Our nation faces a serious challenge in attracting young people to science and science-related careers (including teaching). This is particularly true for members of groups underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and is especially acute in the small number of minority college students majoring in the geosciences.

http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/online/climateinfo/diversity.html

The IMPACTS WORLD 2013 conference aims to develop a new vision for climate impacts research by laying the foundations for regular, community-driven syntheses of climate change impact analyses. It will bring together leading scientists and decision makers from local to international levels.

http://www.climate-impacts-2013.org/

The XXXIV. International Conference on Earth Science and Climate Change aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Earth Science and Climate Change, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

https://www.waset.org/conferences/2013/paris/icescc/

The XXXIV. International Conference on Climate Change and Global Warming aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Climate Change and Global Warming, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

https://www.waset.org/conferences/2013/stockholm/icccgw/index.php

The Climate Change Conference is for any person with an interest in, and concern for, scientific, policy and strategic perspectives in climate change. It will address a range of critically important themes relating to the vexing question of climate change. Plenary speakers will include some of the world’s leading thinkers in the fields of climatology and environmental science, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners.

http://on-climate.com/the-conference/call-for-papers/

The ISEE (International Society for Environmental Epidemiology), ISES (International Society of Exposure Science), and the ISIAQ (International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate) invite you to the 2013 conference in Basel, hosted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (SwissTPH). The conference aims at presenting recent scientific achievements in the field of exposure science and environmental health from all relevant disciplines and covering a broad range of topics.

http://www.ehbasel13.org/english/program.php

Exchanging the state of the art regarding direct and indirect influences of climate change on trees and forests, with a clear regional focus on Central Europe including the Alps and Carpathians. Keynotes on responses of trees/forests on CC in the focal region and in other regions of the World will frame several sessions open to submission of talks.

http://www.wsl.ch/climtree2013/