Schedule
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- Pre-Conference 22 Jan 2025
- Day One 23 Jan 2025
- Day Two 24 Jan 2025
- Day Three 25 Jan 2025
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Online Only
Asynchronous
Online Welcome and Training Session
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Conference Opening and Welcome Session
Pathways Forward
Evaluating Sustainability of Social-ecological Systems: A Comparison of Protected Areas in Guanacaste, Costa Rica and the Azores, Portugal
Jeanie Bukowski, Associate Professor and Director, Political Science and Office of Global Studies & Initiatives, Bradley University, Illinois, United States
Planning for Sustainable and Just Food Systems in an Uncertain Future: Applying Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Scenarios to Long-term Planning
Robert Newell, Canada Research Chair, School of Environment and Sustainability, Royal Roads University, British Columbia, Canada
Towards a Fair Transition to the Green Economy by Mitigating the Distributional Effects of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Charalampia Mikropoulou, PhD, Law, Aix Marseille University, ALPES PROVENCE COTE D AZUR, France
Community Underwater: Evaluating the Social and Economic Consequences of Flooding in Purok 7 Gugo, Calumpit, Bulacan and the Effectiveness of Local Government Response
Marvin Sambilay, Student, Public Administration, Bulacan State University, Bulacan, Philippines
Rafael Baesa, Professor, Department of Public Administration and Governance, Bulacan State University, Bulacan, Philippines
Dominic Gavin Cruz, Student, Public Administration, Bulacan State University, Bulacan, Philippines
Public Priorities
Prevention as a Measure to Mitigate and Reduce the Impact of Hydrometeorological Phenomena Originated by Climate Change in Coastal Areas of Mexico from 2022 to 2024
Reyna Parroquin, Professor, Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico
Art and Sustainability: The Role of Art in Climate Change Education
Auranzaib Noor Ali, Assistant Manager, Research Office, Aga Khan University, Sind (en), Pakistan
The State of Climate Change, Water Governance and Community Resilience in the City of Toronto
Yena Bassone-Quashie, Student, P.Eng, PhD (c), Toronto Metropolitan University, Ontario, Canada
Carolyn Johns, Professor, Politics and Public Administration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Plenary Session and Discussion with Leslie Paul Thiele
"Sustainability and Self-Organization"
Seeing Is Believing
Experience with Disasters, Media Use, and Climate Change Fears: Who You Gonna Believe, Media or Your Lyin’ Eyes?
Ann Gordon, Associate Professor, Political Science, Chapman University, California, United States
Experience of Warming Increases Education's Effect on Climate Concern in the U.S.
R. Alexander Bentley, Professor, Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Tennessee, United States
Unseen and Undervalued: The Overlooked Role of Elderly People in Climate Change Mitigation
Hari Krishna N Ibanupudi, Global Climate Change and Ageing Adviser, Income Security, Help Age International, Andhra Pradesh, India
A Board Game Approach to Climate Change Education and Advocacy
Jubair Islam, Student, Master of Science, Illinois State University, Illinois, United States
Time to Change? The Effects of Information Provision on the Public Acceptability of Climate Change Policies, and Their Persistence Over Time
Constantine Spandagos, Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States
Beyond the Flypaper Effect: Crowding-In from Federal Investment in Public Transit
Arseniy Braslavskiy, Student, PhD, University of Maryland, Maryland, United States
Worst Case Scenarios for Sweden in Terms of Food Security and Climate Change: A Qualitative Analysis
Stephanie Rost, Student, PhD underway., Gothenburg University, Sweden
Talking Circle: 2025 Special Focus—Sustainable Development for a Dynamic Planet: Lessons, Priorities, and Solutions
Dynamic Forces
Towards Environmental Sustainability: Assessing the Role of Energy Equity and Income Inequality
Pamela Efua Ofori, Student, PhD in Methods and Models for Economic Decisions, University of Insubria, Agrigento, Italy
Isaac Kwesi Ofori, Student, PhD. Economics, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland
Measuring the Performance of Sustainable Development Goals: Perspectives and Contributions from Local Governments in Colombia
Efraim Parra, Director of the Observatory for Regional Sustainability / Researcher, Institute for Sustainability Studies (IEPS), Autonomous University of the West, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Greenness, Air Pollution and Health Impact: Modelling Environmental Methodological Tools to Increase Awareness and Contribute to Efforts of Regulating Illegal/Informal Settlements in Portugal
Pedro Diaz Peralta, Visiting Fellow, Administrative Law- Faculty of Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid/ Yale University, Madrid, Spain
Empowering Youth as Climate Change Catalysts: Education and Technology for Resilience
Katleho Mojakisane, Sustainable Futures Coordinator, Clean Energy Development, Tangelic, Lesotho
The Carbon Footprint of Digital Content: Measuring and Mitigating Climate Impacts
Alisa Bonsignore, Founder, Strategist & Author, Clarifying Complex Ideas, LLC, Arizona, United States
Governance for Climate Resilience
Petra Dilling, Associate Professor, School of Graduate Studies, SUNY Empire State University, New York, United States
Online Poster Session
The Impact of Climate Change on Forced Migration in the Sahel: A Human Rights Perspective
Jerome Nenger, Student, Ph.D., Binghamton University, New York, United States
Climate Change and Criminal Law: An International, European and Italian Perspective
Giulia Rizzo Minelli, Researcher, Law, University of Bologna, Agrigento, Italy
Exploring Water Hyacinth Pyrolysis for South Africa's Decarbonisation and Just Energy Transition
Obianuju Patience Ilo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Mulala Danny Simatele, University of the Witwatersrand
Political Climates and Nonprofit Environmentalism: A Comparative Analysis of State Influence on Environmental Nonprofits in Florida and California
Maya Lis, Student, Society and Environment: US Environmental Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
Digital Tools and Climate Change Education: Exploring the Role of Digital Games
Adib Jawad, Student, Education, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Spillway: Photographs from St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Lily Brooks, Assistant Professor of Photography, Edward Schlieder Endowed Professor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies (2022-2025), Visual Art + Design, Southeastern Louisiana University, Louisiana, United States
Cause and Effect
Global Sequestration of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide by Drylands Forestation
Murray Moinester, Emeritus Professor of Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Particle Physics, Tel Aviv University, HaMerkaz, Israel
Indigenous People Protecting Forests and Finding Practical Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation in Post-coup Myanmar
Saw Frankie, Director, Tenasserim River and Indigenous People’s Network (TRIP NET), Tanintharyi, Myanmar
Toward Energy Justice
Distributional Energy Justice and the Inclusive Human Development Agenda in Africa
Isaac Kwesi Ofori, Student, PhD. Economics, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland
Assessing Residents’ Perceptions and Awareness about Household Emission Policies in Ghana
Adom Seth, Student, Doctoral Program, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Welcome Reception on the Patio
Drinks Provided by The Bartenders Guild
Plenary Panel: Coastal Restoration and Resilience
Online Only Talking Circle
Live - Online Only
Rethinking the Elements
PROJECT HALO: Fire Alarm From Space
Gregory Sullivan, Climate Change Innovation Engineer, PROJECT HALO Foundation, Florida, United States
Could the Environmental Daly Curve Hypothesis Be Valid for Less Industrialized Economies?: Testing the Relationship between Carbon Emissions and Economic Growth
Francis Ayensu, Lecturer, School of IT Business, Ghana Communication Technology University, Jiangsu, Ghana
Poster Session
Climate Change and Its Impact on Cardiovascular Disease: A Literature Review of the Imminent Risk Global Warming Poses on Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality
Lucy Cooke Davies, Student, Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery, Anglia Ruskin University, Essex, United Kingdom
Zoya Arif, Student, MBChB, Anglia Ruskin University, Essex, United Kingdom
Samuel Odlin, Student, MBChB (Student), Anglia Ruskin University, Essex, United Kingdom
Nature Interpretation and Integrated Fire Management: A Climate Adaptation Strategy in Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
Maria Eduarda Camilo Peixoto, Student, Master's in Forest Engineering, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Shifts in Airborne Tree Pollen Concentration Peaks Amid Climate Change: A Five-year Study in Charleston, SC, United States
Atin Adhikari, Professor, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Georgia, United States
Arpita Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences, Georgia Southern University, United States
Jayanta Gupta, Associate Professor, Health Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida, United States
Sarah Sejoro, Graduate Student, Georgia Southern University , United States
Oluwatoyin Ayo Farai, Student, MD, MPH, Georgia Southern University, Georgia, United States
Jing Kersey, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health/Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Sciences (BEES), Georgia Southern University, Georgia, United States
Models for Visualized Spatial Assessment and Forecasting of the Level of Technogenic Impact on the Atmosphere of Regional Territories: Development, Research and Practical Application
Olga Ivashchuk, Chief Researcher, Kazakh National Research Technical University, Almaty oblysy, Kazakhstan
Bagdat Yagaliyeva, Associate Professor, Cybersecurity, Information Processing and Storage, Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Unintended Consequences: The Erosion of Traditional Collective Action and Social Capital by Externally Driven Climate Adaptation Programs
Suman Acharya, Student, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Central Florida, Florida, United States
Emerging Understanding
Assessing Climate Vulnerabilities in the Western Upper Peninsula: Ecosystem Impact, Social Vulnerabilities and Policy Responses
Mercedes Asamani, Doctoral Researcher, Social Science, Michigan Technological University, Michigan, United States
Climate Change and Water Governance Challenges in the Great Lakes Region: The Value of Baseline Knowledge and Indicators for Resilience Responses
Carolyn Johns, Professor, Politics and Public Administration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Amanda Shankland, Postdoctoral Fellow, Politics and Governance, Toronto Metropolitan University, Ontario, Canada
Response of Rural Farmers to the Effects of Climate Change in Cross River State Nigeria
Friday Ogar Idiku, Senior Lecturer, Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, University of Calabar Calabar Nigeria, Cross River, Nigeria
Case Study Afternoon
Sign up will be available at the registration desk on 23 January 2025
Plenary Panel: Opportunities and Challenges in Financing Resilience and Managing Climate Risk
Plenary Session and Discussion with Tayba Hatimy
"The Role of Women in Environmental Leadership"
Leading Change
Sustainable Strategy - Eagle Airlines
Kelly George, Associate Professor, College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Virginia, United States
Nnanna Emetu
Climate Change Education Policy in Indonesia: Lesson from the Archipelago
Kelvin Tang, Student, Doctoral, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
Agriculture and Drinking Water Adaptation to Salinity: Enhancing Climate Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh
Ahmed Ziaur Rahman, Student, Doctoral Research, University College London, United Kingdom
Misrepresentation of Climate Change as Spiritual and Cultural Crises: The Case of Africa
Essien Oku Essien, Doctoral Student, Communication, Culture and Media Studies, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, United States
Lunch
Working Lunch with Chief Social Scientist
Publishing Opportunities and Collaboration with Common Ground Research Networks
Climate Warming Evidence Across Nigeria: A Detailed Examination of Temperature Trends in Sub-National Areas Using Long Memory Process
Samuel Chibuzor Umeh, Student, PhD in Economics, University of the Basque Country, Vizcaya, Spain
Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions from Landfill Sites under Hot Weather Conditions: Implications of Sustainability
Abdirashid Elmi, Professor, Environmental Science, Kuwait University, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait
We Need Trusted Intermediaries: Strategies for Effective Climate Change Communication from American and Polish Climate Scientists
Jagoda Mytych, Assistant, Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Economic Effects of Climate Change: Disentangling the Influence of Climate Change and Media Narratives on the Home Insurance Market
Stefano Mazzotta, Full Professor of Economics and Finance, Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Analisys, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, United States
Cultivating Community : How Discourse Shapes the Philosophy, Practice and Policy of Water Management in the Murray–Darling Basin
Amanda Shankland, Postdoctoral Fellow, Politics and Governance, Toronto Metropolitan University, Ontario, Canada
International Development Finance for the Energy Transition in ASEAN Member States: Historical Trends and Future Directions
Jeong Won Kim, Senior Research Fellow, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
