Fair Transitions and the Politics of Land: Institutions and imaginaries for inclusive futures

28-29-30 June, Utrecht, the Netherlands (with limited hybrid possibilities)

The joint IOS-Fair Transitions-LANDac International Conference takes place at the crossroads of the fair transitions and land governance debates in the context of climate change. The conference is structured around the joint challenge of finding ways to make transitions fair and inclusive, for human and non-human life.

This conference aims to bring together the professional fields associated with fair transitions and land governance in the context of climate change. Over the past 12 years, the LANDac International Annual Conference has offered a podium for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working on land governance for equitable and sustainable development, representing a wide range of backgrounds and concerns. The Institutions for Open Societies (IOS) Fair Transitions Platform seeks to engage scholars from the Humanities, Geosciences, Law, and Governance, as well as all those engaged in issues of sustainability.

A call for sessions is now open – submit by 15 February 2023.

Find out more on the conference website.

 

 

This webinar is part of the Tipping Points Discussion Series organized by AIMES, the Earth Commission, the WCRP Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity, and partners. The series aims to advance knowledge of tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system – both in natural and social systems. Our two outstanding speakers are:

• David Armstrong McKay (University of Exeter): Climate tipping points: how close are they, and what can we do about them?
• Lloyd Pinnell (Systemiq): Socio-economic tipping points to drive accelerated adoption of climate solutions – what we know and what we don’t know

The talks will be followed by a discussion moderated by Ruth Townend (Chatham House).

All information and the link to register are available here: https://tipping-points-positive-tipping.confetti.events

A Call for Papers for the 2023 Radboud Conference on Earth System Governance is now available. The Conference will be held in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, on 24-26 October 2023 and will also be accessible virtually for presentations and attendance. The theme of the 2023 Radboud Conference is Bridging Sciences and Societies for Sustainability Transformations.

Download the full call for papers.

The 2023 Radboud Conference will be organized around the five analytical lenses structuring the new earth system governance research agenda, as captured in the 2018 Earth System Governance Science and Implementation Plan; and a sixth stream focusing on inter- and transdisciplinary research. Organizers especially welcome panels bringing together researchers from different natural and social science disciplines, humanities, and/or practitioners (e.g. policy makers, civil society groups, business actors, citizen groups) focused on a specific sustainability challenge, such as water, energy, food, forests, oceans, biodiversity, climate change, pollution.

The conference is hosted by Radboud University’s Centre for Sustainability Challenges together with the Earth System Governance Project.

Please read more about the conference via the website. If you have further questions, email the Organizing Team via rc2023@earthsystemgovernance.org.

Due to shifting societal values, we are seeing the sociocultural context of wildlife conservation changing. Wildlife is increasingly seen as part of one’s social network and worthy of care and compassion as opposed to being seen as something that should be used and managed to benefit humans. This leads to increasing challenges with traditional wildlife management techniques.

This year’s conference theme is “Managing Wildlife in an Era of Mutualism.” With this in mind, among other topics, Pathways 2023 will be exploring wildlife viewing, wildlife interactions, building meaningful relationships with underserved communities, and human-wildlife conflict through the lens of mutualism.

In pursuit of Pathways’ mission of increasing the professionalism and effectiveness in the human dimensions of wildlife management field, we continue to address the most pressing issues facing conservation efforts today.

Visit the conference website for our topics of interest, which align with our conference theme and other important aspects of the human dimensions of wildlife field.

Registration is now open for the Pathways 2023 conference, which will be held at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado on 31 May – 3 June, 2023, and is cohosted by Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at Colorado State University, and Fish and Wildlife Conservation at Virginia Tech.

Register now.

If you need financial assistance, apply for a scholarship. View scholarship information here.

Climate change policies are important tools in supporting the legislative and executive branches in promoting conditions for assertive  action to advances the climate agenda. Sound policies are essential for the implementation of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. But even though 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 designed, and implemented.

Against this background, the UK Consortium for 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 Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, and the International Climate Change Information and Research Programme, in cooperation with various universities and research organizations, are organizing 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 in Manchester, UK on 19th-20th 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 policy-making 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 organizations, 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 30th November to 12th December 2023.

Structure

The Symposium will gather 100 or so delegates, who specialise on aspects of policy-making and/or policy implementation on climate change. It will be structured around plenary presentations and parallel sessions. A set of workshops will also be offered as part of the event.

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 6 volumes and over 500 authors, is the largest non-publicly funded editorial project 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

A call for abstracts is open until 30th March 2023.

Abstracts should consist of a 200 words 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.

Full papers are due by 30th June 2023. Further details will be discussed with the authors whose abstracts have been accepted.

Co-produced research is increasingly regarded as more effective than traditional scientific approaches for engaging with the complexity of current sustainability challenges and contributing to transformative change. However, researchers wanting to engage in meaningful co-productive practices are routinely faced with fundamental questions such as “what are defining principles of co-production?”, “what are the implications in terms of aims, terminologies, and practices?”, and “how to deal with tensions emerging from confronting diverse, and sometimes conflicting, knowledge systems and agendas?”. With the expertise and experience of speakers and participants, this webinar will seek to critically address these questions and offer practical guidance on how to engage in meaningful processes of knowledge co-production for developing transformative pathways to sustainability.

Speakers:

Josie Chambers (Utrecht University)
Tobias Haller (University of Bern)
Marja Spierenburg (Leiden University)

Tuesday 20 December, 10:00 – 12:00 CET/09:00 – 11:00 UTC, Online
Register here

The All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) is organizing an online round-table meeting highlighting the links between co-creating knowledge, societal transformations and sustainability on Wednesday, 12 October at 09:00 – 10:00 UTC/15:00 – 16:00 IST.

In the field of climate change adaptation and sustainability, co-creating knowledge implies using complementary knowledge systems that promote transformation pathways. In case of complex and intractable policy problems, cocreated policy solutions which are bottom-up are more likely to generate usable actions and outcomes (Coggan et al.). Therefore, co-creating knowledge in the fields of climate change, environment and development policy is key to achieving enduring outcomes. The co-created transformative knowledge and action can help in addressing complex social challenges and opportunities before, after, and during a disaster in a changing climate.

The objectives of the roundtable are:

• To better understand the concepts of co-creation and transformative knowledge.
• To illustrate how the concepts of co-creation and transformative knowledge unfold in public projects and policies in the marginal environments.
• To find out the nature and extent of benefits of cocreation and transformation to people and ecosystems.
• To indicate agenda for further research and action on co-creation and transformative knowledge.

In the field of climate change adaptation and sustainability, co-creating knowledge implies using complementary knowledge systems that promote transformation pathways.

Find out more and register here.

Download the flyer.