Diary

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(2013), "Diary", International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 5 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm.2013.41405baa.007

Diary

Article Type: Diary From: International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Volume 5, Issue 2

12th World Wind Energy Conference & Renewable Energy Exhibition WWEC2013 “Opening Doors to Caribbean Winds”, Havana, Cuba, 3-5 June 2013

The World Wind Energy Association WWEA and CETER are pleased to invite papers and presentations for the 11th World Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition WWEC2012, taking place 3-5 June 2013 in Havana, Cuba. The conference is aimed at presenting, exchanging and discussing the latest knowledge on the state of wind energy and renewable energy in general, including the state of the technology. WWEC2013 will have a special focus on the Caribbean and Central American region and will hence feature the special topic of “Opening Doors to Caribbean Winds”. The region is just about to start using wind power on a large-scale, the first wind farms have been implemented. WWEC2013 aims at developing comprehensive strategies for businesses, governments as well as for local communities in order to make use of its vast wind potentials, together with the other renewable energies.

WWEC2013 is comprised of a three-day program of panels and presentations focused on ownership and business models, policy, financing, local and regional renewable energy integration, technology, governance and capacity building. The meeting will provide ample opportunities to present and discuss research results which will be supported by various panels and several keynote speeches with special emphasis on public dialogue. A trade show exhibition will showcase new technologies, suppliers and manufacturers in the renewable energy sector. The official conference languages will be English and Spanish. Further details can be seen at: wwec2013.net or www.cubasolar.cu/wwec2013

EAERE-FEEM-VIU European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics – Uncertainty, Innovation and Climate Change, Venice, Italy, 30 June-6 July 2013

The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Venice International University (VIU) are pleased to announce their annual European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics for postgraduate students.

The 2013 Summer School will take place from 30 June to 6 July, at the VIU campus on the Island of San Servolo, in Venice, located just in front of St Mark’s Square. The theme of this Summer School is Uncertainty, Innovation and Climate Change. Further details can be seen at: www.feem.it/ess/

Sixth International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium Rize, Turkey, 1-4 July 2013

The IEEES-6 is the sixth Symposium in a successful series of symposia that covers very essential topics of research for human life. The symposium provides a unique environment for researchers, scientists and industrial leaders to present discuss and share research ideas to improve the efficient use of energy and save environment. Organizing the IEEES-6 in Rize provides another benefit: researchers, scientists and industrial leaders are invited to stimulate scientific discussions through highly advanced lectures in the main topics of the symposium. In addition, the IEEES-6 is expected to host more than 200 scientific papers presented by research groups from all over the world. Further details can be seen at: www.ieees6.rize.edu.tr

Symposium “Virtual Community on Sustainability and Consumption 2013” at the 10th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology Magdeburg, Germany, 22-25 September 2013

The Virtual Community (VC) on Sustainability and Consumption invites the submission of contributions for a symposium on sustainability and consumption at the 10th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, which will be held 22-25 September 2013 in Magdeburg, Germany. The main theme for the conference is “The role of the individual in the transformation of energy systems”, which makes it particularly apt for anyone interested in the interface between sustainability and consumption. Further details are available at: www.envpsycon.ovgu.de/EnvPsyCon.html

Workshop on Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Climate Ethics Villa del Grumello, Lake Como, Italy, 26-27 September 2013

A rapidly growing body of research – drawing on a wide variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives – suggests that ethical considerations should be and/or are already at the center of international climate change policy and action discussions. Certainly, ignoring issues related to justice and morality in this domain is no longer an option for climate negotiators, issue advocates and others interested in crafting international responses to climate change that will be seen as legitimate by all relevant state and non-state actors.

Given both the role that ethical considerations will likely play in the climate arena moving forward as well as the multi-disciplinary nature of scholarship in this area, the workshop will entail presentations from a wide variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives. Submissions that describe new (previously unpublished), cutting-edge research in one of the six focus areas for the workshop are welcome:

1. 1.

   ethics (moral and political philosophy, political theory, etc.);

2. 2.

   psychology (moral, social, cognitive, evolutionary, environmental, cognitive science, neuroscience);

3. 3.

   GASS (geography, anthropology, sociology and other social sciences including interdisciplinary perspectives);

4. 4.

   law;

5. 5.

   economics; and

6. 6.

   climate science.

Papers that connect two or more of the focus areas listed above are of particular interest, even though more disciplinary-specific submissions are also welcome. Further details can be obtained from the workshop organizers, Marco Grasso (marco.grasso@unimib.it) and Ezra Markowitz (ezram@princeton.edu). Location of workshop: Como, Italy (www.villadelgrumello.it/en/home.php).