Events in Science

"Climate 2008 / Klima 2008" will encourage more networking and information exchange among participants and hopefully catalyse new cooperation initiatives and possibly new joint projects. Special discussion fora and chat rooms will cater for direct interaction with the participant scientists.

Implementation of Renewable Energy in the Emerging Markets of Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean 2009 (REEM09) is an inaugural event that will unite leaders in renewable energy and develop systems for implementing these technologies in countries within the emerging markets.

The Cleantech Forum is the original clean technology conference. Now in its fifth year in Europe, the event is designed to offer a variety of ways to gain information and network with key individuals contributing to the growth of the sector.

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Recent research by keynote speaker Dr. James Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, suggests the need to reduce atmospheric levels of CO₂ concentrations from the current 385 parts per million (ppm) to 350 ppm or lower in order to avoid climate change. The... more

Not just another climate conference:

WCC-3 will establish an international framework to guide the development of climate services which will link science-based climate predictions and information with climate-risk management and adaptation to climate variability and... more

Nordic Climate Solutions is the most influential assembly of prominent thought leaders, innovators, CEOs, and policymakers in all fields of the low-carbon economy from the Nordic region and beyond.

On September 8-9, 2009, in Bella Center, Copenhagen,... more

What do the Empire State Building and the Oxford Eco-House have in common? What similar policies to reduce GHG emissions are Frankfurt and Lausanne implementing? How are private sector companies contributing to making buildings more energy efficient? How does a "passive house" work? These and... more

Rationale

Despite 17 years of negotiations since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, global greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise. Since 2000 the rates of annual emissions growth have increased at rates at the upper end of the IPCC scenarios, presenting the global community with a... more

The resumed ninth session of the the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and resumed seventh session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative... more

How successfully do cities respond to the carbon mitigation needs will determine the success of the global carbon　mitigation. IEA's World Energy Outlook 2008 estimates cities' global energy and energy-related CO2 emission contributions to 67% and 71% respectively. We already know a lot... more

The National Capital Area Chapter of the Fulbright Association invites you to attend Theory to Action: The Science, Economics, and Policy of Climate Change. Climate change is an ever increasing topic for debate. Science for the first time in history has stepped heavily into the public arena... more

Climate change is becoming a major driver of disasters, with increasingly frequent and intense floods and storms affecting more people globally. Increased forced displacement is an extremely likely consequence of such events. Heightened drought risk, desertification, sea-level rise, and... more

The last two years several Dutch humanitarian and development NGOs organised a conference on adaptation to climate change in developing countries. Goal of the conferences was to share experiences on adaptation of NGO practitioners, scientists, government officials and companies and to... more