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Invitation to contribute to the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting on “Advances in Hydrometeorological Predictions & Applications” 

 

The 2013 AGU Fall Meeting  session H003 on “Advances in Hydrometeorological Predictions and Applications” will be held in San Francisco from 9-13 December 2013.

This session focuses on hydro-meteorological forecasting across spatial and temporal scales to support applications and decision-making in water and energy management, drought and other sectors. Techniques of interest include:

Influencing Climate Change Policy - An interdisciplinary workshop for early career researchers, 1 October 2013 

 

 

A workshop for Early Career Researchers working on climate change in any discipline, will be running on 1st October 2013 at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor. 

Influencing Climate Change Policy is a one-day workshop and networking event with a twofold objective:

  • To learn more about talking to policy makers and influencing policy decisions (policy influence)
  • To develop strategies for talking productively about climate change between disciplines (interdisciplinary exchange)

2nd International Ocean Research Conference - 17-21 November 2014 

 

We are pleased to announce the 2nd International Ocean Research Conference, which will be held on the 17-21 of November 2014 in Barcelona (Spain). The conference is sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC) and The Oceanographic Society (TOS) with the support of the Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona (FNOB).

Call for expressions of interest to host the Future Earth secretariat 

 

The Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability has launched an open competitive process for the selection of a permanent secretariat for Future Earth. The call is being managed by the International Council for Science (ICSU).

 

The successful bidder will host a permanent secretariat – which should comprise a headquarters and regional nodes – for the 10-year research programme. The secretariat will coordinate research activities, handle the day-to-day management of Future Earth, and liaise with key stakeholders.

Introducing the Future Earth Interim Secretariat 

 

The Interim Secretariat is now up and running, with the appointment of Frans Berkhout as Interim Director on July 1, Diana Greenslade as Science Officer on July 8 and Anne-Sophie Stevance continuing her role as Science Officer.

The Interim Secretariat also draws heavily on contributions from ICSU staff members Denise Young (Head of Communications), and Johannes Mengel (Communications Officer/Online Editor) and staff in the existing GEC programme secretariats. There are plans to further expand the team in the coming months, with the next recruitments being for a dedicated Communications Coordinator and an Administrative Officer.

Summer School - Coastal Hazards 16-20 September 2013, Kiel University 

 

FUTURE OCEAN – KIEL MARINE SCIENCES

 

Understanding the Ocean — Sustaining Our Future

The Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean” pursues a research approach that is unique in Germany: marine researchers, geologists and economists join forces with mathematicians, computing, medical, legal, and social scientists to investigate ocean and climate change from a multidisciplinary perspective. A total of over 200 scientists from Kiel University, the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts are using innovative means to share their findings with the scientific community, stakeholders, decision makers, civil society and the public at large.

WCRP-Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, Montevideo, 17-21 March 2014 - Call for Papers 

 

 

 

Climate variability and climate change are now recognized as a significant threat to livelihoods across the world. Water shortages, more intense tropical storms, floods, coastal inundation and longer or recurrent periods of drought are already impacting the health, life and livelihoods of millions of people around the globe, whose reliance on resource dependent activities makes them vulnerable. In addition, there are an increasing number of positive experiences in incorporating climate information for decision making in many socio-economic sectors sensitive to climate.

PICES 2013 Annual Meeting 

Recent trends and future projections of North Pacific climate and ecosystems

http://pices.int/meetings/annual/PICES-2013/2013-scientific_program.aspx

EGU2014 - Call-for-Session-Proposals 

The next EGU General Assembly 2014 (EGU2014) will be held again at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) from 27 Apr 2014 to 02 May 2014.

 

We hereby invite you, from now until 13 Sep 2013, to take an active part in organizing the scientific programme of the conference. You can do this at:

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014/provisionalprogramme

AGU Fall Meeting Abstract Submission Site Open 

 

Will your paper be a part of the more than 20,000 presentations? Submit your abstract for presentation at Fall Meeting! Remember: all first authors must be AGU members who are current in their 2013 dues and not sponsored by an AGU member.