INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE INNOVATION AND RESILIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD 12-14 January 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal | http://climdev15.org Climate change is one of the most important environmental, social and economic issues facing the world today. Some impacts such as increasing heat stress, more intense floods, droughts, and rising sea levels have now become inevitable. The impacts are most severe for the global poor, and South Asia is one of the regions affected by the changes. We must plan and adapt to minimize the negative impacts and enhance human and ecosystem welfare. Climate innovation and technologies involve basic science and engineering as well as information dissemination, capacity building, and community organizing. The conference will focus on approaches from the physical and social sciences to support economic development in mountain and lowland South Asia, which faces serious climate hazards along with food security, water and soil management and environmental justice challenges. This three-day international conference will bring together eminent scientists, policy- makers, and development workers in both nonprofit and profit enterprises to discuss promising new approaches for integrating science, policy, and action. We will stress innovative applications of scientific and technical research to promote rural enterprise and broad-based improvements in health, nutrition, and living standards. This conference will include opportunities for developing knowledge sharing hubs, regional working groups, action plans and pilot projects for regional climate change adaptation. Themes • Climate Change: Climate Science and Modeling, Impacts and Adaptation Assessment, Hazard Prediction and Preparedness • Water Resource Management: Hydrologic Modeling, Snow and Glacier, Governance, Efficiency and Sustainability • Agriculture and Livestock: Crop Modeling, Soil and Water Management for Resilience, Food Security • Gender and Livelihood: Health, Environmental Justice, Development for Marginalized Groups Abstract submission Please submit abstracts online at http://climdev15.org. Abstracts should be related to the theme of the conference and should not exceed 250 words. Conference venue Hotel Soaltee Crown Plaza, Kathmandu, Nepal www.crowneplaza.com/kathmandu Deadlines • Abstract submission: 15 July 2014 • Abstract selection notification: 15 August 2014 • Full paper submission for conference proceedings: 31 October 2014 • Early bird registration: 30 November 2014 • Final paper submission to peer-reviewed journal special issue : 30 April 2015 Registration fee Early bird registration • US $ 200 for participants from outside South Asia • US $ 150 for South Asian participants • NPR 5000 for Nepali participants • NPR 3000 for Nepali students Late registration • US $ 300 for non-Nepali participants (All) • NPR 7500 for Nepali participants (All) All the selected abstracts for the conference will be published in a conference pre-proceedings volume at no additional cost. Selected papers will also be considered for publication in special issues of the following peer-reviewed journals: (1) Climate and (2) International Journal of Water. Livestock- Climate Change Innovation Lab
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
CLIMATE CHANGE INNOVATION AND RESILIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD 12-14 January 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal | http://climdev15.org
Climate change is one of the most important environmental, social and economic issues facing the world today. Some impacts such as increasing heat stress, more intense floods, droughts, and rising sea levels have now become inevitable. The impacts are most severe for the global poor, and South Asia is one of the regions affected by the changes. We must plan and adapt to minimize the negative impacts and enhance human and ecosystem welfare. Climate innovation and technologies involve basic science and engineering as well as information dissemination, capacity building, and community organizing.
The conference will focus on approaches from the physical and social sciences to support economic development in mountain and lowland South Asia, which faces serious climate hazards along with food security, water and soil management and environmental justice challenges. This three-day international conference will bring together eminent scientists, policy-makers, and development workers in both nonprofit and profit enterprises to discuss promising new approaches for integrating science, policy, and action. We will stress innovative applications of scientific and technical research to promote rural enterprise and broad-based improvements in health, nutrition, and living standards. This conference will include opportunities for developing knowledge sharing hubs, regional working groups, action plans and pilot projects for regional climate change adaptation.
Themes
• ClimateChange: Climate Science and Modeling, Impacts and Adaptation Assessment, Hazard Prediction and Preparedness
• WaterResourceManagement: Hydrologic Modeling, Snow and Glacier, Governance, Efficiency and Sustainability
• AgricultureandLivestock: Crop Modeling, Soil and Water Management for Resilience, Food Security
• GenderandLivelihood:Health, Environmental Justice, Development for Marginalized Groups
Abstract submission
Please submit abstracts online at http://climdev15.org. Abstracts should be related to the theme of the conference and should not exceed 250 words.
Conference venue
Hotel Soaltee Crown Plaza, Kathmandu, Nepalwww.crowneplaza.com/kathmandu
Deadlines
• Abstractsubmission: 15 July 2014• Abstractselectionnotification: 15 August 2014• Fullpapersubmissionforconferenceproceedings: 31
October 2014• Earlybirdregistration: 30 November 2014• Finalpapersubmissiontopeer-reviewedjournal
specialissue: 30 April 2015
Registration fee
Earlybirdregistration• US $ 200 for participants from outside South Asia• US $ 150 for South Asian participants• NPR 5000 for Nepali participants• NPR 3000 for Nepali students
Lateregistration• US $ 300 for non-Nepali participants (All)• NPR 7500 for Nepali participants (All)
All the selected abstracts for the conference will be published in a conference pre-proceedings volume at no additional cost. Selected papers will also be considered for publication in special issues of the following peer-reviewed journals:(1) Climate and (2) International Journal of Water.
Livestock-Climate Change Innovation Lab
Accommodation
Hotel room rates are typically $80 to $150. Nepal is a major tourist destination, hence it is advisable to book lodging well ahead of the program. Please book yourself at your choice or ask the organizers to book a room for you.Suggested hotels in Kathmandu are:
• Soaltee Crown Plaza www.crowneplaza.com/kathmandu
USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for CollaborativeResearch on Adapting Livestock Systems to ClimateChange
Sponsorship opportunities
Sponsorship of the conference is an opportunity to make an impact on the international and regional climate change community. Please contact the conference organizers for detailed information.
Organizing committee
• Chair: Dr. Madan Lall Shrestha, Academician, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)/The Small Earth Nepal (SEN), Nepal
• Co-chair: Dr. Nir Krakauer, City University of New York (CUNY), USA
• Co-chair: Dr. Ajay Jha, Colorado State University (CSU), USA
• Co-chair: Dr. Rishi Ram Sharma, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), Nepal
• Co-chair: Director General, Department of Livestock Services (DoLS), Nepal
• Dr. Naba Raj Devkota, Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Nepal
• Jeeban Panthi, The Small Earth Nepal (SEN), Nepal
Technical/Scientific committee
• Chair:Dr. Tarendra Lakhankar, City University of New York (CUNY), USA
• Dhiraj Pradhananga, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• Dr. Soni M. Pradhanang, City University of New York (CUNY), USA
• Dr. Mohan Sharma, Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Nepal
• Professor Upendra B. Pradhanang, Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal
• Dr. Bhanu R. Neupane, United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France
• Dr. Sangam Shrestha, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
• Dr. Lance Clive Heath, Australian National University Climate Change Institute, Australia
• Dr. Alexander Sterin, Russian Institute for Hydro-meteorological Information-World Data Center, Russian Federation
• Dr. Lochan P. Devkota, Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal
• Dr. Vishnu Pandey, Asian Institute of Technology and Management (AITM), Nepal
• Professor Rupak Rajbhandari, Department of Meteorology, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal
• Dr. Chandra Dhakal, Department of Livestock Services (DoLS), Nepal
Advisory committee
• Chair:Professor Suresh Raj Chalise, The Small Earth Nepal (SEN), Nepal
• Professor Richard Bowen, Colorado State University (CSU), USA
• Professor Reza Khanbilvardi, CREST Institute, City University of New York (CUNY), USA
• Professor Kailash N. Pyakuryal, Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Nepal
• Professor P. K. Jha, Central Department of Botany, Trubhuvan University, Nepal
• Professor Michael H. Glantz (Mickey), Consortium for Capacity Building (CCB), University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
• Professor Kanayathu Chacko Koshy, Centre for Global Sustainable Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
• Dr. Amir Muhammed, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan
• Dr. Ailikun, Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Studies International Program Office (MAIRS-IPO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
• Dr. Linda Anne Stevenson, Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), Japan
• Jagat Kumar Bhusal, Society of Hydrologists and Meteorologists (SOHAM-Nepal), Nepal
• Promod Pradhan, Asian Institute of Technology and Management (AITM), Nepal
• Dr. Wolfgang Grabs, International Water Affairs, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany
• Professor Tetsuzo Yasunari, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan
Contact
Dilli Bhattarai, Conference SecretaryThe Small Earth Nepal (SEN), KathmanduTel: +977-1-4782738, Cell: +977-9841632529Email: [email protected]: http://climdev15.org
