{"id":2226,"date":"2018-04-05T16:01:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T15:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2018-04-05T16:01:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T15:01:49","slug":"call-for-proposals-6th-international-climate-change-and-population-conference-on-africa-in-accra-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2018\/04\/05\/call-for-proposals-6th-international-climate-change-and-population-conference-on-africa-in-accra-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for proposals: 6th International Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa in Accra, Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"

DECCMA Ghana lead institution, the Regional Institute for Population Studies<\/a> at the University of Ghana, will host the 6th International Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa<\/a>. The conference will take place in Accra from 23-25th July 2018 with the theme “The future we do not want”. Abstracts will be accepted in three areas namely: (i) Policy and Practice, (ii) Development & Intervention Projects, and (iii) Basic and Applied Sciences, across relevant disciplines in the Humanities, Population Sciences, Health Sciences, Basic & Applied Sciences, and the Engineering & GeoSpatial Sciences, and should be submitted by 18th May.<\/p>\n

Sub-themes that will be addressed during the conference include:<\/p>\n

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  1. Population \u2013 climate nexus<\/li>\n
  2. Population health and climate change<\/li>\n
  3. Climate change and energy<\/li>\n
  4. Coastal zones and green growth<\/li>\n
  5. Cities and climate change<\/li>\n
  6. Climate finance and investment<\/li>\n
  7. Climate change negotiations and diplomacy<\/li>\n
  8. Adaptation and mitigation<\/li>\n
  9. Food security and agrarian \/ rural communities<\/li>\n
  10. Climate change and poverty<\/li>\n
  11. Sustainable development goals<\/li>\n
  12. Water resources management<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    DECCMA Ghana lead institution, the Regional Institute for Population Studies at the University of Ghana, will host the 6th International Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa. The conference will take place in Accra from 23-25th July 2018 with the theme “The future we do not want”. 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