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Save the date: CLIMATE2011 from 7-13 Nov 2011

Mark it in your calendars: The upcoming online conference CLIMATE 2011 will feature "Climate Change + disaster risk management"! See more on www.climate2011.net.

6/11 - 10.00: Review of CLIMATE 2010 - German language only

This chat is in German language - but we have an English one for you later today at 15.00 (UTC+1) where you can jon conference chairman Prof. Walter Leal summarizing the conference week and unveiling plans for 2011!

Unitl Sunday: Vote for Best Paper Award

This year we again issue the “Best Paper Award” in collaboration with Emerald Publishers. Please vote for your favorite authors and chose your favorite papers from the four categories.

6/11 - 15.00 (UTC+1) - Live Chat with HAW Hamburg

Live Chat with conference chairman Prof. Walter Leal. Join us for a review of the week and hear what we plan for 2011! Enter the chat here.

4/11 - 10.00 (UTC+1) - Q+A with UNISDR and CONAGUA

1 hour Q+A on "Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters - the UN ISDR 2010-2011 World Disaster Reduction Campaign, with best practices in water management from Mexico" in cooperation with UNISDR und CONAGUA. Enter the chat here.

Book Lottery: “Climate Change at Universities”

Win 1 of 10 free books on „Universities and Climate Change". E-mail to Johanna: (a) Header “CLIMATE 2010 Book Lottery”, (b) conference user name, (c) full postal address. Winners are informed by e-mail. Good luck!

3/11 - 10.00 (UTC+1) - ICIMOD Q+A - now !!

Q+A session on "Climate Change and Sustainable Water Management in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region" in cooperation with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). Enter the chat here.

3/11 - 10.00 (UTC+1): ICIMOD Expert Live Chat

Q+A: Climate Change and Sustainable Water Management in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region in cooperation with ICIMOD. Access the chat room here .

Welcome to Day 1 of CLIMATE 2010!

CLIMATE 2010 has just opened its virtual doors. Use the unique opportunity to get in touch with international scientists and fellow e-participants from anywhere where one has access to the internet – be it at home, at work or on the road!

Climate Change at your fingertips

Did you know? A special features of this year’s conference is the conference section CC at your fingertips which offers free learning material for lecturers and teachers. Climate change games provide a playful way of getting involved with the key conference themes and a CO2 calculator allows conference participants to assess their own CO2 footprint.

CLIMATE 2010 goes YouTube

Take a look behind the scenes before the official conference start on 1 November.

ICIMOD video lecture

Listen to ICIMOD’s Dr Arun B. Shrestha’s 20 minute lecture on Climate Change and its Impacts on Cryosphere and Water Resources of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region - see menu Conference/Partner Podcasts or click here.

Federal Environment Ministry supports CLIMATE 2010

In the run up of COP 16 in Cancún/Mexico, CLIMATE 2010 features a new video podcast in which the Parliamentary State Secretary Katherina Reiche, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Germany, encourages the worldwide participants to seize the innovative online-climate conference for networking, discussing newest findings in climate research and for developing sustainable solutions.

More than 130 abstracts received

The conference organizers received more than 130 abstracts from all parts of the world. After successful peer review, all full scientific papers will be accessible online from 1 Nov 2010 on on this platform.

Live Q+A Session with UNEP Scief Scientist on June 4

Dr. Joseph Alcamo, Chief Scientist of the United Nations Environment Programme, will be available for a live Question & Answer session. The live session, run in the frame of the World Climate Teach-In Day 2010, will be held from 10 am to 12 am (GMT +1, i.e. Central European Time) at the event´s web site: www.world.climateday.net.

4 June 2010 - World Climate Teach-In Day

In the run-up of CLIMATE 2010 on 4th June 2010, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences/Germany organizes the World Climate Teach In Day 2010. University lecturers and teachers are encouraged to hold a 1-hour lecture on climate change and discuss with their students one of today’s most important topics. Pre-formatted lectures can be downloaded free of any charges from the internet. More:www.world.climateday.net.

German Federal Environment Minister Roettgen takes patronage

Dr Norbert Roettgen, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the patron of the upcoming online climate conference CLIMATE 2010. Read more about the minister and his ministry's International Climate Initiative on the patronage or read the full press release.

Water quality - healthy people, healthy ecosystems: World Water Day 2010 on 22 March

March 22 is World Water Day - organized by CLIMATE 2010's partner UNEP and further supporting organizations. Communicating water quality challenges and opportunities is at the heart of this event. More about the World Water Day at www.worldwaterday2010.info.

Climate 2010 is online

The website of Climate 2010 is online. The server of this web conference are powered by 100% ecologically produced energy (hydropower).

Call for Papers ends 15/4/2010

Authors from all over the world are asked to submit scientific abstracts by 15 April 2010 at the latest. Find the online form here.