To submit an abstract or register contact info@iccip.net

Join researchers, decision-makers, educators, members of non-governmental organisations and citizens to explore how science and technology may contribute towards supporting the design and implementation of climate change policies.

The free event will be held on Tuesday 19 September 2023 online. There are no CO2 emissions from travel associated with the meeting.

Background
Climate change policies are important tools in supporting legislative and executive approaches to promote conditions for assertive action to advances the climate agenda. Sound policies are essential for the implementation of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Although climate change policies are a vital component for the implementation of climate action, including the implementation of SDG13, there is a perceived need to have in-depth discussions on how best they may be designed and implemented.

Against this background, the UK Consortium on Sustainability Research (UK-CSR), the Ecology and Environment Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University, the Research and Transfer Centre ‘Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management’ at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, and the International Climate Change Information and Research Programme, in cooperation with various universities and research organisations, are organising the ‘World Symposium on Climate Change Policies: Science and Technology in Support of Policy-Making in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation’. The event will be held online on 19 September 2023.

Aims of the event
The main aim of the symposium is to provide a platform for discussions on the role of science and technology in support of policymaking on climate change. In addition, the Symposium aims to identify, document and disseminate ideas, experiences and visions from scientists, decision-makers, educators, members of non-governmental organisations, and citizens, on how science and technology may contribute towards supporting the design and implementation of climate change policies, which is important in pursuing sustainable future scenarios. The outcome of the discussions will be summarised, and fed in the preparations for COP 28, to be held in Dubai on 30 November – 12 December 2023.

Structure
The Symposium will gather delegates interested in aspects of policy-making and/or policy implementation on climate change.

Target groups
The symposium will be of special interest to experts working in the science-technology nexus and policymaking on matters related to climate change. It will also be interesting to educators and practitioners. To maximise the impact of the event, it will gather climate scientists generating climate data, and working on mitigation and adaptation strategies on the one hand and organisations working in policy design and policy implementation on the other. These two groups do not often come together. No matter if delegates come from academia, government agencies or think thanks, the symposium will provide them with an opportunity to interact and exchange ideas and information.

Documentation of the symposium
As an output and long-term documentation of the event, selected papers will be published in the book Climate Change Policies: Science and Technology in Support of Policy-Making in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, which will follow on the success of the Handbook of Climate Change Resilience and Handbook of Climate Change Management which, with six volumes and over 500 authors, is one of the largest non-publicly funded editorial projects on climate change ever undertaken. The book will be published as part of the Climate Change Management Series, which is the leading peer-reviewed book series on matters related to climate change. Over 3.000 authors from across all geographical regions have contributed to the series to date. The peer-reviewed nature of the series, which is fully indexed, means that publications have counted over the years for promotion and tenure purposes.

Abstracts now welcome
We are now calling for abstracts, which consist of a 200-word outline of the paper, along with the names and full contact details of the authors.
Abstracts should be sent to the coordinating team at: info@iccip.net.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 30 May 2023. Full papers are due by 30 August 2023.
Further details will be discussed with the authors whose abstracts have been accepted.

Registration
If you are interested in attending the Symposium, please contact the coordinating team at: info@iccip.net.

Event contact
Professor Walter Leal

Professor Liz Price

Manchester Metropolitan University UK Consortium on Sustainability Research

UK-CSR@mmu.ac.uk

info@iccip.net

Programme

Time: 19 September 2023, 9:00am, Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Zoom: https://haw-hamburg.zoom.us/j/65336028221
Meeting ID: 653 3602 8221

Plenary Session

Chair: Prof Walter Leal
Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management”, Hamburg, Germany

9:00am–9:10am Welcome

9:10am–9:30am The Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: The Atlas

Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

9:30am–9:50am Delivering the Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy: What has the Department For Education been up to?

Gayle Boulton

DfE, England

9:50am–10:10am Towards Adopting Action Research as an Underpinning Methodology for Addressing Climate Change

Helena Kettleborough

Department of Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK

10:10am–10:30am Are We Climate Ready? Progressive Resilience for Urban Adaptation

Paul O’Hare Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

10:30am–10:40am Discussion

10:40am–11:00am Break

Parallel Session 1

Chair: Prof Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis
UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS) and Fernando Pessoa Research,
Innovation and Development Institute (FP-I3ID), University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), Porto,
Portugal

11:00am–11:20am Urban Vulnerability and Adaptation to WEF Challenges in Harare: Policy Implications

Crecentia P Gandidzanwa

University of South Africa, South Africa

11:20am–11:40am The Role of Science and Technology in Water Policies Reforms in a ClimateChange Context

Ariana Montoya-Lozano

Purdue University, USA

11:40am–Noon Is Climate Change Policy Fit For Purpose? Beyond Green Capitalism and Liberal Environmentalism

Prof Nick J Fox

Universities of Huddersfield and Sheffield, UK

Noon–1:00pm Discussion

1:00pm–2:00pm Break

Parallel Session 2

Chair: Prof Johannes Luetz
School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Australia; School
of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Graduate Research
School, Alphacrucis University College, Brisbane, Australia

11:00am–11:20am Carcar City and its Climate Change Policies: A Retrospective Study on Technology and Policy Change

Anne Jeline Nellas
MHAM College Inc, Philippines

11:20am–11:40am Legal and Policy Challenges in the Development of Artificial Intelligence forAdaptation and Mitigation Policies in Nigeria

Erimma Gloria Orie
National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria

11:40am–Noon General Collective Intelligence Platforms and Climate Policy

Andy E Williams
Nobeah Foundation, Kenya

Noon–12:20pm Using Research to Inform the Global Carbon Management Standard for Airport Operators

Christopher Paling
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

12:20pm–1:00pm Discussion

1:00pm–2:00pm Break

Parallel Session 3

Chair: Prof Fatima Alves
Departamento de Ciências Sociais e Gestão, Universidade Aberta (UAb), Lisboa, Portugal and
Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for People and the Planet (CFE), Laboratório Associado
TERRA, Departamento de Ciências da Vida (DCV), Universidade de Coimbra (UC), Coimbra,
Portugal

2:00pm–2:20pm Policy Issues in Climate Change Mitigation Using Technology for Sustainable Rural Development in Nigeria

Catherine Abiola Oluwatoyin Akinbami and Temitope Favour Jiboye
Obafemi Awolowo University, ile ife. Nigeria

2:20pm–2:40pm Navigating the Uncertainty: Legal Considerations for Marine CarbonRemoval as a Climate Solution

Tony Cabus
Walther Schücking Institute, Kiel

2:40pm–3:00pm The Carbon Sequestration, Inc Biomass Burial Project: A Natural, Carbon-Efficient, and Low-Cost Method for Removing CO2 From Air

Jeffrey A Amelse
CICECO, Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry Universidade de Aveiro,
Portugal and Carbon Sequestration, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
Christopher Knop
Carbon Sequestration, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA

3:00pm–3:20pm Break

3:20pm–3:40pm Social-Learning Processes and Behaviour Modelling to Reinforce Climate Action and Policy Co-Design

Andrea Castelletti
Environmental Intelligence for Global Change Lab, Department of Electronics, Information and
Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

3:40pm–4:00pm Using Climate Modelling Data to Help Inform Decision-Making for Housing Maintenance, Retrofit and Climate Adaptation

Prof Carolyn Hayles
Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, UK

4:00pm–4:20pm Emerging Technologies in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Implications for Policy-Making

Johannes Bhanye
University of the Free State, Republic of South Africa

4:40pm–5:00pm Plenary Session and Close

Chair: Prof Walter Leal

Parallel Session 4

Chair: Prof Gustavo J. Nagy
Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República,
Udelar, Montevideo, Uruguay

2:00pm–2:20pm Emissions and Energy Efficiency on Large-Scale High-Performance Computing Facilities: ARCHER2 UK National Supercomputing Service Case Study

Andy Turner
EPCC, The University of Edinburgh, UK

2:20pm–2:40pm Use of Big Data for Climate Change Actions

Elizabeth Jackson
University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in England, UK

2:40pm–3:20pm Break

3:20pm–3:40pm Reversing Global Warming

Neil Phillips
University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

3:40pm–4:00pm Building Resilient Cities: Sustainability Indicators and Good Practices in Urban Planning

Ricardo Henryque Reginato Quevedo Melo
PROPUR–UFRGS, Brazil

4:00pm–4:20pm Achieving Carbon Neutrality in a Developing Country University Campus: Transformative Actions From the 2000 Watt Smart Site Label Certification

Prakash Rao
Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Symbiosis Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India

4:20pm–4:40pm Developing a Register for Damage Caused by Climate Change in Germany

Linda Hoelscher
Adelphi, Germany

4:40pm–5:00pm Plenary Session and Close

Chair: Prof Walter Leal