[Build-common-hackers] Call For Paper(s)- International Conference on Climate Change!!

[Dr. Ewan Miller]

CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS &
ACTIONS: LONDON 27-31 AUGUST 2015.

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CONFERENCE FOCUS

A major international conference on Climate Change will be held in
London, England on 27-31 August 2015.The conference is for any one with
an interest in, and concern for, scientific, policy and strategic
perspectives in climate change. It will address a range of critically
important themes relating to the vexing question of climate change.
Plenary speakers will include some of the world's leading thinkers in
the fields of climatology and environmental science, as well as numerous
paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and
practitioners. We are inviting proposals for paper presentations,
workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or colloquia. Virtual
participation is available for those who are unable to attend the
conference in person. Proposal ideas that extend beyond these thematic
areas below will also be considered: 

THEME 1: SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

What is evidence is there of climate change? 

 	* Paleoclimatology: the earth's climate in a long view
 	* Climate change today: examining the data
 	* Ice cap reduction and glacial melt
 	* Sea level change
 	* Floods, drought, forest fires, hurricanes and other sporadic events
 	* Albedo or measuring the earth's reflectiveness
 	* Meteorology and climate informatics
 	* Equilibria and disequilibria: change processes and countervailing
tendencies
 	* Climate measurement processes, methodologies and technologies
 	* Reading complex, dynamic and unstable systems
 	* Developing local and global climate models
 	* Change scenarios: slow, rapid, abrupt or episodic

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THEME 2: ASSESSING IMPACTS IN DIVERGENT ECOSYSTEMS

What are the impacts of climate change on natural environments? 

 	* Ocean currents and el Niño
 	* Riverine ecosystem impacts
 	* Mountain ecosystem impacts
 	* Coastal ecosystem impacts
 	* Marine ecosystem impacts
 	* Forest and grassland ecosystem impacts
 	* Impacts on wilderness and protected areas
 	* Impacts on specific biomes
 	* Impacts on biodiversity, potential extinctions
 	* Hardiness zone migration
 	* Regional variations: temperature and rainfall

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THEME 3: HUMAN IMPACTS AND IMPACTS ON HUMANS

What evidence is there that human activity has contributed to climate
change, and what are the impacts of climate change on human life? 

 	* Anthropogenic factors in climate change: determining the relative
contribution of natural and human causes
 	* Impacts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases
 	* Land use patterns, agriculture and livestock husbandry and
deforestation as factors in climate change
 	* Impacts on humans: agriculture, fish stocks, food supply, health
 	* Human settlements and sea level rise
 	* Impacts on humans: water resources, desertification
 	* Impacts on humans of intense weather events, natural disasters and
ecological surprises
 	* Impacts of climate change in the developing world

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THEME 4: TECHNICAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSES

How do scientists, technologies, policy makers and community members
respond to climate change? 

 	* Environmental policies in response to climate change
 	* Controversy and denial: politics, the media and scientists with
dissenting views
 	* The international politics of climate change
 	* The past, present and future of international agreements
 	* Education and awareness for management of global climate change
 	* Protected areas and preservation of biodiversity: 'corridoring' and
other strategies
 	* Strategies for sustainability
 	* Human adaptive strategies
 	* Technologies of mitigation: carbon dioxide sequestration, solar
shades and other processes
 	* Alternative and renewable energy sources: technologies, policies and
strategies
 	* Carbon taxes, offsets and trading
 	* Emission standards
 	* Climate ethics and the precautionary principle
 	* Eco-development, eco-efficiency

	* Music, Climate Change, Environment and Art 

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_Submissions are welcomed that cross more than one thematic area. PLEASE
SUGGEST ADDITIONS AND CHANGES AND EMAIL DR. EWAN
MILLER: _DR.EWANMILLER at AOL.CO.UK 

ACCESS GRANT SCHOLAR AWARD

A limited number of Access Grant Scholar Award will be granted to
Participating Paid Delegates attending the conference to cover per diem,
flight ticket and travel insurance. For more information about the
online registration, accommodation, access grant scholar award, email
_DR. EWAN MILLER_: DR.EWANMILLER at AOL.CO.UK 

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINES FOR 2015 CONFERENCE

PROPOSALS FOR VIRTUAL PRESENTATION(S) MAY BE SUBMITTED AT ANY TIME UP TO
THE START OF THE CONFERENCE ON 27 AUGUST, 2015. ACCEPTED PROPOSALS MUST
BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PAID REGISTRATION IN ORDER TO BE
SCHEDULED. •DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 17 JULY 2015 
•NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: 24 JULY 2015  •DEADLINE FOR FULL PAPER
SUBMISSION & EARLY REGISTRATION: 31 JULY 2015  •CONFERENCE DATES: 27-31
AUGUST 2015

 
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