Papers are invited for an international congress "Climate Change: Global
Risks, Challenges and Decisions", 10-12 March 2009 in Copenhagen.
The programme (http://climatecongress.ku.dk/programme/) spans a broad
range of topics on the science and policy of climate change, and some
prominent speakers are already confirmed
(http://climatecongress.ku.dk/speakers/).
Abstracts are due on September 1, at
http://climatecongress.ku.dk/call-for-abstracts/
The session I convene (just one of 50-odd sessions) is on "Economic
Costs of not Adapting to Climate Change", and I'm happy to discuss
abstracts before submission.
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http://climatecongress.ku.dk/
The University of Copenhagen is hosting an international scientific
congress on climate change under the heading "Climate Change: Global
Risks, Challenges and Decisions", 10-12 March 2009 in Copenhagen,
Denmark. The congress is organised in cooperation with nine other
universities in the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU).
The main aim of the congress is to provide a synthesis of existing and
emerging scientific knowledge necessary in order to make intelligent
societal decisions concerning application of mitigation and adaptation
strategies in response to climate change.
The congress aims to identify and synthesise the science, technology and
policy advances required in order to ensure sustainability of global
communities in the current and coming decades.
The findings of the congress will be supplementary to the work of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The congress will
provide a summary of existing scientific knowledge two years after the
last IPCC report.
The congress takes place in the run-up to the United Nations Climate
Change Conference (COP-15) in Copenhagen in November-December 2009. All
findings will be compiled in a book on climate change, and an excecutive
summary with the main findings will be handed over to policy makers at
the COP15.
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Dr Frank Jotzo
Research Fellow
The Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
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