Program Overview

The following schedule is an overview of the conference as a whole and is still subject to change.

To view our program as a list with search functions, please go to our Presentations Directory.

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 0104)
Policy portfolios
(H 0104)
Aligning evidence on climate change mitigation and health
(H 0111)
New approaches to ex-post climate policy evaluation
(H 0112)
Adaptation pathways and scenarios for the AR7
(H 3005)
Urban typologies
(H 3006)
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30
Informing climate solutions for adaptation
(H 0104)
Climate solutions and cities: evidence synthesis
(H 0104)
Rigorous evidence on climate policies
(H 0111)
Evidence-based policy approaches to building small-scale farmers’ climate resiliency
(H 3006)
Advancing climate, health and equity outcomes through local action in the Indo-Pacific
(H 0111)
Science and policy interface
(H 0112)
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

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
Climate and health: evidence synthesis
(H 0104)
Demand side mitigation potential
(H 0111)
Climate change and cities: equity and just transitions
(H 0112)
Tracking climate change adaptation from multiple lines of evidence
(H 3005)
Mitigation policy: modelling
(H 3006)
Political economy of climate policy II
(H 3006)
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Addressing justice in global climate mitigation scenarios
(H 0104)
Climate and health: synthesis methodology / databases
(H 0111)
Mapping and synthesizing evidence on global adaptation progress
(H 0112)
Cities solutions in cities: buildings and transport
(H 3005)
Computational social science for climate
(H 3006)
Synthesizing the evidence from carbon pricing policy evaluations
(H 3006)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Keynote by Edith Ofwona Adera
(H 0104)
Followed by the panel discussion “The Global Adaptation Tracking Initiative – challenges & opportunities”
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
Adaptation policy: evidence synthesis
(H 0104)
Meta-research in economics and environmental science “methods and applications”
(H 0111)
Climate risks and adaptation in cities I
(H 0112)
Qualitative evidence synthesis
(H 3005)
Policy: evidence synthesis
(H 3006)
Climate and health: policy
(H 3006)
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
Land use: evidence synthesis
(H 0104)
Mitigation policy: evidence synthesis II
(H 0111)
Digital evidence synthesis tools in climate and health
(H 0112)
Climate risks and adaptation in cities II
(H 3005)
Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE)
(H 3006)
Political economy of climate policy
(H 3006)
Nutrition and well‐being of women and children in LMICs
(H 3006)
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:30
Accelerating low-carbon energy transitions
(H 0104)
Land use: sectoral interventions
(H 0111)
Adaptation policy: evaluation
(H 0112)
IDRC
(H 3005)
Mitigation policy: evaluation
(H 3006)
Research priorities for climate and health
(H 3006)
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
What works in non-state climate action
(H 0104)
Review ecosystem on the state of knowledge in CDR
(H 0111)
Land use, food systems
(H 0112)
UNICEF child-sensitive climate policies and programs
(H 3005)
Mitigation policy: mixed methods
(H 3006)
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30
Closing Panel: The Future of Evidence in Climate Policy

(H 0104)