure points of view converge and to facilitate the search for consensus by the United Nations, as well as within the European Union, which has a major role in climate negotiations.

More information is available here: http://www.cop21.gouv.fr/en

Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change in Urban Areas and their Rural Surroundings: Linkages between science, policy and practice

Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:56:00 +0300

The Europena Conference "Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change in Urban Areas and their Rural Surroundings: Linkages between science, policy and practice" will take place from 17 to 19 November 2015 in Bonn, Germany.

The event is a joint European Conference held by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the European Network of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies (ENCA) in co-operation with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) / German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv).

Climate change has significant impact on society and biodiversity in Europe. Urban inhabitants are most likely to experience climate change effects directly because currently 73 per cent of Europeans live in urban areas. Here, management of urban ecosystems offer sustainable and cost-effective solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation while contributing to human well-being.

This European conference will bring together experts from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of nature-based solutions to climate change in urban areas and their rural surroundings. Emphasize is given to the potential of nature-based approaches to create multiple-benefits.

The conference is divided into three main areas (day 1: science, day 2: practice and implementation, day 3: policy and business), each of which will be opened by keynote speakers including:

Hans Bruyninckx (Executive Director European Environmental Agency, EEA)
Wilhelm Krull (Chair of the H2020 expert group on nature-based solutions and re-naturing cities, Secretary General Volkswagen Foundation)
Georgina Mace (University College London – UCL, Director of Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research)
Christine Wamsler (Lund University, Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Nataša Jazbinšek (Head of Department for Environmental Protection City of Ljubljana and Head of working group for European Green Capital programme 2016)
Wolfgang Teubner (ICLEI Regional Director for Europe)
Kurt Vandenberghe (Director for Climate action and resource efficiency at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation)
Chantal van Ham (IUCN – EU Programme Manager Nature Based Solutions)
Dirk Sijmons (Delft University of Technology)

Keynote speeches are complemented by plenary presentations given by leading experts in the fields of urban biodiversity, climate change, and socio-economic effects of nature-based solutions, interactive sessions and a poster exhibition.

Deadline for abstract submission is 24 July 2015 (abstract submission guidelines)

Registration:

Early bird registration deadline: 18 September 2015

Final registration deadline: 30 October 2015

For more information and to register please visit: http://www.ecbcc2015.com/

JPI Climate Symposium: Designing Comprehensive Open Knowledge Policies to Face Climate Change

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:18:00 +0300

The JPI Climate Symposium "Designing Comprehensive Open Knowledge Policies to Face Climate Change" will take place on 22 & 23 Oct 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

This event is planend to address 3 aims:

To foster the discussion on how to promote, design and implement effective and comprehensive policies towards what is called "Open Access" and "Open knowledge" within the climate-relevant research community (including policy makers, funding agencies, research institutions, practitioners and non-academic stakeholders like NGOs, SMEs, or from the civil society).
To build capacity through the presentation and discussion of good practices from both the climate research (including research funding organisations and foundations) and other fields of knowledge.
To reinforce and legitimatise the JPI Climate Guidelines on Open Knowledge (recently adopted by the JPI Climate GB: www.jpi-climate.eu/jpi-themes/OpenAccessOpenKnowledge) as a toolbox for policy makers and research funding organisations when designing and executing climate research policies.

The Joint Programming Initiative "JPI Climate" (www.jpi-climate.eu) is a European network of national funding organisations working together to coordinate jointly their climate research agendas and to fund new transnational research initiatives.

If you have interest to participate, please fill in the online registration form

Further information about the event is available at the JPI Climate website

4th EEEN Forum: Knowledge from Climate & Environment Policy Evaluation

Wed, 15 Jul 2015 18:02:00 +0300

The Florence School of Regulation Climate (FSR-Climate) of the European University Institute (EUI) will host the 4th EEEN Forum on 17 & 18 September 2015 in Florence (Italy). The 2015 EEEN forum aims at drawing lessons from climate & environment policy evaluation, supporting the road from the climate summit in Paris to 2050.

The purpose of the International Environmental Evaluators Network (EEN) is to advance the practice, policy and theory of evaluating environmental programmes, policies and other interventions. Since 2012, forums of the European Environmental Evaluators’ Network (EEEN) have been organised to promote more systematic and collective learning in these areas.

More information on this event is available here: http://fsr.eui.eu/Events/ENERGY/Forum/EEENForum/150917-18EEENForum.aspx

World Symposium on Climate Change Adaption (WSCCA-2015)

Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:45:00 +0300

The World Symposium on Climate Change Adaption (WSCCA-2015) will take place from 2 to 4 September 2015 in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Climate change is among the major challenges of modern times. As the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has shown, there are still many challenges ahead and many needs to be met, calling from action not only from government, but also from various stakeholders.

Apart from the knowledge offered by modelling and forecasts which allows us to understand the problem and how it develops in the future, we need to know more about approaches, methods and tools, which may help us to cope with the social, economic and political problems posed by climate change now. In order words, we need to speed up developments in the field of climate change adaptation.

It is against this background that the "World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation" is being organised. The event is a joint initiative by Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), the Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences" of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and the Baltic University Programme in Uppsala (Sweden), in cooperation with the International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP) and the United Nations University initiative "Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development" (RCE). The Symposium will be a truly interdisciplinary event, covering some of the key areas in the field of climate change adaptation.

The "World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation" will focus on "innovative approaches to implement climate change adaptation", and will contribute to the further development of this fast-growing field.

International Science Conference: Our Common Future under Climate Change

Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:36:00 +0300

The International Science Conference "Our Common Future under Climate Change" will take place at UNESCO (Paris) in from 7 to 10 July 2015.

This four-day conference will be the largest forum for the scientific community to come together ahead of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the UNFCCC, which will be hosted by France in December 2015 ("Paris Climat 2015"). Building on the results of IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5), the conference will address key issues concerning climate change in the broader context of global change. It will offer an opportunity to discuss solutions for both mitigation and adaptation issues. The Conference will also welcome Side Events organized by different stakeholders.

The Conference has four overarching objectives:ur Common Future Under Climate Change:

- Provide state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on climate change, one year after the release of IPCC AR5: physical basis of climate change, impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, mitigation, storylines and scenarios;

- Explore a wide range of pathways combining climate change mitigation and adaptation, and sustainable development;

- Assess the potential for evidence-based solutions to climate change challenges;

- Contribute to a science-society dialogue.

Find out more information on teh official event's webpage: http://www.commonfuture-paris2015.org/

Our Common Future Under Climate Change

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Open International Conference: Lifestyle changes for a fair ecological transition

Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:35:00 +0300

The Open International Conference on "Lifestyle changes for a fair ecological transition" will take place on 29th June 2015, at the University Foundation in Brussels.

The conference is co-organised by:

- LPTransition: Louvain Open Partnership Research on Social and Ecological Transition (http://lptransition.uclouvain.be/)

- IPES Food: International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (http://www.ipes-food.org/)

Entry is free, but places are limited : registration is compulsory. Please register by simple email to maria.porrasgomez@uclouvain.be

For more information see the attached flyer below.

Green Week 2015

Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:44:00 +0300

The 2015 edition of Green Week, the biggest annual conference on European environment policy, will take place from 3 to 5 June at The Egg Conference Centre, Rue Bara, in Brussels. The theme will be nature and biodiversity.

Nature is vital for our health and our wealth. We depend on it for the food, energy, raw materials, air and water that make life possible and drive the economy. We share this planet with an extraordinary natural diversity which is a source of inspiration, learning and recreation; part of our cultural heritage and contributing to our quality of life. Protecting nature and maintaining Europe's competitiveness must go hand-in-hand as nature and biodiversity policy can play a key role in creating jobs and stimulating investment.

Green Week will look at these and other benefits we receive from nature, and the framework in place to protect it. Green Week offers a unique opportunity for debate and exchanges of experience and best practice. Over the past decade, the conference has established itself as an unmissable event for anyone involved with protecting the environment. The 2014 edition attracted around 3.100 participants from government, business and industry, non-governmental organisations, academia and the media.

More information here: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/greenweek/

Second European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:17:00 +0200

Adaptation action - integrating business solutions, policy and science

The European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA) 2015 is the second of its kind, follow-ing the first ECCA held in Hamburg 2013 which was attended by more than 700 participants. It is an initiative of a number of major European research projects and other stakeholders. The confer-ence will cover a broad range of issues related to climate change adaptation and follows interna-tional adaptation conferences in Australia (Gold Coast, Queensland) in 2010 and in the United States (Tucson, Arizona) in 2012. This European conference will place a greater emphasis on under-standing and assessing adaptation in action under the theme:

Integrating climate adaptation action in science, policy, practitioners and business

Flyer

Invitation

JPI Climate Workshop: Improving knowledge for enhanced climate change response and decision-making

Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:21:00 +0300

The JPI Climate Workshop: "Improving knowledge for enhanced climate change response and decision-making"will take place on 21 - 22 April 2015 at the JPI Climate Central Secretariat, Brussels, Belgium.

Within the intergovernmental initiative JPI Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe (JPI Climate) launched in 2011 fourteen European countries have now committed to coordinate their activities in the field of climate research by implementing a jointly developed Strategic Research Agenda. JPI Climate contributes with its common efforts to the overall EU objective of developing and strengthening the European Research Area. It supports excellent science and multilateral cooperation focusing on giving answers to climate change, societal circumstances and changes. The integration across the sciences is part of JPI Climate working concept which aims at fostering cross-border and cross-disciplinary research and science-practice interaction. Climate Knowledge refers both to the creation of knowledge and the use of knowledge or knowledge uptake.

Climate Knowledge being at the heart of the initiative JPI Climate covers the whole spectrum from creation of knowledge to the use of it in terms of impact on societal change within its various action fields. This upcoming workshop on "Improving knowledge for enhanced climate change response and decision-making" will explore the mechanisms of influencing decision making in order to better understand how knowledge needs to be provided and conveyed in order to finally result in relevant action in the face of climate change.

More information here: http://www.jpi-climate.eu/news-events/events/10857330/JPI-Climate-Workshop-Improving-knowledge-for-enhanced-climate-change-response-and-decision-making

Feedbacks on climate in the Earth system

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:27:00 +0300

The event "Feedbacks on climate in the Earth system" will take place from 9:00 am on Monday 08 December 2014 to 5:00 pm on Tuesday 09 December 2014, at the The Royal Society, London. The event is planned as a scientific discussion meeting organised by Professor Eric Wolff FRS, Professor John Shepherd FRS, Dr Emily Shuckburgh and Professor Andrew Watson FRS.

The response of Earth’s climate system to a perturbation depends on the sign and strength of several feedback processes. This meeting will present critical assessments of major feedbacks, including those (such as ice sheets and the carbon cycle) operating over long timescales. For each, their role in past and present climate change, and their expected future effects will be discussed.

The event is intended for researchers in relevant fields and is free to attend. There are a limited number of places and registration is essential.

To register, please visit the event's official webpage: https://royalsociety.org/events/2014/feedback-climate-system/

E-Consultation on Nature-Based Solutions

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:05:00 +0300

The European Commission is developing an EU Research and Innovation policy on nature-based solutions to tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time. Nature-based solutions can transform societal challenges into innovation opportunities by capitalising on existing knowledge and turning natural capital into a source for green growth and sustainable development. These solutions are inspired and supported by nature, while maintaining and enhancing natural capital. They are sustainable measures that simultaneously meet environmental, social and economic objectives.

The objective of the EU Research & Innovation policy on nature-based solutions is to position Europe as a world leader both in Research & Innovation on nature-based solutions and in the global market for nature-based solutions.

This e-consultation is part of a multi-stakeholder dialogue that will contribute to developing a comprehensive EU Research & Innovation policy framework for nature-based solutions. The e-consultation provides the opportunity to contribute your view and expertise on potential innovation opportunities, relevant examples, and related research and innovation needs for nature-based solutions.

The European Commission, in co-operation with the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS), invites knowledge holders and providers, policy-makers, implementers and market players, users and society at large - from local, regional, national, EU and global level to participate.

Engaging in this anonymous collaborative online dialogue (of max. 80 minutes) from your PC/tablet is easy (http://www.synthetron.com/how-synthetron-works/) and will be triggered by documents sent to registered participants. The four discussion sessions are:

o Improved Risk Management and Resilience – 10:00 CET

o Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems – 12:00 CET

o Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation – 14:00 CET

o Sustainable Urbanisation – 16:00 CET

Click here for REGISTRATION (until 7 November 2014)

The climate change challenge: the outcome of the IPCC 5th assessment report

Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:14:00 +0200

How will EU society, and indeed individual EU citizens, react, adapt and generally cope with the impacts of the coming changes to the world’s climate? What can its elected representatives and policy-makers do on the world stage?

Answers to such questions will be outlined in a special event at the European Parliament (EP) as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presents the latest findings from its 5th Assessment Report (AR5). The IPCC’s Chairman, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, will present the key findings from the IPCC’s report, hot off the press, and take part in a Q&A session at the European Parliament to debate the report’s contents.

The event, organised by the European Commission in partnership with the EP’s own Scientific Foresight Unit, gives the first chance for EU citizens, legislators and policy-makers to discuss the contents of the AR5 at the heart of European government.

It is not possible to attend the event but you can follow it online: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/committees/video?event=20141104-1700-COMMITTEE-STOA and send your questions via Twitter using these hashtags: #TalkClimate #ipccEP

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Communicating Climate Change: A workshop to gain confidence, experience and knowhow

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:04:00 +0300

The High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes (HELIX) project, in co-operation with Climate Outreach & Information Network (COIN), organises a one-day workshop "Communicating Climate Change: A workshop to gain confidence, experience and knowhow", whch will take place on 22 Oct 2014 in London, UK.

Researchers and academics researching climate change face challenges in effectively communicating their work to the public. Levels of public concern have dropped, some political and media discourse has shifted towards cynicism, and trust in climate scientists has taken a knock. Researchers themselves seem unsure or unconfident about how best to communicate with non-academics, further undermining public trust and engagement.

This one-day workshop is primarily for early career researchers in the physical, natural and social sciences. It provides the opportunity to learn more about effectively communicating climate change science to engage non-academic audiences by gaining confidence and knowhow through task-based training in understanding your audiences and practicing skills. The evnt aims to:

Provide an introduction to the social and political context of communicating climate change as well as specific tips and guidance for researchers
Increase the confidence and capacity of climate change researchers to effectively engage the public
Initiate a new network of early-career researchers who can provide peer-support for each other in the future

Leading the day will be Asher Minns, Communication Manager at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and Adam Corner, Research Director for COIN and Associate of Cardiff University’s Department of Psychology

To apply for a place, please send a brief note describing your own experience and challenges in climate communication, to Asher Minns at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia a.minns@uea.ac.uk. Please can I have your applications by October 01st. Funding for travel is unavailable.

UN Climate Summit 2014

Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:01:00 +0300

Climate change is not a far-off problem. It is happening now and is having very real consequences on people’s lives. Climate change is disrupting national economies, costing us dearly today and even more tomorrow. But there is a growing recognition that affordable, scalable solutions are available now that will enable us all to leapfrog to cleaner, more resilient economies.

There is a sense that change is in the air. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited world leaders, from government, finance, business, and civil society to Climate Summit 2014 this 23 September in New York to galvanize and catalyze climate action. He has asked these leaders to bring bold announcements and actions to the Summit that will reduce emissions, strengthen climate resilience, and mobilize political will for a meaningful legal agreement in 2015. Climate Summit 2014 provides a unique opportunity for leaders to champion an ambitious vision, anchored in action that will enable a meaningful global agreement in 2015.

Find out more on the official website: http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/

Third Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:21:00 +0200

The Third Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation (nordicadaptation2014.net) is a follow-up to the highly successful conferences in Stockholm (2010) and Helsinki (2012) and aims to bring together scientists, practitioners and policy-makers with a particular interest in the Nordic region.

As highlighted in consecutive reports from the IPCC, there is overwhelming scientific evidence that anthropogenic climate change is taking place and the chances are high that future climate is going to change even more than what has already been realised. Impacts of changes over recent decades are likewise visible throughout the Nordic region, manifested e.g. through observed changes in the hydrological cycle, reductions in sea ice cover, lengthening growing seasons and the occurrence and strength of heavy rain events. Adaptation to these changes is already high on the agenda in the Nordic and international societies. However, science is providing new information on changes and their consequences, which calls for a wider dialogue to enable adjustments of already initiated adaptation plans as well as providing the baseline knowledge for future initiatives.

The conference "Adapting to Change: From Research to Decision-making" like its two predecessors seeks to advance existing common ground between scientists, practitioners and decision-makers and establish new ways forward for informed adaptation.

The conference is targeted at scholars as well as private and public practitioners and decision-makers at strategic and operational levels and across a wide range of disciplines and sectors. This includes researchers and professionals within the fields of climate change, climate change impacts and adaptation, students, regional and local planners, business strategists and risk managers and policy-makers as well as representatives of NGO’s and Nordic/international organizations. While some sessions will have a definite Nordic focus, the conference - just like the field of climate change adaptation is by no means restricted to the Nordic region. We cordially invite and strongly encourage international participants to join and share their experiences.

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended until April 15, 2014.

The second circular may be downloaded here

Third International Climate Change Adaptation Conference (Fortaleza Ceará - Brazil)

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:04:00 +0200

This conference will focus on climate impacts and adaptation options. It will bring together scientists and decision makers, and practitioners from developed and developing countries to share research approaches, methods and results. It will explore the way forward in a world where impacts are increasingly observable and adaptation actions are increasingly required.

The Adaptation Futures 2014 Conference will :

showcase leading impacts and adaptation research from around the world.
explore the contribution of adaptation science to planning and policy making,
investigate how robust adaptation decision making can proceed in the face of uncertainty about climate change and its impacts.
showcase cutting-edge research focusing on themes of equity and risk, learning, capacity building, methodology, adaptation finance and investment, and ecosystem based adaptation approaches.
explore practical adaptation policies and approaches, and share strategies for decision making from the international to the local scale.
introduce and examine new tools and methodolgies for adaptation finance tracking monitoring and evaluation.

For more information visit official web page: http://adaptationfutures2014.ccst.inpe.br/

Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation (European Commission, Brussels)

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:40:00 +0200

Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation: Key Messages From Ipcc's 5th Assessment Report And Implications For Policy And Decision Making

The European Commission (Directorate-General for Research & Innovation) is organising this half day event which brings together policy makers, key stakeholders from the private sector, civil society representatives, scientists, advisors and high level representatives from the IPCC in order to present the key findings of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5) on climate change adaptation and mitigation, discuss their implications for policy making and for economic and societal sectors, while identifying challenges and opportunities for the future.

The Commissioner for Research and Innovation, Ms Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, will open the event. High level representatives from the IPCC will provide key note speeches and present the key messages from the AR5 WG II* and WG III** Reports. The opening session will be followed by a Panel discussion. The Panel will include the Commissioner for Climate Action, Ms Connie Hedegaard, the Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Ms Kristalina Georgieva, representatives of the business sector and experts from international organisations.

Registrtion

Agenda (pdf)

CIRCLE2 Adaptation Frontiers Conference (Lisbon, Portugal)

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:59:00 +0200

CIRCLE-2 is a European Network of 34 institutions from 23 countries committed to fund research and share knowledge on climate adaptation and the promotion of long-term cooperation among national and regional climate change programmes. Within the constraints of the conference venue, everyone committed to adaptation research or policy in Europe, including those involved in CIRCLE-2 activities, is welcome to this event. It is the CIRCLE legacy for future research, research funding and research policy on climate change adaptation in Europe.

IMPRESSIONS Kick-off meeting

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:31:00 +0200

The large-scale European Union FP7 funded project IMPRESSIONS (Impacts and Risks from High-End Scenarios: Strategies for Innovative Solutions) will hold its official Kick-off Meeting from 13 to 15 January 2014 in Oxford, United Kingdom.

An international team of 27 research institutions from 18 countries will join forces to answer one of the hottest questions of our time, namely what will be the future of humankind and nature if climate continues to change at an unforeseen scale. The aim of IMPRESSIONS is to advance understanding of the consequences of high-end climate change and to evaluate how such knowledge can be embedded within effective and integrated adaptation and mitigation decision-making. In so doing, IMPRESSIONS will provide scientifically robust and policy-relevant information on the more extreme and long-term consequences of climate change to inform adaptation planning.