NEW: Call for abstracts for sessions on water and climate change: Climate Change and Impact Assessment - IAIA Special Symposium

Call for abstracts for the following two sessions on water and climate change: 'River basin water quality and ecosystem assessment and management in a changing climate' and 'Marine climate change impact assessment and management'.

Date: October 25-26, 2010
Venue: Aalborg, Denmark
Deadline for submission of abstracts: as soon as possible to aer@dhigroup.com

NEW: Clean Development Mechanism Africa

Clean Development Mechanism Africa will consider the current legislative environment in the run up to 2012 and the complex dynamic required to achieve successful CDM project results. The event will provide the opportunity to define and explore the key challenges, opportunities and processes associated with CDM, by examining project case studies, best practice and innovative examples.

Date: September 27-30, 2010
Venue: Cape Town, South Africa

NEW: Climate Change Adaptation - linking policies and practice

A workshop on climate change challenges and options for Danish development assistance organised by the Climate Change Task Force in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Issues to be discussed:
• How will climate change affect economic growth in developing countries?´
• What are key lessons from and recommendations to climate change adaptation in developing countries?
• Which tools, methods and policies are recommended for Danish development assistance to improve adaptation to climate change in developing countries?

Date: November 22-23, 2010
Venue: Eigtveds Pakhus, Asiatisk Plads 2, Copenhagen
Deadline for registration, November 1, 2010

African Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

This meeting is organized by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), African Union Commission (AUC), Ethiopia, Netherlands, Norway and Germany.

Date: September 6-8, 2010
Venue: UN Conference Centre, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

Call for papers: Climate Change Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation - Researchers' Day

This event aims to present an overview of Danish knowledge within climate change research related to international challenges and developing countries, increase cooperation between climate change researchers from different disciplines including natural, social, health and economic sciences and provide room for networking and discussion between climate change researchers.

Date: October 7, 2010
Venue: GEUS, Copenhagen, Denmark
Deadline for submission of abstracts: September 10, 2010
Deadline for registration of participation: October 1, 2010

International Graduate Conference on Climate Change and People

The conference, organized by The Small Earth Nepal and the Consortium for Capacity Building (University of Colorado) in collaboration with the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Government of Nepal, Centre of Research for Environment Energy and Water (Nepal), Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand) and International Research Center for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi (Japan), is mainly focused on the multidisciplinary capacity building of graduate students of various disciplines through the sharing of knowledge and experience by experts and participants on Climate Affairs, from climate-related science to impacts to policy & economics to ethics & equity.

Date: November 15-19, 2010
Venue: Kathmandu, Nepal
Deadline for submission of applications: September 15, 2010

2nd United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)/Yale 2010 Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy: Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy

The Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy will take place at Yale University in the margins of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal Summit held in New York on 20-22 September. The event will take stock of and examine the role of institutional structures and decision-making procedures in fostering (or impeding) low carbon and climate resilient development.

Date: September 17 - 19, 2010
Venue: New Haven, USA

Call for papers: ICCAFFE 2011 - Climate change, agri-food, fisheries and ecosystems

The ICCAFFE 2011 conference hosted by the North-South Research Center for Social Sciences (NRCS) will focus on issues related to climate change, agriculture, food security and ecosystems from an interdisciplinary approach and a developing country perspective. It intends to bring together scientists, policy-makers, practitioners, and non-state actors from different regions to share updated research outcomes and relevant experiences and set future research and policy agendas. A call has been issued for presentations, posters and papers relating to conference themes.

Date: May 20-22, 2011
Venue: Agadir, Morocco
Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 15, 2010

Climate Change and Impact Assessment - IAIA Special Symposium

The IAIA Special Symposium is a two-day symposium bringing together international experts and practitioners in impact assessment and climate change where the latest studies and work linking impact assessment and climate change will be reviewed. Furthermore it will be explored how collaborative work among experts in climate change and IA professionals can be advanced.

Date: October 25-26, 2010
Venue: Aalborg, Denmark

International Greening Education Event

The 3 day event is an occasion for various stakeholders to get together and discuss issues that are vital for successfully positioning of education and training institutions as the centers of knowledge creation that cater to the needs of society, economy as well as the environment.

Date: October 27-28, 2010
Venue: Karlsruhe, Germany

Call for Papers: Climate Change: Spatial Concerns and Mitigation Strategies

For exchanging innovative ideas and research for mitigating imbalances to maintain climatic equilibrium, and suggesting development approaches, this seminar, inter-alia, will provide a common platform to scholars from such varied disciplines as Geography, Geology, Meteorology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Human Settlement Planning and Development, Forestry, Soil Sciences, Hydrology, Remote Sensing-GIS to name a few.

Date: December 16-18, 2010
Venue: Institute For Spatial Planning and Environment Research, Panchkula, India
Deadline for submission of papers: October 31, 2010 

The Hague Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

The Hague Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change aims to develop a roadmap with concrete actions linking agriculture-related investments, policies, and measures with the transition to climate smart growth.

Date: October 31 - November 5, 2010
Venue: World Forum, The Hague, Netherlands

Climate 2010 / Klima 2010

This worldwide scientific online climate conference takes place for the third time, focusing on "Climate Change and the Sustainable Management of Water Resources". CLIMATE 2010 is being organized in cooperation with UNEP, UNESCO, WMO, IPCC, FAO and other world bodies.

Date: November 1-7, 2010
Venue: online

Poverty, Environment and Climate Change 

The CLACSO-CROP Programme on Studies of Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the Centre for Psychological and Sociological Research, and the Antonio Núñez Jimenez Foundation for Nature and Man, is organizing an international workshop on Poverty, Environment and Climate Change.

Dates: November 10-13, 2010
Venue: Havana, Cuba

Green Summit on Climate Change - Issues and Concerns

The summit aims to bring together global participants representing environment and climate change experts, scientists, policy makers, research scholars, consultants, corporates, entrepreneurs, government and non-government organizations, faculty and students.

Date: November 12-13, 2010
Venue: Hyderabad, India

Gender, Sustainability & Climate Change

The Gender, Sustainability and Climate Change symposia aims at problematizing current positions and in developing knowledge about the gendered processes and motivations regarding societal climate change adaptation and mitigation, with a special focus on first world settings. The session aims at scholars as well as a practitioners and policy makers.

Date: November 25-26, 2010
Venue: Linköping, Sweden

MILEN International Conference: Visions and strategies to address sustainable energy and climate change

Environmental change and sustainable energy (MILEN) is a new interfaculty research area at the University of Oslo.
The conference will bring together international scholars working across disciplines on sustainable energy and climate change. The ultimate goal of the conference will be setting the agenda for further inter-disciplinary collaboration among social and natural scientists researching these critical topics.

Date: November 25-26, 2010
Venue: Oslo, Norway

117th EAAE Seminar on Climate change, food security and resilience of food and agricultural systems in developing countries

The University of Hohenheim will be hosting the 117th European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) seminar in November 2010 and has in relation hereto launched a call for papers and poster papers on climate change, agriculture and vulnerability and resilience of food systems.

Date: November 25-27, 2010
Venue: University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2010

Meeting organised by Alliance of the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) Centers, Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Date: December 4, 2010
Venue: Cancún, Mexico