Priority Focus Areas

The GCSE 2022 Virtual Conference will focus on the following Priority Areas:

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Interdependencies between Ecosystems and Climate Change

• Weather shifts and imbalances

• Water, ice, and permafrost

• Wetlands and oceans degradation

• Ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss

• Biodiversity vulnerability to changing climate

 

Interdependencies between Social-Ecological-Technological Systems and Climate Change

• Food systems

• Energy systems

• Health systems

• Water systems including resource management

 

Disproportionality

• Underserved populations

• Frontline communities

• Climate justice and vulnerability

• Ecosystem degradation and impacts to Indigenous and local communities 

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Resilience and Tradeoffs

• Interdependencies between ecosystem health and climate change

• Climate solutions and biodiversity conservation

• Green infrastructure and systems resilience

• Role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in climate resilience

• Science and risk finance

• Post-pandemic recovery

 

Climate Technology and Innovation

• Energy-based solutions including electricity, waste, transportation and buildings

• Nature-based solutions

• Advanced technologies

• Societal assets

 

Science Diplomacy and Multilateral Mechanisms

• Multilateral governance and local solutions

• UNEP@50

• SDGs - 2030 targets

• Stockholm +50

• The Paris Climate Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Compact

• Biodiversity Convention 2030 targets