Climate Change and Development in South Asia

Dear Colleagues,

South Asia’s people and ecologies are highly vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change. Such change arises from both global greenhouse gas emissions and from regional aerosol emissions and land use change. This Special Issue welcomes innovative approaches for supporting human development and resilience and for maintaining biological diversity and ecosystem services in mountain and lowland South Asia. Of interest are original investigations of climate science, mitigation, and adaptation in the region, as well as integrations of science, policy, and action for broad-based, sustainable improvements in living standards.

Potential topics include: global and regional causes and impacts of climate change affecting South Asia; improvements in weather, climate, and hazard forecasting, including monsoon prediction and decision support systems; disseminating climate science to stakeholders; water resource management, including modeling, impact assessment, governance, sustainable irrigation, and mitigating water-related health risks and disasters; agriculture and livestock modeling, impact assessment, vulnerability analysis, and strategies for resilience; and climate resilience for disempowered and marginalized people and groups.

This Special Issue is associated with the conference "International Conference on Climate Change Innovation and Resilience for Sustainable Livelihood", which will be held from 12–14 January 2015, in Kathmandu, Nepal

The conference will focus on approaches of the physical and social sciences to support economic development in mountain and lowland South Asia, which faces climate hazards along with food security, water and soil management and environmental justice challenges. Eminent scientists, policymakers, and development workers in both nonprofit and for-profit enterprises will discuss promising new approaches for integrating science, policy, and action. There will be opportunities for developing knowledge sharing hubs, regional working groups, action plans and pilot projects for regional climate change adaptation.

The four conference themes are:

[1] Climate Change: Climate Science and Modeling, Impacts and Adaptation Assessment, Hazard Prediction and Preparedness;

[2] Water Resource Management: Hydrologic Modeling, Snow and Glacier, Governance, Efficiency and Sustainability;

[3] Agriculture and Livestock: Food Security, Crop Modeling, Soil and Water Management for Resilience;

[4] Gender and Livelihood: Health, Environmental Justice, Development for Marginalized Groups.

Deadlines:
Abstract submission: 15 July 2014
Abstract selection notification: 15 August 2014
Full paper submission for conference proceedings: 31 October 2014
Early bird registration: 30 November 2014
Final paper submission to journal Special Issues: 30 April 2015

For more information and submission of abstracts: http://climdev15.org/ or e-mail climdev15@gmail.com

Dr. Nir Y. Krakauer
Dr. Tarendra Lakhankar
Dr. Soni M. Pradhanang
Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey
Guest Editors

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