Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal to co-chair Scientific Steering Committee of IPCC sponsored global Conference on Cities and Climate Change Science (March 5-7, 2018, Edmonton, Canada)
Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal to co-chair Scientific Steering Committee of the 2018 CitiesIPCC Conference (Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, Edmonton, Canada, March 5-7, 2018). https://www.citiesipcc.org/
The conference aims to inspire the next frontier of research focused on the science of cities and climate change. The primary goal of the conference is to assess the state of academic and practice-based knowledge related to cities and climate change, and to establish a global research agenda based on the joint identification of key gaps by the academic, practitioner and urban policy-making communities. The conference seeks to forge stronger partnerships among these communities and catalyze new processes for joint knowledge production; connect existing data platforms and potentially initiate new ones; as well as catalyze funding to meet these goals. It will bring together representatives from academia, scientific bodies, other research organizations and agencies; member states of the United Nations; city and regional governments; and urban and climate change practitioners and policy-makers. The main aims are to improve scientific knowledge and to stimulate research underpinning effective and efficient urban responses to climate change, as well as to provide inputs to the products of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Conference Objectives: The overall objectives of the “Cities and Climate Change Science Conference: Fostering new scientific knowledge for cities based on science, practice and policy” are to:
- identify key research and knowledge gaps with regard to cities and climate change
- inspire global and regional research that will lead to peer-reviewed publications and scientific reports, co-designed and co-produced knowledge leading to effective and inclusive urban practices
- stimulate research on Cities and Climate Change during the AR6 cycle
