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The 28th International Geographical Conference of Taiwan
The research achievements of climate change science and responses of society in Taiwan: Risks, impacts and resilience
The International Geographical Conference of Taiwan (IGCT) is a geographical knowledge feast held by the Department of Geography, National Taiwan Normal University. It is a great opportunity to share results of your geographic research with international scholars, experts, government agencies, social societies and relevant industry people. This conference has been held annually since 1997 with no interruption, even during the global pandemic. The 28th conference will held in the National Taiwan Normal University on 4th and 5th May, 2024.
Thought just gloomy clouds over the distant ridges, but it swiftly turned into a looming tsunami. Under the shadow of global scale climate change, various types of extreme weather scenarios are constantly unfolding around the world. Studying the causal relationship between them and nonlinear amplification effects involved is a scientific problem; however, its rational solution – reducing human activities, slowing down the consumption of earth’s resources/energy and thus establishing a greener tomorrow – is inevitably a complex issue entangled in the realms of politics, economy, and even education and humanities in modern civilization society that relentlessly pursues the GDP growth. How can the society and individuals in Taiwan adapt to achieve Taiwan’s national strategic goal of net zero emissions by 2050? What is our current scientific progress? Is the current roadmap properly enough to allow us calmly respond to the imminent development crisis? Geography concerns the interaction between people and the environment. How to address the climate crisis threatening human sustainable development, geographers, armed with the cross-disciplinary integration capabilities, cannot be absent in this major upheaval. Under the theme “The research achievements of climate change science and responses of society in Taiwan: Risks, impacts and resilience”, the 28th International Geographical Conference of Taiwan (IGCT) cordially invite scholars, experts, and graduate students in the fields of natural environment and social humanities to gather in the coming spring and jointly explore the current scientific research progresses, and as exposed to the revealed climate risks, how different sectors can adapt and mitigate the impacts, collaborate to build resilience, and strive to construct a sustainable Taiwanese society.
Subjects
| Climate Change Sciences-Observations and Projections (Atmosphere and Oceans) | Climate Change Sciences-Observations and Projections (Terrain and Hydrology) | Climate Change Sciences-Observations and Projections (Ecosystem) |
| Environmental Disasters and Risk Assessments | Adaption Behaviors and Adaption Techniques | Clean Energy and Green Inflation |
| Challenges of Net-Zero Emission and Industrial Transformation | Food Security and Resilient Agriculture | Environmental Ethics and Environmental Education |
| Green Living and Green Humanities | Resilient Community and Sustainable Society | Just Transition, Intergenerational Justice and Climate Justice |
| The research achievements of climate change science and the responses from indigenous communities—echoes from the traditional wisdom | Other geographic related subjects |
IGCT 2024 will be held at National Taiwan Normal University on 4th and 5th May 2024. Sessions include paper presentations, workshops, panel discussions, and student competition. Scholars, policy makers, educators, and students are invited to attend this conference. Please fill in the online registration form and submit the abstract by Friday, 13 September 2023 (Monday). We will send you a confirmation letter when the registration process is complete by 30 September 2023. Please submit the full paper by 27 March 2024 (Wednesday). The organization committee will recommend papers with excellent quality to be considered as journal papers in a regular issue of Journal of Geographical Research, after peer review process.
Organizer
Department of Geography, National Taiwan Normal University