CatIQ Connect 2023
2023-02-07 - 2023-02-08
MORE INFO AND REGISTER HERE
CatIQ and MSA are pleased to announce registration is now open for CatIQ Connect 2023! We’re eager to #ReConnect with everyone in person for the first time since 2020, and can’t wait to see you February 7 and 8, 2023, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
The CatIQ Connect 2023 Agenda features 40+ expert speakers, leading discussions on topics including:
2022 CATS in Review
Atmospheric Rivers, Derechos and Other Scary Things
B.C. Floods – Local and Claims Perspectives
Claims and Inflation
Federal View on Disaster Risk
Has the Time Come for CAT Bonds in Canada?
Getting Out of Harm’s Way with Managed Retreat
Indigenous Communities and Insurance
Insurance Adjusting Challenges and Opportunities
Modelling the Future Climate
The Lytton Recovery
Weathering the Storm: Ensuring Good Mental Health in Your Workplace
West Coast Earthquake – The Known Unknowns

Arctic Science Summit Week 2023
2023-02-17 - 2023-02-24
The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2023 will be hosted in Vienna (Austria) from 17 – 24 February 2023. Deadline for abstract submission for the ASSW 2023 Science Symposium “The Arctic in the Anthropocene” (21 – 24 February 2023) is swiftly approaching: submit your abstract by 20 September 2022.
Never before has the Arctic experienced such a high pressure by human impact either by local environmental disturbances or by global climate change leading to long-term changes and massive challenges to the resistance and resilience of polar ecological systems and Arctic societies. “The Arctic in the Anthropocene” is a quite appropriate theme to focus on the increasing pressure of high latitudes. Several sessions offer space to shed light on short- and long-term changes, respectively, on human, terrestrial, aquatic or aerial systems. Despite the focus on the Arctic, contributions on the Antarctic, aiming at fostering networking and advances on research on both poles, are accepted and appreciated.
The conference will be held in a hybrid format including opportunities for both in-person and online oral and poster presentations.

MEOPAR Communities of Practice Symposium
2023-03-07 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver)
The MEOPAR Communities of Practice Symposium will bring together seven established and emerging marine- and coastal-focused CoPs to exchange lessons learned and their recent successes. The symposium will include short presentations from participating MEOPAR supported CoPs, including CORC CoP, with time for questions and open discussion at the end. You can register for the event here and find out more on the event webpage.

Webinar: Decadal Prediction at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
2023-04-26 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver)
April 26, 2023 – 3:00pm to 4:00pm (Pacific Time)
Register Here: https://pacificclimate.org/news-and-events/seminars/decadal-prediction-cccma
Decadal predictions often employ the same models as long-term climate simulations and projections, but differ in that they are initialized from observation-based states, and attempt to predict the combined trajectory of internal climate variations and externally-forced changes, rather than only representing the latter.
This presentation will first review the development of decadal prediction capabilities at CCCma in the context of the initial emergence and rapid development of this field. It than covers associated contributions to international efforts such as CMIP5, CMIP6, and the WMO’s annual-to-decadal operations, together with current scientific issues and the potential for such predictions to inform climate services in Canada. Finally, a CCCma-led initiative to prepare the international decadal prediction community to respond to the eventuality of a climate-altering volcanic eruption is described.
Bio:
Bill Merryfield is a Research Scientist at ECCC’s Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma) in Victoria. For more than 10 years he has led efforts to apply CCCma’s climate and Earth system models to predicting future climate variations and trends on seasonal to decadal time scales, along with associated science. These efforts have led to CCCma’s models contributing to ECCC’s operational seasonal forecasts, as well as to multi-model decadal forecasts issued annually by the WMO. He currently serves as co-chair of the World Climate Research Programme’s Working Group on Subseasonal to Interdecadal Prediction, and as a member of its Decadal Climate Prediction Project panel.

CMOS Congress
2023-05-28 08:00 - 2023-06-01 17:00 (America/St_Johns)
CMOS Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society / Société canadienne de météorologie et d’océanographie (SCMO)
May 28-June 1, 2023 – St. John’s NL / 28 mai au 1er juin 2023
The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) 57th Congress will be held from May 28 to June 1, 2023 in a hybrid format with opportunities for both in‑person and virtual participation. The venue for the in‑person component will be the Sheraton Hotel in St. John’s, NL.
The theme of the Congress is “Connecting on the Rock: From the Marine Environment to the Blue Economy”, recognizing that this is the first time in several years that the CMOS community will meet face‑to‑face. This is also the first time we will embrace a new hybrid format for the Congress and invite both virtual and in‑person participation. We hope that this Congress will remind us of the connection we share with each other and the connection between science and society, particularly with respect to a better understanding of extreme events and fostering a Blue Economy.
The congress will feature:
Plenary presentations, workshops and panel discussions with leading researchers
Science sessions that highlight top Canadian and international research contributions across a breadth of interests, as well as sessions that highlight the translation of science into services that benefit society
A public lecture with a focus on extreme events, and emergency preparedness and response
A high level of interaction of presenters with those attending the sessions for both oral and poster papers, as formal questions and answers, more general discussions, and opportunities for one-on-one and small group discussions
Networking and social events catered toward students and early career scientists
Networking among participants, an awards banquet, and other activities to be announced

Panel Session: Mixed Media and Crossed Wires: Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Contemporary and Traditional Media for Disaster Preparedness, Warning, and Response Communication
2023-06-01 14:00 - 15:30 (America/St_Johns)
When: Thursday, June 1, 2023, 14:00 – 15:30 NDT
What: CMOS Congress / ORCA Scientific Meeting Panel Discussion
Title: Mixed Media and Crossed Wires: Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Contemporary and Traditional Media for Disaster Preparedness, Warning, and Response Communication
Location: Sheraton Hotel, St. John’s NL, Signal
The communication of hazard-related information usually begins with the detection of a potential hazard through observation of phenomena. The data are analyzed and/or modeled and meaning or implications are drawn from the results. Depending on the time scale of the anticipated hazard, this is then communicated in a variety of ways (reports, sirens, alerts, images, simulation, maps, narrative, graphs, numerical equations), to one or many audiences (same agency, different agencies, decision-makers, public). At each step of the communication process, the message format and content can be (or may need to be) altered to fit the audience, channel, or circumstances. The selection of data or model outcome to communicate, the communication of uncertainty or probability, as well as aspects of the message format and content may result in the communication of a meaning different than initially intended or a message that amplifies one aspect but attenuates another. Testing processes and messages with the end-user and obtaining feedback, is critical, but may not always occur. Traditional media (radio, TV, print or electronic media) and social media play a strong role in hazard information dissemination exchange with both challenges and opportunities for interaction, multi-directional information flow, information gathering and dissemination. The panelists will discuss the challenges of maintaining the fidelity of the message meaning for each audience through the multi-step communication process for a variety of coastal hazards such as sea-level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, and tsunamis.

CZCA 2023 Conference: Connecting Canadians with our Coast
2023-06-11 - 2023-06-14
Save the Date!
June 11-14, 2023, Victoria BC, Canada
More Information: https://www.coastalzonecanada.org/czc2023/
CZCA’s biennial conference will be held on the Salish Sea in Victoria, British Columbia, on the traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən People. Victoria is a timeless and beautiful coastal city with strong ties to rich maritime and First Nations histories, a stunning waterfront and natural environment.

Adaptation Futures 2023
2023-10-02 - 2023-10-06
October 2-6, 2023 (Hybrid, Montréal) – Adaptation Futures 2023. Registration is now open for the Adaptation Futures Conference devoted to climate change adaptation and networking, research and work within the sector

Understanding Risk BC 2023: Cascading Hazards, Multihazard Solutions
2023-10-11 08:00 - 2023-10-12 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Register Here: https://www.urbc.ca/
Objectives
The objectives of the URBC Symposiums are in line with the priorities for action of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030), which was adopted by the BC government in 2018. These same priorities are in line with and in support of the National Emergency Management Strategy for Canada: Toward a Resilient 2030 and its current focus on earthquakes, floods, and wildfires. Further, the symposiums support implementation of the National Adaptation Strategy (NAS) at the regional scale.
​The symposiums aim to bridge the gaps across the science-policy-action interface towards reducing risk and building resilience in the Georgia Basin. Further, they aim to support deliberative dialogue and more effective collaboration across disciplines and cultures, recognizing that we all have an opportunity to learn from one another and that solutions-focused dialogue is a key underpinning to collaboratively advancing action.
Themes & Topics
Extreme heat in BC: lessons learned and remaining gaps
Managed retreat: successes and challenges in the Canadian context
Mt. Meager: taking an ‘all of society’ approach to cascading hazards
Advancing the incentivization agenda in Canada: developing incentivizes for earthquake, flood, or fire mitigation
and much more!

Building Momentum Toward Net Zero
2023-11-09 05:30 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver)
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Join us virtually for Canada’s preeminent climate conference: Building Momentum Toward Net-Zero, on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. EST.
Co-hosted by the Canadian Climate Institute and the Net-Zero Advisory Body, our third annual climate conference will feature keynote speakers and moderated panels with national and international climate policy experts. They will delve into timely climate-related topics that will explore Canada’s journey toward net zero, with a focus on what’s working well and what we need to do to keep on track.

ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting-Online or In-Person
2023-12-04 - 2023-12-07
Location: Iqaluit, Nunavut – Aqsarniit Hotel and Conference Centre
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Hosted in Iqaluit, Nunavut December 4 – 7, 2023, the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 (ASM2023) is a hub for Arctic and northern research in Canada. The ASM2023 brings together researchers from the natural, health, and social sciences to meet the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing Arctic region. This conference will push the boundaries of our collective understanding of the Arctic and strengthen our ability to address the issues of today and tomorrow.
Interdisciplinary cooperation and knowledge sharing, across the Arctic and the North, as well as innovative and evidence-based research, are key in achieving climate change adaptation and proposing sound mitigation strategies. As a hub for Arctic research in Canada, the ASM brings together a broad range of research in and about the Arctic and northern regions of Canada and the world. The ASM2023 advances our collective understanding with an inclusive view of the North spanning from Inuit Nunangat, across the Canadian territories and provinces, circumpolar Arctic regions, and beyond.

Webinar: Thinking the unthinkable: Preparing for climate change at the coast
2024-01-25 09:30 - 10:30 (America/Vancouver)
Thursday, January 25, 2024 9:30 am PST / 2:00 pm NST / 5:30 pm GMT
The goal of this webinar is to provide insights from the English coastline (especially in the Southeast), and hopefully generate comparative discussions with the Canadian perspective. The webinar will consider climate change adaptation at the coast in England from a planning perspective. Planning is one of our principal tools for shaping human interactions with our surroundings in socio-ecological systems. In England, as with other coastal countries, states, or provinces, this comes with a set of unique challenges, especially as sea levels rise and storms become more frequent and intense. Firstly, around 45.6% of the English coastline is protected by coastal defences (walls and artificial beaches), which can generate a false sense of security. Some areas are in a develop-defend-develop cycle. A rigid planning and flood zone categorisation system can also block innovative thinking by coastal authorities. Nature-based solutions are receiving more backing from national policy, and being implemented effectively in some areas. However, the extent to which all of these processes engage the public, are transparent, or participatory is up for debate.
Presenter:

Dr. Glen Smith, a research fellow at the Flood Hazard Research Centre at Middlesex University in England, is working to better understand the dynamic impacts of climate change adaptation (CCA) strategies at the coast and the governance of these systems. A social scientist with more than 10 years’ experience in studying
marine and coastal issues, he recently completed a Visiting Fellowship with the Ocean Frontier Institute. During this appointment, he examined approaches to climate change adaptation at the coast in southeast England and in Nova Scotia. He completed his PhD in natural resource management at UiT, The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, where he focused on marine spatial planning (MSP) in Scotland, especially on process transparency, participation, and power dynamics in the governance of MSP. Dr. Smith has since held postdoctoral positions in Cork, Ireland, and in London researching the social elements of climate change adaptation.

CatIQ Connect
2024-02-06 - 2024-02-07
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Agenda
Bringing Together Industry, Academia, and Government to Discuss Canadian Natural and Human-Made Catastrophes
This will be a fully in-person event, Feb 6-7, 2024, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

Uncertain Action, Uncertain Impacts: Selecting Climate Change Scenarios for Adaptation Planning
2024-02-29 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Date: February 29, 2024 | Register Here: https://bit.ly/3tCXw2z
Time: 10-11am Pacific / 1-2pm Eastern / 2-3pm Atlantic / 2:30-3:30pm NL
Cost / Platform: Free, online (Zoom)
Speaker Bios
Description: Climate change projections provide valuable guidance for adaptation planning. However, their effective use requires consideration of uncertainty inherent in projections in the context of their particular vulnerabilities and tolerance for risk. Although this uncertainty has multiple sources, the primary means that relevant parties have to engage with uncertainty is by comparing climate scenarios. Deciding which scenarios warrant consideration is proving increasingly contentious; consequently, climate science communicators, service providers, and related government offices may face conflicting recommendations regarding scenario choices, shaping practices of climate risk assessment and (ultimately) adaptation actions. The panelists will delve into these challenges and concerns, while considering how climate scenarios have been designed, their value and limitations, and their potential to inform adaptation planning.
Panelists:
Joe Daraio, Associate Professor, P.Eng., Department of Civil Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Sabine Dietz, PHD, Executive Director, CLIMAtlantic
Vanessa Schweizer, Associate Professor, Department of Knowledge Integration, University of Waterloo
Christian Seiler, Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Studies, Arts and Sciences, Queen’s University
Moderator: Joel Finnis, Memorial University of Newfoundland

2024 Ocean Decade Conference
2024-04-10 - 2024-04-12
Conference Website https://oceandecade-conference.com/home.php
Hosted by Spain and co-organized with UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC/UNESCO) in its role as the coordinating agency of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference will take place on 10-12 April 2024, the culmination of an Ocean Decade Week running from 8-12 April in the coastal city of Barcelona.
This three-day, in-person event will be a key moment for a wide range of stakeholders to take stock of the achievements of the first three years of the Ocean Decade and formulate a shared vision for the years ahead. The applicants selected under these parallel calls will be given space to illustrate their contribution to achieving ‘the science we need for the ocean we want’.

Oceans 2024 Conference
2024-09-23 09:00 - 2024-09-26 16:00 (America/Halifax)
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This four-day event will be held in Halifax, NS, where industry thought leaders will gather to highlight relevant topics and current trends in marine technology. The Ocean Frontier Institute will be responsible for organizing the Climate Solutions track of the OCEANS 2024 conference on September 26. The goal is to advance the science, technology, and innovation required to achieve scalable commercial ocean-climate solutions across renewable ocean energy, marine transportation, and marine carbon dioxide removal.

Pacific Workshop on Nature-based Coastal Solutions
2024-10-08 08:00 - 2024-10-10 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
The Pacific Chapter of the Nature-based Coastal Solutions (NbCS) Community of Practice is excited to announce its inaugural in-person event, the ‘Pacific Workshop on Nature-based Coastal Solutions’. This three-day workshop will take place from October 8-10, 2024 at the Morris J. Wosk Center for Dialogue in Vancouver, BC, as follows:

Tuesday, October 8th – Field Trip
Wednesday, October 9th – Workshop Sessions + Social Evening Event
Thursday, October 10th – Workshop Sessions

To register, go to: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/pacific-workshop-on-nature-based-coastal-solutions-tickets-912314225407
For more details (including sponsorship opportunities), go to: https://coastalzonecanada.org/2024pacificworkshop/

Webinar: Covering Climate on the Frontlines
2024-11-20 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Vancouver)
Wednesday, Nov. 20 at noon PST (1.5 hours): Register Here: (https://bit.ly/4etoPO1)
People worldwide are deeply affected by the crises and emergencies climate change creates, such as fires, floods, heat waves, air pollution, and crop failure. These events can seem abstract — until you hear the stories of people who have lived through them.
The journalists of the Climate Disaster Project make it real by bringing you those stories from survivors worldwide. And during this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP29, they are bringing compelling survivor stories to the pages of The Guardian.
Join three of these reporters, as well as The Guardian’s assistant environment editor, as they discuss covering climate on the frontlines of its disasters — and telling the stories of its survivors with empathy, solidarity, and impact.
This free event is co-hosted by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions and the Climate Disaster Project, and co-sponsored by the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Moderators: Ian Mauro, executive director, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, and Sean Holman, founding director, Climate Disaster Project
Panelists:

Bibi van der Zee, assistant editor, environment, The Guardian (United Kingdom)
Kristin Engel, journalist with the Daily Maverick’s Our Burning Planet (South
Africa)Ricardo Garcia, independent environmental journalist and journalism trainer (Brazil and Portugal)
Aldyn Chwelos, managing editor, Climate Disaster Project

CAT IQ Connect
2025-02-04 - 2025-02-05
Bringing Together Industry, Academia, and Government to Discuss Canadian Natural and Human-Made Catastrophes
CatIQ Connect is a content-driven discussion to foster collaboration before, during, and after catastrophic events.
CatIQ Connect provides a detailed overview of catastrophes, discusses strategies in catastrophe management, and explores sector perspectives. Overall themes are preparedness and resiliency, available tools, and impacted stakeholders and policymakers working together for the greater good of all Canadians.
CatIQ Connect 2025 will take place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, February 4 – 5, 2025.

Research-Based Lessons for Climate Change Communication
2025-02-12 09:30 - 10:30 (America/Vancouver)
Join us February 12, 2025 starting at 9:30 am PT | 2:00 pm NL, to discuss key research-based lessons in climate change communication with presenter Prof. Mark Stoddart from Memorial University of Newfoundland. This webinar will be of value to people in many sectors (e.g., industry, government, NGOs, academia) and roles where communication occurs in the context of climate change.

Since 2011, Prof. Stoddart has researched the political and media dynamics of climate policy and public debate in Canada. His work has also examined eco-political tensions among off-shore oil industry and nature-focused tourism in Newfoundland and Labrador, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Scotland. He is involved in the Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures (FOCI) project concerning safe, sustainable, and inclusive coastal communities and industries for Atlantic Canada.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Sfw0UxYKR-yv0C1SEEpzuw

BC Climate Resilience Summit 2025
2025-03-03 08:00 - 2025-03-04 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Register at https://www.urbc.ca/
The BC Climate Resilience Summit 2025 will be a 1.5 day event designed to foster cross-sectoral dialogue with the ultimate aim of enhancing resilience across various sectors. It will bring together stakeholders from government, academia, insurance and finance, small and medium size businesses, and other key industries and sectors to explore cross-cutting themes in climate risk management, low carbon resilience and disaster risk reduction. The summit will feature a lineup of leaders in the climate resilience space and result in a communique that clearly outlines needs and opportunities for advancing climate and disaster resilience in the province.
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The organizers are grateful to host this event from the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish people; xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh). They welcome participation and leadership from all indigenous people and the organizers are proud to offer participation support for all who would like to contribute.

Coastal Zone Canada Conference 2025
2025-06-09 - 2025-06-11
Charlottetown, PEI. “Strengthening Coastal Resilience and Relationships”
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Recognizing the importance of sharing different perspectives, knowledge systems, experiences, and efforts within coastal zones, the focus of this year’s conference is relationships. Whether the relationships are with land, water, ice, wildlife, or humans, their strength and diversity are critical in building collective resilience.
As Canada’s national conference for coastal zone management, we invite everyone who works within coastal zones to come and connect to share our passion for advancing knowledge building, best practices, and social and policy awareness. Drawing engineers, scientists, youth, artists, planners, climate change practitioners, community leaders, and more – this conference looks to push coastal zone management to new heights by bringing together different actors and knowledge holders to facilitate a better understanding of different pressures and opportunities as well as enable more impactful collaborations.

Voices from the Coast: Podcasting Risk, Resilience, and Communication
2025-06-18 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
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Have you considered podcasting as a way to communicate with your audience? Podcasting can be a great knowledge mobilization tool for any organization or individual – from students to researchers or research groups, to practitioners (like emergency planners), or NGOs. For coastal risk communication, it can be a ‘new-to-you’ way to reach your audience, for example, with emergency preparedness information or to build relationships by interviewing local communication or preparedness professionals and their audiences. It’s a great way for people to share their on-the-ground experiences as well, which helps messages to resonate. We have additional resources I’ll share with the registrants as well.
Join us online, June 18, 2025, at 10:00 am PT | 1:00 pm ET | 2:00 pm AT | 2:30 pm NL for Voices from the Coast: Podcasting Risk, Resilience, and Communication. We are excited to welcome two Canadian podcasters who will share their perspectives as podcast hosts and producers and discuss topics such as selecting platforms and technologies, generating podcast topics, selecting and interviewing guests, the successes and challenges they’ve encountered, and more. We will have ample time for discussion and questions during the one-hour webinar. You are welcome to forward this invitation to others whom you think might be interested.
PRESENTERS
Angela Antle is the 2025 Rachel Carson Writer in Residence at Germany’s LMU, a former CBC producer, and interdisciplinary PhD candidate at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is the producer and host of the podcast GYRE and a member of Norway’s Empowered Futures: A Global Research School Navigating the Social and Environmental Controversies of Low-Carbon Energy Transitions. Her research intersects climate communications and justice, disinformation, petrocultures, energy futures, and political rhetoric. Featured Episode: GYRE-Nonhumans (offshore oil, North Atlantic, Right Whales, storytelling for empathy)
Michelle Brake is the Technical Marketing Manager at Esri Canada and the host of Geographical Thinking, the company’s podcast that highlights how geographic information systems (GIS) are transforming the way we understand and interact with the world around us. In her role, Michelle engages with GIS professionals and thought leaders from across industries to explore real-world applications of spatial technology. With a background in geography and a passion for clear, compelling storytelling, she brings a unique ability to connect technical concepts with practical insights. Michelle’s work focuses on making GIS more accessible and relevant to a broad audience—whether you’re a seasoned analyst or just discovering the power of place. Featured Podcast Episode: Episode 100 – Climate Action Plans with a Sunny Outlook

Systemic Risks and Climate Extremes Conference and Workshop
2025-09-24 08:00 - 2025-09-26 17:00 UTC
The Climate Extremes Research Group organizes an international conference and workshop in September 2025 on the topic of Systemic Risks and Climate Extremes. The conference and workshop are co-organized and funded by the EU Project – The HuT and the Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) and supported by WCRP (Safe Landing Climates), UNDRR and the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events – Reducing Disaster Risks under Environmental Change.
Find out more information in the journal article Climate-driven systemic risk to the sustainable development goals.
Event Website: https://www.fnk.uni-hamburg.de/2-research/research-group-climate-extremes/workshop-systemic-risks-2025.html

Adaptation Futures 2025
2025-10-13 - 2025-10-16
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The 8th international Adaptation Futures Conference (AF2025) will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand from 13 to 16 October, 2025. It is hosted by the University of Canterbury Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha with regional Oceania and international partners.
Adaptation Futures is the flagship event of the United Nations World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP). The premier international climate change adaptation conference series enables practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and academics from across the world to gather to network, collaborate, learn, and inspire.

Living the Lessons: From Impact to Insight - CRNHet Symposium
2026-05-12 - 2026-05-15
The Symposium will take place from May 12-15, 2026 at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in Edmonton, Alberta. NAIT is located on Treaty Six territory, a traditional homeland for the First Nations and Métis Peoples, and today we acknowledge that all of us are part of treaty land. The traditional name is Amiskwaciy Waskahikan [A-misk-wu-chee-wah-sku-hee-gun], which is also known as the City of Edmonton.
This year’s theme “Living the Lessons: From Impact to Insight” reflects a growing urgency to not only learn the lessons of the past but evolve our approach to disaster risk reduction to prepare for a more uncertain future. The time for incremental improvement has passed. From wildfires and floods to pandemics and cascading system failures, we are living through an era of compounding risks and profound disruption. To meet this moment, we must turn impact into insight, and insight into action in order to build stronger, more inclusive communities.
We invite you to submit a proposal that reflects your work, research, or experience in advancing resilience and learning from disruption through sessions designed to spark conversation and encourage participation from all attendees.
This call for proposal describes the themes, session types, and submission guidelines. The symposium includes both in-person and online components.
NOTE: Theme: Understanding Risk and Reducing Impact
Effective disaster risk reduction begins with understanding risk. This theme focuses on how we assess, interpret, and communicate hazard and risk information to drive decision-making and meaningful action.
Possible topics include:

Risk assessment methods and findings
Integrating science and local knowledge
Translating insight into policy and practice

The deadline for applications is Sunday, November 2, 2025.

Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Conference
2026-06-15 - 2026-06-16
Theme: Discovery. Dialogue. Decision. Navigating complexity to make sense of science.
