Program Overview

A fully packed program awaits you!

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Sunday, June 9, 2024

14:00 - 15:00
Arrival & Registration
15:00 – 16:50
Keynote by Marina Romanello
Keynote by Andy Haines
(H 0104)
Followed by the panel discussion “Human health – Game changer in climate policy and evidence to action?”
16:50 – 17:20
Coffee Break
17:20 – 19:00
Keynote by Julian Elliot
(H 0104)
Followed by the panel discussion "Towards a rigorous knowledge base on what works for evidence-based climate policies and enhanced IPCC assessments"
19:00 – 21:00
Evening Reception

Monday, June 10, 2024

07:30 – 08:30
Registration
08:30 – 09:45
Keynote by Rohini Pande
(H 0104)
Followed by the panel discussion "The critical role of evidence-based policy to solve the climate crisis"
09:45 – 10:15
Coffee break
10:15 – 12:00
Keynote by Jim Skea
(H 0104)
Followed by the panel discussion "Towards solution-oriented IPCC assessments"
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:30
Informing global climate assessments
(H 0110)
Adaptation pathways and scenarios for the AR7
(H 0111)
Aligning evidence on climate change mitigation and health
(H 0112)
Urban typologies
(H 3005)
New approaches to ex-post climate policy evaluation
(H 0104)
Mitigation policy: mixed methods
(H 0107)
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30
Science and policy interface
(H 0110)
Informing climate solutions for adaptation
(H 0111)
Advancing climate, health and equity outcomes through local action in the Indo-Pacific
(H 0112)
Climate solutions and cities: evidence synthesis
(H 3005)
Evidence-based policy approaches to building small-scale farmers’ climate resiliency
(H 0107)
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:30
Keynote by Winston Chow
(H 0104)
Followed by the panel discussion "Challenges for policy learning from highly localized evidence" 
18:30 – 19:30
Transfer to Wasserwerk for Conference Dinner
19:30 – 23:00
Conference Dinner
Eventlocation Wasserwerk

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

All Day
Poster Exhibition
2nd Floor, next to Catering area
07:30 – 08:30
Registration
08:30 – 09:15
Keynote by Massimo Tavoni
(H 0104)
Followed by the panel discussion "Past, Present, Future – towards comprehensive policy analysis in the IPCC‘s 7th Assessment Report"
09:15 – 09:30
Coffee break
09:30 – 11:00
Mitigation policy: modelling
(H 0110)
Tracking climate change adaptation from multiple lines of evidence
(H 0111)
Land use: sectoral interventions
(H 0112)
Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE)
(H 3005)
Political economy of climate policy II
(H 0104)
Mitigation policy: evidence synthesis I
(H 0107)
Rigorous evidence on climate policies
(H 3007)
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Addressing justice in global climate mitigation scenarios
(H 0110)
Mapping and synthesizing evidence on global adaptation progress
(H 0111)
Climate and health: evidence synthesis
(H 0112)
Cities solutions in cities: buildings and transport
(H 3005)
Computational social science for climate
(H 0104)
Synthesizing the evidence from carbon pricing policy evaluations
(H 0107)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Keynote by Tabea Lissner
(H 0104)
Followed by the panel discussion "The Global Adaptation Tracking Initiative – challenges & opportunities"
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
What works in non-state climate action
(H 0110)
Adaptation policy: evidence synthesis
(H 0111)
Climate and health: policy
(H 0112)
Climate risks and adaptation in cities I
(H 3005)
Meta-research in economics and environmental science "methods and applications"
(H 0104)
Demand side mitigation potential
(H 0107)
17:00 – 17:30
Coffee Break
17:30 – 18:30
Accelerating progress towards the SDGs: insights from the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition
(H 0104)

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

07:30 – 08:30
Registration
08:30 – 09:45
Keynote by Samantha Cheng
Keynote by Cheikh Mbow (H 0104)
Followed by the panel discussion "The role of nature-based solutions in international climate policy"
09:45 – 10:00
Coffee break
10:00 – 11:30
Nutrition and well‐being of women and children in LMICs
(H 0110)
Climate risks and adaptation in cities II
(H 0111)
Digital evidence synthesis tools in climate and health
(H 0112)
Political economy of climate policy
(H 3005)
Mitigation policy: evidence synthesis II
(H 0104)
Qualitative evidence synthesis
(H 0107)
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:30
Research priorities for climate and health
(H 0110)
Adaptation policy: evaluation
(H 0111)
Land use: evidence synthesis
(H 3005)
Accelerating low-carbon energy transitions
(H 0104)
Mitigation policy: evaluation
(H 0107)
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
IDRC: Climate and health co-benefits in LMICs
(H 0111)
UNICEF child-sensitive climate policies and programs
(H 0112)
Review ecosystem on the state of knowledge in CDR
(H 3005)
Side Event: Democracy and Climate in Crisis I Three Perspectives
The event is hosted by the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg
(H 0106)
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30
Closing Panel: The Future of Evidence in Climate Policy
(H 0104)

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