2nd International Conference: Climate, Sustainability, and Development

Invitation Letter

Call for Participation: 2^nd International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions—ICID 2010

Call for Papers, Panels and Round Tables

Linking Climate and Development Research, Policy and Action

We invite your participation in the Second International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-Arid Regions—ICID 2010—in Fortaleza, Brazil from 16 to 20 August 2010.

What actions follow Copenhagen? How can negotiators, policy makers, scientists and practitioners translate global agreements into practice on the ground? By focusing on the links between policy, knowledge and practice, ICID 2010 aims to turn intentions into local development outcomes.

ICID 2010 will generate, consolidate and synthesize the policy-actionable knowledge on climate change, climate variability and development in dry lands. ICID 2010 will explore vulnerability, impacts, and adaptive societal responses, translating findings into effective public-policy recommendations and agendas for research and training in support of improved policy making, implementation, and sustainable wellbeing.

ICID 2010 is a global forum for:

· Climate and development scholars, policy makers, planners and practitioners to share hopes, aspirations, experience and learning;

· Representatives from the environmental UN Conventions—UNFCCC, UNCBD and UNCCD—to share learning on national action plans for dry lands of the world;

· National and local representatives (legislators and mayors) to inform and learn from each other and from activists, practitioners and scholars;

· Scholars and practitioners to share findings and establish new agendas of mutual interest;

· Policy makers and climate and development professionals to integrate insights from social and climate sciences into adaptation and development policy and practice;

· All participants to identify and promote South-South cooperation in research, education and experiences of adaptation and sustainable development; and

· All participants to inform priorities and agendas with recommendations for global, national and local policy processes.

ICID 2010 is organized around four ICID 2010 themes focused on arid and semi-arid regions:

· Theme 1: Climate Information—forecast, scenarios, and data use;

· Theme 2: Climate and Sustainable Development—vulnerability, impacts, adaptation, and wellbeing;

· Theme 3: Climate and Governance—representation, rights, equity, and justice; and

· Theme 4: Climate Policy Processes—formulation, implementation, monitoring and performance of public policies.

The products of ICID exchanges and deliberations will include the Declaration of Fortaleza, with policy and project recommendations from participants, a conference contribution CD, and multiple publications including at least one edited volume of ICID 2010 contributions.

Please submit proposals for individual papers, topical panels, posters, and roundtables; policy-oriented “thematic-streams” panel series; films, performances and art exhibits. Please submit all proposals by 30 January 2010.

Please distribute this call for participation to your networks of interested parties.

We look forward to your submissions and to seeing you in Fortaleza.

Sincerely,

Antonio Rocha Magalhães, Director, and

Jesse C. Ribot (University of Illinois), President, Scientific Committee

Executive Secretariat

Center for Strategic Studies and Management
Phone: +55-61-3424-9608
E-mail: contact@icid18.org

Web Page: http://www.icid18.org/