Call for papers: Book "Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change"
In the history of science there have been only a few issues which have mobilized the attention of scientists and policy-makers alike as the issue of climate change currently does. The release of the 4th Assessment produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the summer of 2007 has put the reality of human-induced global warming beyond any doubt. In addition, the high-level event on Climate Change held at the UN Headquarters, New York (24 September 2007), the thirteenth United Nations Climate Change Conference held on the island of Bali (Indonesia) on 3-14 December 2007 and the various strategies and actions plans which are being prepared and implemented all over the world, indicate that the emphasis to this topic will continue to dominate the scientific agenda for decades to come. Although the subject matter of climate change is regarded as a critical issue and sound scientific knowledge is needed in order to address the problem in a holistic way, there is a paucity of academic publications specifically focusing on the different aspects of climate change. The book "Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change" will address this need. It will report, document and disseminate experiences, projects and practical, inter-disciplinary initiatives related to climate change performed by research centres, non-government bodies, international organisations, practitioners and universities both in the industrialised and developing nations. By means of cases studies and project descriptions, it will offer a picture of the state-of-the art in the field across the world and demonstrate how much can be achieved by means of interdisciplinary efforts focusing on matters related to climate change. The book "Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change" will be published by Peter Lang Scientific Publishers (Frankfurt, New York, Bern, Vienna), which has published previous volumes of the award-winning series "Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability"which has produced nearly 30 high-impact books since its creation in 1996. Submissions to "Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change" will be commissioned by the Editor-in-Chief and, when accepted, will be subjected to peer-review by an international editorial board, which will process the submissions further. All submissions to "Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change" will be subject to a strict vetting procedure to ensure their thematic relevance, scope and degree of replication elsewhere. A special emphasis will be given to research which has led to tangible results, as opposed to merely theoretical analyses and appraisals of aspects of climate change problems. Although the Editor-in-Chief will be advised by an international editorial board, his decision is final so as to ensure the editorial coherence of the publication. Further details on this Call for paper and on the submission process are available at: http://climatechange.international-projects.eu/
