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) and the COP 24 recommendations call 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 “2nd World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation” is being organised. The event is a joint initiative by the University of Coimbra (Portugal), 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 “2nd World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation” will be held in Coimbra, Portugal. Coimbra is one of the country´s major cities, situated around 206km (125 miles) north of Lisbon and about 125km (76 miles) from Porto from where many international connections are available. It will focus on “integrative approaches to implement climate change adaptation”, and will contribute to the further development of this fast-growing field.

Abstract submission deadline: 25 February 2017
Paper submission deadline: 30 April 2017
Registration deadline: 30 June 2017

https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-als/events/portugal-wscca-2017.html