I have been participating on this since yesterday and thought it was worth a mention. Yesterday (3rd November 2008) the online climate conference CLIMATE 2008 / KLIMA 2008 opened its virtual doors. If you want to join the conference, go to www.climate2008.net - from now until 7 November 2008. Once you have registered (for free) you can check out more than 80 scientific peer-reviewed papers from all over the world, on different aspects of climate change, a showcase of selected climate projects, and discover the many interactive features of ‘Climate 2008’. For example, over the course of the event, interested participants may be able to read the papers and exchange ideas with the authors and participant experts. There is also a climate change studies library and you can participate in live chats with experts or watch video podcasts from the conference patrons.
As stressed by the organisers of the conference, although 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 events focusing on the different aspects of climate change. Therefore, an internet-based (and therefore largely CO2-neutral) scientific event concerned with approaches, methods, strategies, and other types of action needed in order to cope with the challenge of climate change, is a welcome development. It is on the basis of this perceived need that the conference is being organised. The online conference aims to be as climate-neutral as possible; CO2 emissions related to the use of participants' personal computers during the conference from 3-7 November 2008 will be compensated by the conference partner KlimaInvest. To guarantee a climate-neutral conference week, a wind energy park in Turkey is being financed according to the acknowledged WWF Gold Standard.
The World Meteorological Organisations (WMO) has joined Climate 2008 as a partner. WMO is the world's leading body on climate and meteorological issues and will use Climate 2008 as a platform to promote its activities as well as in order to access information on climate change research.
In cooperation with Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, the organizers are awarding a prize to the best scientific paper submitted to ‘Climate 2008 / Klima 2008’. In addition to the general scientific quality of the papers, the jury consisting of the organisers and the scientific committee will take into account the users' votes for the respective papers.
The event has two tracks: one in English and one in German.
Current news on the conference
Tue 12.00 - Live Chat with Eco Institute
The next live chat with an expert from the Eco Institute,
Freiburg/Germany, starts Tuesday at noon (GMT+1). The topic is
Bioenergy and Climate Change.
Don’t forget to check out Cabi’s new Environmental Impact webpage for the latest events listing and reports on climate change.
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