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06:50-06:55

Plenary Session - Claire Wordley and Charlie Gardner

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Climate Change Impacts on the Vulnerable Groups in Uganda: A Test Case of Mountain Elgon, Bududa District

Kanakulya Lawrence, Advocacy, Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM), Kampala, Uganda

10:00
Hunger Crises in Ghana: A Case Study of Impediments to Women Farmers' Capacity to Respond to Climate Impacts

Patricia Glazebrook, Professor, School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Washington State University, Washington, United States
Emmanuel Opoku, Ph.D Student/Researcher, Laboratory Ecological Plant Physiology, Global Change Research Institute CAS ( CzechGlobe), South Moravia, Czech Republic

10:20
Climate Change and Mental Health Risks: Implications for Smallholder Farmers’ Food Security in Ghana

Samuel Weniga Anuga, Research Fellow, Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, Niedersachsen, Germany
Ulrike Grote

10:40
Farmer and Herder Conflict Dynamics in Ghana: The Role of Environmental Scarcity

Daniel, Kofi Banini, PhD Candidate, Political Science , University of Central Florida, Florida, United States

11:00
Political Strategy Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic for Combatting Climate Change: "This Pandemic Is Really Like a War. In a War, You Do What You Have To Do."

Benedict Edward DeDominicis, Professor of Political Science, School of International Studies, Catholic University of Korea, Gyeonggido [Kyonggi-do], South Korea

10:20
Defense Responses to Climate Change: Legal and Policy Analysis

Kristen Fletcher, Faculty Associate-Research, Energy Academic Group, Naval Postgraduate School, California, United States

10:40
Risk Preparedness: How We Can All Contribute to Flood and Stormwater Management

Aglae Casault, Research Agent, Faculty of Environmental Design, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Isabelle Thomas, Faculty, School of Environmental Management, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

11:00
Climate Adaptation in Small and Rural Communities: Using Regional Approaches to Build Capacity

Lauren Rethoret, Researcher/Coordinator of Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute, Applied Research and Innovation, Selkirk College, British Columbia, Canada
Jayme Jones, Researcher, Applied Research and Innovation, Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute at Selkirk College, British Columbia, Canada

11:20
The Global Water Crisis as a Climate Emergency: Water Wars and International Security, Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability

Jenny Rebecca Kehl, Professor, Office of the Provost, Global Studies, and School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States

10:00
Vulnerable Populations: Climate Change and Weather Threats Facing Urban Communities

Karen "Kara" Consalo, Lecturer, Legal Studies, University of Central Florida, Florida, United States

10:20
Understanding Public Risk Perceptions of Sea-level Rise and Its Possible Impacts

Chang Liu, Graduate Student, School of Public Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics , China
Sisi Meng, Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, United States

10:40
Smallholder Farmers’ Adaptation Responses to Climate Change in the Olifants Catchment, South Africa

Mary Funke Olabanji, Environmental Project Coordinator, Environmental Management, Bokamoso, Gauteng, South Africa

11:00
10:00-11:34
Room 5
Climate Change and Forest Restoration: How to Identify Change, Model Responses, and Approach Forest Restoration in the Asia Pacific Region

Guangyu Wang, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
Ferretti Gallon Kalifi, Research Project Manager, Faculty of Forestry, The University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
Anil Shrestha, Lecturer/Research Scientist, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
Tongli Wang, University of British Columbia

10:00
Global Challenge - Switching Coal for Renewables: Two Scenarios for a Renewable Future

Juan David Cruz Negrete, Profesor, International Business, Universidad del Magdalena, Magdalena, Colombia

11:35
Damaged Area Assessment of Cultivated Agricultural Lands Affected by Cyclone Bulbul in Coastal Region of Bangladesh

Md Shamsuzzoha, Student, (PhD), Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Tofael Ahamed, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba

12:35
Projected Impacts of Climate on Temperature-Humidity Index Under Representative Concentration Pathway Scenarios

Nozar Ghahreman, Associate Professor, Agrometeorology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Sajad Asgari, PhD Student, University of Tehran
Iman Babaeian, Assistant Professor, National Climatological Institute

11:35
Integrating Mobile Thermal Energy Storage in the City of Surrey’s District Energy Network: A Techno-economic Analysis

Maha Shehadeh, Student, PhD in Sustainable Energy Engineering, Simon Fraser University (SFU) and Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), British Columbia, Canada

11:55
Climate Change Impacts and Residential Electricity Consumption in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada

Yuri Yevdokimov, Professor, Departments of Civil Engineering and Economics, University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada

12:15
Perceptions of local government preparedness for coastal climate change: A view from South Australia

Beverley Clarke, Associate Professor, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, Flinders University, South Australia, Australia
Nicole Pelton
Allira Taylor Wilkins, Student, Bachelor (Honours), Flinders University, South Australia, Australia
Cassandra Star
Peter Tangney
Claire Nettle, Climate and Sustainability Policy Research Group, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University, South Australia, Australia

12:35

Stephen Chitengi Sakapaji, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University - Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido, Japan

11:35
Coastal Resiliency: Course Development and Assessment

Corinna Fleischmann, Program Chair, Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering, US Coast Guard Academy, Connecticut, United States
Brian Maggi, Assistant Professor/Commander, Civil Engineering, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Connecticut, United States

12:15
Assessing Community Perceptions about Climate Disaster Resilience in Flood-prone Urban Sri Lanka

Vindya Hewawasam, Student, PhD Candidate, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Kenichi Matsui, Associate Professor, Sustainable Environmental Studies, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

12:35
Role of Cultural and Local Factors in Intensifying Gender-based Climate Impacts: Evidence from Bangladesh Coastal Region

Mozharul Islam, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey

12:55
Hurricanes and Residential Mortgage Performance

Xiaobing Zhao, Professor of Economics, Economics, Northern Arizona University, Arizona, United States

13:10
Youth Political Engagement and the Climate Crisis

Derick Hulme, Arthur L. Russell Professor, Political Science, Alma College

13:10
What Can Salt Marsh Subsidence in a Tidally-restricted Estuary Reveal about Sea Level Rise?: Cape Cod's Herring River Estuary Constitutes a Century-long Experiment Eliminating Tidal Exchange from Coastal Salt Marshes

Evan Heberlein, Student, Master of Environmental Science and Management, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California - Santa Barbara, California, United States

13:10
Potential Adaptation Response Strategies to Climate Change in Small Scale Fisheries along the Colombian Pacific

John Josephraj Selvaraj, Researcher/Professor, Engineering Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Maira Alejandra Miranda Parra, Environmental Engineer, Investigación, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Maria Alejandra Cifuentes Ossa, Researcher, Engineering Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

13:10
US President Joe Biden's Administration: A New Climate Change Agenda

Majid Asadnabizadeh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Political Science and Administration. International Relations Department, UMCS, Poland

13:10
Lag Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity of the Changing Climate on Allergenic Pollen Seasons in Atlanta, Georgia (2010-2019)

Ferdous Ahmed, Student, Doctor of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Georgia, United States
Atin Adhikari, Associate Professor, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Georgia, United States

13:10
The French Citizens’ Convention on Climate Change: The Right Response?

Christian Dadomo, Senior Lecturer, Law, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom

13:10
The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers’ Position on Climate Migrants

Warda Shazadi Meighen, National Executive Member, Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, Ontario, Canada

13:10
Climate Change Narratives – the Ones that Matter and Mean the Most

Therese Asplund, Senior Lecturer, Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, and Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, Linköping University, Sweden
Ann Sofie Kall, Researcher, School of Education and Communication, Jönköping University, Östergötlands län, Sweden

13:10
From Risk to Resilience: Empowering Youth’s Mental Wellbeing in Climate Change Responses

Maya Gislason, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
Angel Kennedy, Student, PhD in Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada

13:10
Assessing the Impact of Cyclone Amphan on the Microclimate of Botanical Garden in Shibpur

Sudeshna Haldar, Teaching assistant for students of Master in City Planning, Architecture and Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
Saikat Kumar Paul, Indian Institute of Technology

14:45
The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yield: Irrigated versus Non-irrigated

Sadia Shammi, Student, Ph.D., Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States

15:05
15:25
Analysis Of Carbon Credit Trading Practices In Manufacturing Organizations In British Columbia Canada

Ajay Garg, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Masters of Administrative Science, Fairleigh Dickinson University Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

16:05
Innovative Technologies for Remediation of Water and Environmental Pollution by Catalytic Oxidants

Virendra Goswami, External Examiner at IITD Founder President, IIT and Environment and Peace Foundation, Uttar Pradesh, India

16:25
Responding to Climate Induced Displacement in Bangladesh: A Governance Perspective

Kisinger Chakma, Student, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Kenichi Matsui, University of Tsukuba

14:45
Preventing Drought Through Proactive Risk Mitigation Policy: Moving from Reactive Crisis Management

Margot Hurlbert, Canada Research Chair, Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability Policy, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

15:05
Emergency Meals-To-You: Preparing for Climate Change Impacts on Hunger and Poverty

Tyson-Lord Gray, Research Associate, The Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, Baylor University, New York, United States

15:25
Discursive Strategies on Climate Change on Facebook: An Approach from Leading Accounts

Alicia De Lara, Senior Lecturer, Lopez Piñero University Institute UMH, University Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
María Carmen Erviti, University of Navarra, Spain

15:45
16:40-18:19
Room 3
Healing the Heart, Healing the Planet: A Workshop for Ending Climate Change

Katrina Rogers, President, Fielding Graduate University, California, United States
Leni Wildflower, Executive Director, Knowledge Based Coaching in the Workplace, London, City of, United Kingdom

16:40
06:00-06:30
08:30-09:00

Plenary Session - David Wheeler, Principal, Sustainable Transitions, Canada

This session has been held - recording will be available shortly.
09:40-10:10