Practical Solutions for a Warming World: AMS Conference on Climate Adaptation
18-20 July 2011, Asheville, North Carolina NOTE: CORRECTED ABSTRACT DEADLINE: March 18, 2011 The AMS Conference on Climate Adaptation, organized by the AMS Board on Societal Impacts, will be held 18-20 July 2011 in Asheville, North Carolina. This conference will offer a unique opportunity for scientists and non-scientists to interact and hear from one another. Joint sessions will be held with the 19th Conference on Applied Climatology and the 36th Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists. A preliminary program, registration, hotel, and general information will appear on the AMS website (http://www.ametsoc.org) in April 2011. Recognition that even if the world were to take aggressive action to curb greenhouse gas emissions there will still be a substantial amount of warming has spurred interest in adapting to climate variability and change. This conference will showcase state-of-the-art adaptation research, present real-world examples from practitioners, and explore the role of science in adaptation planning and decision-making. Oral, poster, and panel presentations are solicited from a wide range of academic disciplines and professional groups (including local and state governments, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations). This multidisciplinary conference solicits cutting-edge research and practice examples across a wide range of topics. Sessions and groupings of papers can be proposed. Some example themes might include (but are not limited to): What are the research challenges presented by adaptation in a climate change context? · Methodological challenges in measuring vulnerability and adaptation success (metrics) · Political, institutional, behavioral, and policy contexts for adaptation · Learning across fields—e.g. natural hazards and extremes · Climate model downscaling: techniques, limitations, and opportunities · Integrated modeling: technological, ecological, and social Creating “usable science”: Meeting the needs of decision makers · Stakeholder needs for climate information and decision support tools · Risk communication and dealing with uncertainty · Approaches to climate change assessment · Education efforts/training/tools: what is already available and how is it helping? How is society responding to the adaptation message? · From global to local: adaptation from a stakeholder’s perspective · Governance and institutions Barriers, limits, and opportunities for climate change adaptation · Financing: public and private options: by whom and how are adaptation actions being funded? · The intersection of adaptation and mitigation Please submit your abstract electronically via the Web by 18 March 2011 (refer to the AMS Web page at http://ams.confex.com/ams/ for instructions.) An abstract fee of $95 (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted). This abstract fee will also include costs for submission of an extended electronic manuscript (details below) and digital recording of all oral presentations. Authors of accepted presentations and panels will be notified via e-mail. These authors are strongly encouraged to submit an extended manuscript electronically by 22 August 2011. Instructions for formatting extended abstracts (PDF format, up to 3 MB in size) will be posted on the AMS web site. All abstracts, extended abstracts and presentations will be available on the AMS web site following the conference at no cost. For additional information please contact the program chairs: Lee Tryhorn, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Ithaca, New York ([email protected]; 607-254-6396), Lynne Carter, Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program, ([email protected]; 225 578-8374), or Lisa Dilling, University of Colorado, Boulder, ([email protected]; 303-735-3678)
