Conference on climate change

In order to allow broader, interdisciplinary and inclusive discussions on matters related to climate change, the Research and Training Centre “Applications of Life Sciences” at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences pioneered a series on on-line research conferences on climate change. The world´s first on-line scientific conference on climate change, titled CLIMATE 2008 / KLIMA 2008, was held from 3-7 November 2008.

The second conference, titled CLIMATE 2009 / KLIMA 2009, was held on 2-6 November 2009. Both events have a unique feature: these conferences allowed hundreds of thousands of people across the globe to debate climate issues on-line, without causing additional and unnecessary CO2sub> emissions.

CLIMATE 2010 is being organised in cooperation with UNEP, UNESCO, WMO, IPCC, FAO and other world bodies.

The thematic focus of this year’s event will thus allow in-depth discussions and support the search for global and regional solutions for the impacts climate change have on water supplies and will address the need to promote sustainable water use across the world.

The event will have two tracks: one in English and one in the German language. Over the course of the event, interested participants can read the papers, exchange ideas with the authors and participant experts and browse through further background information on specific aspects of climate change.

Submit a paper

Individual researchers and research teams that agree with the conditions of participation and schedule outlined and are willing to make a submission, should send a 250-words abstract to the Conference Secretariat via the following web form.

Besides publication throughout the conference week from 1.-7. November 2010, the best English papers will be considered for publication in the "International Journal of Climate Change Studies and Management" and/or the book "Climate Change and the Sustainable Management of Water Resources" as part of the Climate Change Management Series (Springer).

If you want to submit an abstract, you need to register first (free of charge) and be logged on to be able to submit your text.

• Documents to be submitted
• Abstract
• Biographical sketch (short paragraph with background information on you, your training, current work, postal and e-mail address)
• Detailed scientific paper
• All papers will be placed online at 00:00 on Monday the 1st November 2010

For registration, please click here.

Source: KLIMA 2010