third international conference on climate change

Third International Conference on Climate Change 

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THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON 

CLIMATE CHANGE 

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL 

21 – 22 JULY 2011 

www.On-Climate.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Third International Conference on Climate Change 1 

Letter from Dr Bill Cope 2 

Climate Change Conference and Journal International Advisory Board 3 

Conference Secretariat 3 

Supporters 3 

2011 Climate Change Conference Plenary Speakers 4 

Graduate Scholars 5 

About the Conference 6 

Scope and Concerns 6 

Themes 8 

Streams 9 

Sessions 10 

Session Guidelines 10 

Session Types 10 

Program 12 

Conference Dinner and Tours 12 

Plenary Sessions and Garden Sessions 13 

Thursday, 21 July 14 

Friday, 22 July 19 

List of Participants 23 

Building Knowledge Communities 27 

The Climate Change Conference Knowledge Community 28 

Climate Change Conference Community Directions 28 

Common Ground: Our Philosophy 29 

Ways of Joining the Conversation 29 

The Climate Change Community Online 30 

The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 31 

About the Journal 32 

Journal Award 33 

Subscription Information 33 

Submission Information 33 

Other Journals Published by the University Press 35 

The Climate Change Book Series 37 

Submit Your Book Proposal 38 

Types of Books 38 

Proposal Guidelines 38 

Recent Books Published by Common Ground 39

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON 

CLIMATE CHANGE


LETTER FROM DR BILL COPE 

Dear Climate Change Conference Delegates, 

Welcome to the Third International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses. This <strong>conference</strong> and its 

associated journal have been created to promote dialogue across diverse fields and multiple perspectives, on the question 

of climate change. It examines evidence of climate change, consider its impacts, and addresses current and potential 

responses. Thank you for joining this important dialogue and sharing your enthusiasm, insight and concern. 

By way of background, the Inaugural Climate Change Conference was held in Pune, India at Bharati Vidyapeeth University. 

The 2010 <strong>conference</strong> was held at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. We meet annually in different 

locations around the world and publish papers from the <strong>conference</strong> in the new International Journal of Climate Change: 

Impacts and Responses (www.Climate-Journal.com). 

In addition to organizing the Climate Change Conference, Common Ground publishes papers from the <strong>conference</strong> at 

www.Climate-Journal.com, and we do encourage all <strong>conference</strong> participants to submit a paper based on their <strong>conference</strong> 

presentation for peer review and possible publication in the journal. We also publish books at http://onclimate.com in both 

print and electronic formats. We would like to invite <strong>conference</strong> participants to develop publishing proposals for original 

works, or for edited collections of papers drawn from the journal which address an identified theme. Finally, please join our 

online conversation by subscribing to our monthly email newsletter, and subscribe to our Facebook, RSS, or Twitter feeds at 

http://onclimate.com. 

Common Ground also organizes <strong>conference</strong>s and publishes journals in other areas of critical intellectual human concern, 

including diversity, museums, technology, learning and the arts, to name several (see http://commongroundpublishing.com). 

Our aim is to create new forms of knowledge community, where people meet in person and also remain connected virtually, 

making the most of the potentials for access using digital media. We are also committed to creating a more accessible, 

open and reliable peer review process. 

Thank you to everyone who has prepared for this <strong>conference</strong>. A personal thank you goes to our Common Ground 

colleagues who have put such a significant amount of work into this <strong>conference</strong>: Abigail Manekin, Izabel Szary, Audrey 

LeGrande, Beth Dillman, Jamie Burns, Phillip Kalantzis-Cope and Tamysn Gilbert. 

We wish the best for this <strong>conference</strong> and hope it will provide you every opportunity for dialogue with colleagues from around 

the corner and around the world. We hope you will be able to join us at next year‘s Climate Change Conference. 

Yours Sincerely, 

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Bill Cope 

Director, Common Ground Publishing 

Research Professor, Dept. of Educational Policy Studies, 

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA


CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE AND JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY 

BOARD 

� Viraal Balsari, Vice President, ABN Amro Bank, Mumbai, India. 

� Erach Bharucha, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. 

� Tapan Chakrabarti, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India. 

� Amareswar Galla, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. 

� Thomas Krafft, Geomed Research Corporation, Bad Honnef, Germany. 

� Shamita Kumar, Bharati Vidyapeeth Univeristy, Pune, India. 

� R. Mehta, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi, India. 

� Kranti Yardi, Bharati Vidyapeeth Univeristy, Pune, India. 

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT 

� Abigail Manekin 

� Jamie Burns 

� Beth Dillman 

� Tamysn Gilbert 

� Phillip Kalantzis-Cope 

SUPPORTERS 

College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA 

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2011 CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE PLENARY SPEAKERS 

Alison Anderson 

Alison Anderson is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Science and Social Work at the University of Plymouth 

UK. She has a BA (Hons) in Sociology from the University of York and a PhD in ‗The Production of Environmental News‘ 

from the University of Greenwich, and has researched and published extensively on media and environmental risks over the 

past twenty years. Her most recent co-authored book is Nanotechnology, Risk and Communication (Palgrave, 2009) and 

her forthcoming book is entitled Media, Environment and the Network Society (Palgrave, 2011). She has guest edited a 

number of special editions of journals including: Health, Risk and Society; Journal of Risk Research; New Genetics and 

Society and Sociological Research Online. Her Economic and Social Research Council and British Academy funded 

research on nanotechnologies is among the first on the social aspects of nanotechnologies in the UK. She is a Fellow of the 

Royal Society of Arts, Associate Founding Editor of the International Journal of Technoethics, editorial board member of 

Environmental Communication and Sociology and a founding member of the International Environmental Communication 

Association. 

Peter F. Nardulli 

Peter F. Nardulli is Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the founding 

Director of the Cline Center for Democracy, and the editor of a book series with the University of Illinois Press: Democracy, 

Free Enterprise and the Rule of Law. He has been on the faculty at UIUC since 1974 and served as department head in 

Political Science from 1992 until 2006. Nardulli is the author of six books on various aspects of the legal process and 

empirical democratic theory. He has authored a number of articles in journals such at the American Political Science 

Review, Public Choice, Political Communication, Political Behavior and a number of law reviews. Nardulli is currently 

directing a global study, the Societal Infrastructures and Development Project (SID). SID uses a number of technologically 

advanced, innovative methodologies to examine the impact of political, legal and economic institutions on a wide range of 

societal development indicators (economic growth, human rights, societal stability, environmental quality, educational 

attainment etc.). Current projects involve using data from the SID project‘s Social, Political and Economic Event Database 

(SPEED) project to examine the impact on civil unrest of such things as climate change, natural resources, socio-cultural 

animosities and political institutions. 

Larry Pryor 

Larry Pryor has worked as a reporter, writer, editor and photographer, first at the Louisville Courier-Journal and later at the 

Los Angeles Times. At those publications, he covered the environment and became an assistant metropolitan editor at the 

Los Angeles Times with responsibility for topics involving science, medicine, urban affairs and the environment. He left 

journalism to work with Governor Jerry Brown as press secretary in a presidential campaign and published a novel. He went 

back to the Los Angeles Times and took part in new media projects there, starting in the 1980s. He became editor of 

latimes.com, before moving to USC in 1997 to head the Online Journalism and Communications Program at the Annenberg 

School and to edit the Online Journalism Review. He has since returned to concentrating on environmental journalism. In 

addition to teaching, he researches topics associated with climate change and public discourse. 

Phil Simmons 

Phil Simmons has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from Sydney University and Master of Arts and PhD from Duke 

University. After his Doctorate he was a Senior Economist at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics 

in Canberra, Australia. He later joined the School of Agricultural & Resource Economics at the University of New England 

where he became Head of Agricultural and Economics and later Group Leader for Economics. Phil has broad ranging 

research interests including development where he is the Editor of an <strong>international</strong> journal in development economics. In the 

last twelve months his focus has shifted to energy markets and possible alternatives to coal generated electricity. In this 

area, he is interested in costs of capital in different types of energy markets, especially risk premiums, and using CGE- 

GTAP models to understand different energy scenarios. 

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GRADUATE SCHOLARS 


Graduate scholars contributed to the flow and overall success of the <strong>conference</strong>. Their key responsibilities include chairing 

the parallel sessions, keeping the <strong>conference</strong> on schedule, providing audio-visual technical assistance and assisting with 

the registration process. 

We would like to thank the following Graduate Scholars who participated in the 2011 Climate Change Conference: 

Donovan Campbell 

Donovan Campbell is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of the West Indies 

(Mona campus). Their current work at the University of the West Indies (Mona) centers on climate change impacts on 

domestic food production, food security and the livelihood vulnerability of small farmers in Jamaica. Their research utilizes 

both qualitative (ethnography) and quantitative techniques to understand how small farmers cope with and adapt to climatic 

variability and change. Throughout Donovan‘s graduate career they have been most fortunate to have had ample 

opportunity to teach and do research. As a Teaching Assistant they have been afforded a great deal of experience with a 

wide range of courses, including Geographies of Development, Tropical Agricultural Systems, Research Methods and 

Geographic information system (GIS). Additionally, Donovan has been engaged in systematic research for the past four 

years which resulted in a number of peer-reviewed articles relating to environmental change, livelihood vulnerability and 

food security issues. Donovan‘s lifelong dream is to set up a NGO to enhance livelihoods in poor rural communities in 

Jamaica. 

Deborah Cotton 

Deborah Cotton is an associate lecturer in the School of Finance and Economics at the University of Technology, Sydney, 

Australia. Deborah completed a Bachelor of Business with Honours in Finance at UTS and has a Masters in Environmental 

and Business Management from Newcastle University. Currently she is undertaking a PhD in Economics through Macquarie 

University, Sydney, Australia. Deborah‘s‘ research interests and PhD thesis are in Emissions Trading. Her teaching is in the 

areas of financial management and the financial system. 

Tyson-Lord J. Gray 

Tyson-Lord J. Gray is a visiting professor at Seoul Christian University in Seoul, Korea. He received his B.A. in Religion 

from Trinity International University, M.Div. in Theology from the Interdenominational Theological Center, S.T.M. in 

Philosophy from Boston University School of Theology and is currently pursuing a PhD from Vanderbilt University in Ethics 

and Society. His interests are in the areas of pragmatism, environmental ethics and social justice. More information 

regarding Tyson-Lord‘s research and scholarship can be found at www.tysonlordjgray.com. 

Asha Naznin 

While Asha was only 21, she became the Editor of a biography book of ‗Nasir Ali Mamun,‘ the celebrity portrait 

photographer and photojournalist of the Bangladesh. She is also the editor of the 6th Anniversary Publication of the Channel 

I (Eye), the one of the popular satellite televisions of the country. Asha was awarded with UNICEF‘s Meena Media Award 

2007 for her journalistic work in Bangladesh whilst she was working for the country‘s most widely circulated and popular 

newspaper the daily Prothom Alo. By training she is a Sociologist, graduated from the University of Dhaka, now pursuing 

her second Masters in Climate Change and Development at the University of Sussex. Since October 2010, she has been 

serving as a Politics Editor for the ―Pulse Magazine‖ of the University of Sussex Student Union (USSU). 

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE 

SCOPE AND CONCERNS 

The International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, The International Journal of Climate Change: 

Impacts and Responses, the On Climate Book Imprint and the Climate Change News Blog seek to create an 

interdisciplinary forum for discussion of evidence of climate change, its causes, its ecosystemic impacts and its human 

impacts. The <strong>conference</strong> and journal also explore technological, policy, strategic and social responses to climate change. 

CLIMATE CHANGE: THE EVIDENCE 

Climate is one of the pivotal and dynamic forces in the natural history of the earth. Paleoclimatology provides us a long view 

of the ebb and flow of climate change, and a framework within which to interpret its ecosystemic consequences. In some 

times and places climate change explains processes of biodiversification, in other times and places a reduction in 

biodiversity. In this long view, the history of life on earth is integrally related to climatalogical history. 

For the first time in natural history, the conscious actions of one creature—homo sapiens—have come to influence the 

course of earth‘s natural history, not just in local ecosystems, but on a planetary scale. This has been the case since 

humans began a process of populating the whole earth about one hundred thousand years ago. Ecosystems were 

revolutionised by the sustained yield harvesting technologies of hunters and gathers, then the farming and animal 

husbandry technologies of self-sufficient peasantries, and most recently and most intensively by the global division of labour 

of the industrial revolution, market-directed agriculture, the widespread clearing and harvesting of forests and the use of 

fossil fuels. 

It is now widely accepted that the most recent phase of human society has had an impact on the earth‘s climate. 

Greenhouse gases are heating up the earth. Ice that was permanent until recently, is rapidly melting. Sea levels are rising. 

Extreme weather events are occurring with greater frequency. Different regions are affected by these changes in different 

ways. However, a wide range of climatic changes can be attributed to patterns of human activity. 

Some of the changes we are experiencing today may be part of the course of natural history. Other changes, it seems 

certain, are the byproduct of human history. Key questions include: how do we measure and explain these changes? What 

are their immediate and likely future impacts? And what is to be done? These are questions of growing concern and 

practical urgency. 

ECOSYSTEMIC IMPACTS 

There is today the potential for disastrous impacts on ecosystems, communities, species and genetic diversity that could 

well lead to mass extinctions in a relatively brief period. For instance, the special effects of glacial melt on mountain and 

riverine biodiversity and that of sea level rise on coastal and mangrove systems form a key concern for the future of 

biodiversity. The effect of climate change on coral reefs is already a major concern. Increased rainfall variability (in 

especially monsoon regions) could dry up or expand wetlands temporarily which in both scenarios would be disastrous. 

The most affected ecosystems will undoubtedly be situated in mountains, forests (especially evergreen types) grasslands, 

deserts and wetlands. Glacial, riverine and coastal ecosystems will also be altered. Knowledge currently available through 

Dynamic Global Vegetation models simulating possible changes, clearly demonstrate that there will be further species loss. 

Many genetically species ill-adapted to environmental disturbances may vanish without a trace before scientists can catch 

the decline. 

The specific regional impacts on biomes and the vulnerabilities of different ecosystems across the globe need to be 

assessed. There are parallels between some areas, while there are subtle and complex dissimilarities between the changes 

that are occurring in different parts of the world. These include floods, drought, forest fires, hurricanes and other sporadic 

events that could devastate endemic species and threaten microhabitats. 

Some ecosystems could be highly vulnerable and will not be able to respond even to short term impacts such as natural 

disasters. In the presence of climate change these short term events could be even more cataclysmic. The possible impacts 

of invasive alien species that will spread due to climatic change are very little understood and could be devastating. 

The possibility of ‗ecological surprises‘ in sensitive areas also needs to be addressed. ‗Extreme events‘ could be especially 

damaging. There is thus a great need for scientists and practitioners to be brought on a common platform that will at least 

reduce the ill effects on species ecosystems and protected areas. 

The Conference, Journal, Book Imprint and News Blog will share <strong>international</strong> research based on local experiences, so that 

mitigation and adaptation to climate change can be understood by scientists, policymakers and practitioners concerned with 

the management of different ecosystems. 

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HUMAN IMPACTS 


Humans are agents in climate change due to their production of greenhouse gases and their patterns of land use. 

Humans will also be affected by climate change in many ways: including shifting shorelines, declining agricultural 

productivity, crisis of food supply, availability of water, the health of populations and extreme weather events. For instance, 

environment related diseases could spread rapidly in epidemic proportions with changes in water availability and quality. 

These impacts will be felt differentially in developed and developing worlds. Marginalized populations of people may not 

only have their lives and livelihoods affected, but also be affected by declines in species abundance and diversity of 

ecosystems at a landscape level and upon which they are dependant. In heterogeneous landscapes with a mix of 

wilderness islands within a changing agricultural environment, urbanization and industrial spread could well increase 

pressures on protected area networks as the effects of climatic changes increase. Agricultural communities, especially 

traditional farmers and pastoralists, may be forced to shift into what is now within the protected area networks in developing 

countries. 

FRAMING RESPONSES 

This peculiar creature in natural history, homo sapiens, is increasingly being recognized to an agent of climate change, 

though the precise mix of natural and human causes has yet to be determined. With conscious agency comes responsibility 

for the future course of natural history. 

On the experience of the past hundred thousand years, humans are clearly capable of adaptive responses, nurturing nature 

though a period of transition, creating corridors to assist species adaptation and inventing new agricultures which alleviate 

and mitigate the effects of climate, for instance. Humans are also capable of precautionary action, reducing greenhouse 

gases for instance as part of a broader strategy of sustainable development. 

The key, however, will be the extent to which our species can take a proactive role, be that technological (carbon 

sequestration and other technologies) or acts of social and political will that produce changed patterns of land and energy 

use. Like no other creature in natural history, and like no other time in this creature‘s human history, this is moment when 

the future of the planet is in our hands. The consciousness which made us a unique species perhaps a hundred thousand 

years ago, for the first time today puts us in a position of unprecedented responsibility for the course of natural history. 

Climate change is a key intellectual and practical challenge for today‘s science, economics, politics, sociology and ethics. 

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THEMES 

Theme 1: The Evidence 

� Paleoclimatolgy: the earth‘s climate in a long view. 

� Climate change today: examining the data. 

� Ice cap reduction and glacial melt. 

� Sea level change. 

� Floods, drought, forest fires, hurricanes and other sporadic events. 

� Albedo or measuring the earth‘s reflectiveness. 

� Meteorology and climate informatics. 

� Equilibria and disequilbria; change processes and countervailing tendencies. 

� Climate measurement processes, methodologies and technologies. 

� Reading complex, dynamic and unstable systems. 

� Developing local and global climate models. 

� Change scenarios: slow, rapid, abrupt or episodic. 

Theme 2: Assessing Impacts in Divergent Ecosystems 

� Ocean currents and el Niño. 

� Riverine ecosystem impacts. 

� Mountain ecosystem impacts. 

� Coastal ecosystem impacts. 

� Marine ecosystem impacts. 

� Forest and grassland ecosystem impacts. 

� Impacts on wilderness and protected areas. 

� Impacts on specific biomes. 

� Impacts on biodiversity, potential extinctions. 

� Hardiness zone migration. 

� Regional variations: temperature and rainfall. 

Theme 3: Human Impacts and Impacts on Humans 

� Anthropogengic factors in climate change: determining the relative contribution of natural and human causes. 

� Impacts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. 

� Land use patterns, agriculture and livestock husbandry and deforestation as factors in climate change. 

� Impacts on humans: agriculture, fish stocks, food supply, health. 

� Human settlements and sea level rise. 

� Impacts on humans: water supply, desertification. 

� Impacts on humans of intense weather events, natural disasters and ecological surprises. 

� Impacts of climate change in the developing world. 

Theme 4: Framing Responses 

� Environmental policies in response to climate change. 

� Controversy and denial: politics, the media and scientists with dissenting views. 

� The <strong>international</strong> politics of climate change. 

� Education and awareness for management of global climate change. 

� Protected areas and preservation of biodiversity: ‗corridoring‘ and other strategies. 

� Strategies for sustainability. 

� Human adaptive strategies. 

� Technologies of mitigation: carbon dioxide sequestration, solar shades and other processes. 

� Alternative and renewable energy sources: technologies, policies and strategies. 

� Carbon taxes and offsets. 

� Climate ethics and the precautionary principle. 

� Eco-development, eco-efficiency. 

� Emission standards. 

� Kyoto and beyond. 

� The economics of climate change and its mitigation. 

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STREAMS 

� Scientific Evidence 

� Ecosystemic Impacts 

� Human Impacts 

� Technical, Political and Social Responses 


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SESSIONS 

SESSION GUIDELINES 

CHAIRING OF PARALLEL SESSIONS 

Common Ground usually provides graduate students to chair all of the parallel sessions. If you wish, you are welcome to 

chair your own session, or provide your own chair or facilitator for your session. The chair's role is to introduce the presenter 

and keep the presentation within the time limit. 

PROGRAM CHANGES 

Please see the notice board near the <strong>conference</strong> registration desk for any changes to the printed program (e.g., session 

additions, deletions, time changes, etc.). If a presenter has not arrived at a session within 5 minutes of the scheduled start 

time, we recommend that participants join another session. Please inform the registration desk of ‗no-shows‘ whenever 

possible. 

SESSION TYPES 

PLENARY 

Plenary sessions, by some of the world‘s leading thinkers, are 30 minutes in length. As a general rule, there are no 

questions or discussion during these sessions. Instead, plenary speakers answer questions and participate in discussions 

during their Garden Conversation sessions (see below). 

GARDEN CONVERSATIONS 

Garden Conversations are unstructured 60-minute sessions that allow delegates a chance to meet plenary speakers and 

talk with them informally about the issues arising from their presentation. When the venue and weather allow, we try to 

arrange for a circle of chairs to be placed outdoors. 

PAPER (30-minute) 

Thirty-minute paper sessions provide participants the opportunity to make a formal 15-minute presentation on their 

intellectual work (be that research, theory, practice or aesthetic work), followed by 15 minutes of audience interaction. The 

formal, written paper will be available to participants if accepted to the journal. 

WORKSHOP (60-minute) 

Sixty-minute workshop sessions involve extensive interaction between presenters and participants around an idea or handson 

experience of a practice. These sessions may also take the form of a crafted panel, staged conversation, dialogue or 

debate – all involving substantial interaction with the audience. A single article (jointly authored, if appropriate) may be 

submitted to the journal based on a workshop session. 

COLLOQUIUM (90-minute) 

Ninety-minute colloquium sessions consist of five or more short presentations with audience interaction. A single article or 

multiple articles may be submitted to the journal based on the content of a colloquium session. 

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION 

Virtual presentations are papers submitted without the participant attending the <strong>conference</strong> in person, but are eligible to be 

refereed and published (if accepted) in the journal. A virtual presentation allows participants to join the <strong>conference</strong> 

community in the following ways: 

� The <strong>conference</strong> proposal will be listed in the Session Descriptions of the <strong>conference</strong>. Acceptance of a <strong>conference</strong> 

proposal for a virtual participant is based on the same criteria as that for an attending participant. 

� The full paper may be submitted to the journal. The journal paper submission will be refereed against the same 

criteria as attending participants. If accepted, the paper will be published in the same volume as <strong>conference</strong> 

participants from the same year. 

� Online access to all papers published in the journal from the time of registration until one year after the <strong>conference</strong> 

end date. 

TALKING CIRCLES 

Talking circles are meetings of minds, often around points of difference or difficulty. They are common in indigenous 

cultures. The inherent tension of these meetings is balanced by protocols of listening and respect for varied viewpoints. 

From this, rather than criticism and confrontation, productive possibilities may emerge. 

The Purpose of Talking Circles in this Conference 

The purpose of the Talking Circles is to give shape to a <strong>conference</strong> that is wide-ranging in its scope and broad-minded in its 

interests. They also give people an opportunity to interact around the key ideas of the <strong>conference</strong> away from the formalities 

of the plenary, paper, workshop and colloquium sessions. They are places for the cross-fertilisation of ideas, where cycles 

of conversation are begun, and relationships and networks formed. 

Talking Circles are not designed to force consensus or even to strive towards commonality. Their intention is, in the first 

instance, to find a common ground of shared meanings and experiences in which differences are recognised and respected. 

Their outcome is not closure in the form of answers, but an openness that points in the direction of pertinent questions. The 

group finally identifies axes of uncertainty that then feed into the themes for the <strong>conference</strong> of the following year. 

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How Do They Work? 

The Talking Circles meet for two 45-minute sessions during the <strong>conference</strong>, and the outcomes of each Talking Circle are 

reported back to the whole Conference in the closing plenary session. They are grouped around each of the <strong>conference</strong> 

streams and focus on the specific areas of interest represented by each stream. Following is the Talking Circles outline that 

is currently in use, but we welcome feedback and suggestions for improvement from participants. 

� Talking Circle 1 (45 minutes): Who Are We? What is our common ground? 

� Talking Circle 2 (45 minutes): What is to be done? 

� Closing Plenary: Talking Circles report back. 

It is important to note that each Talking Circle may be organised in any way that members of the group agree is appropriate. 

They may be informal and discursive, or structured and task-oriented. Each Talking Circle group has a facilitator. 

The Role of the Facilitator 

The facilitator must be comfortable with the process of thinking 'out of the square' and also embracing multiple and diverse 

scenarios. The process is one of creating a kind of collective intelligence around the stream. The facilitator should shape a 

conversation that is open to possibilities and new lines of inquiry or action; they should embody a spirit of openness to new 

knowledge rather than the closure of advocacy. The facilitator is required to keep a record of the main discussion points. 

These points need to be summarised for the closing plenary session at the <strong>conference</strong>. 

Possible Session Contents - Suggestions to Assist Facilitators 

Talking Circle 1 (45 minutes): Who are we? 

� Orientation: members of the group briefly introduce themselves. 

� What could be the narrative flow of the Talking Circle sessions? 

� What could be the outcomes of the work of this group and its contribution to the closing plenary session, the 

Journal and the Conference as a whole (including the themes for next year's <strong>conference</strong>)? 

� Assessing the landscape, mapping the territory: What is the scope of our stream? Do we want to rename it? 

� What are the burning issues, the key questions for this stream? 

� What are the forces or drivers that will affect us as professionals, thinkers, citizens, and aware and concerned 

people whose focus is this particular stream? 

Where could we be, say, ten years hence? Scenario 1: optimism of the will; Scenario 2: pessimism of the intellect. 

Talking Circle 2 (45 minutes): What is to be done? 

What are our differences? 

� The setting: present and imminent shocks, crises, problems, dilemmas - what are they and what is the range of 

responses? 

� What are the cleavages, the points of dissonance and conflict? 

� What are the dimensions of our differences (1)? Politics, society, economics, culture, technology, environment. 

� What are the dimensions of our differences (2)? Persons, organisations, communities, nations, the global order. 

What is our common ground? 

� Where are the moments of productive diversity? 

� What are the bases for collaboration (1)? Politics, society, economics, culture, technology, environment. 

� What are the bases for collaboration (2)? Persons, organisations, communities, nations, the global order. 

� Alternative futures: outline several alternative scenarios. 

� What are the forces that drive in the direction of, or mitigate against, each scenario? 

What is to be done? 

� What's been coming up in the parallel sessions in this stream since the last Talking Circle? 

� What is the emerging view of the future? 

� Can we foresee, let alone predict alternative futures? 

� Looking back a decade hence, what might be decisive or seminal in the present? 

� Scenarios: can we create images of possibility and agendas for robust alternative futures? 

� Directions: conventional and unconventional wisdoms? 

� Strategies: resilience in the face of the inevitable or creative adaptation? 

� What could be done: review the scenarios developed in Talking Circle 1. 

� Axes of uncertainty: working towards the right questions even when there's no certainty about the answers. 

Closing Plenary: 15-minute contribution to the closing plenary by the Talking Circles Co-ordinator based on summaries 

provided by each Talking Circle. 

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PROGRAM 

CONFERENCE DINNER AND TOURS 

CONFERENCE DINNER – THURSDAY, 21 JULY 2011, 7:00 PM (19:00) 

―On the edge of Copacabana, the refinement of the Mediterranean.‖ Seated right on Copacabana Beach, Don Camillo 

Restaurant offers a warm atmosphere, an extensive wine list, and traditional Italian cuisine ranging from traditional pastas to 

fresh seafood. Enjoy a relaxing evening of great conversation, delicious food and wine, and a beautiful view of Copacabana. 

If you previously reserved a place for the dinner, please stop by the registration desk to confirm your booking. A limited 

number of tickets are still available for the <strong>conference</strong> dinner, please ask about availablility at the <strong>conference</strong> registration 

desk. 

RIO BY NIGHT TOUR - FRIDAY, 22 JULY 2011, 6:30 PM (18:30) 

See some of the most famous sights of Rio in a guided bus tour, specifically designed for Common Ground delegates! A 

chartered bus (or mini-bus) and a licensed tour-guide will meet us at the lobby of the JW Marriott and escort us to Urca, a 

historical neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. From Urca, we will take a cable car up Sugarloaf Mountain to take in wonderful 

views of Rio beaches and landscapes. The 360 degree view from the cable cars creates unparalleled sight-seeing 

opportunities. After the Cable Car ride, our chartered bus (or mini-bus) and tour guide will escort us through various 

neighborhoods of Rio, including the South Zone and Historical Rio, and finally drop us back off in front of the JW Marriott. A 

not-to-be-missed tour and Rio experience! 

If you requested a booking for the tour, please stop by the registration desk for additional information or to confirm your 

booking. 

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PLENARY SESSIONS AND GARDEN SESSIONS 

Alison Anderson, University of Plymouth, UK 

PLENARY SESSION: 9:30-10:05 

GARDEN SESSION: 12:10-13:10 

Phil Simmons, University of New England, Australia 



Larry Prior, University of Southern California, USA 



Peter Nardulli, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA 



Thursday, 21 July 

Friday, 22 July 


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THURSDAY, 21 JULY 

8:00-9:00 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DESK OPEN 

9:00-9:30 CONFERENCE OPENING - Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Common Ground Publishing, USA 

9:30-10:05 PLENARY SPEAKER SESSION - Alison Anderson, University of Plymouth, UK 

10:05-10:40 PLENARY SPEAKER SESSION - Phil Simmons, University of New England, Australia 

10:40-10:55 COFFEE BREAK 

10:55-11:40 TALKING CIRCLES 

Room 1 Technical, Political and Social Responses 

Room 2 Scientific Evidence 

Room 3 Ecosystemic Impacts 

Room 4 Human Impacts 

11:40-12:10 LUNCH 

12:10-13:50 PARALLEL SESSIONS 

12:10-12:40 12:45-13:15 13:20-13:50 

Room 1 Climate Change Readiness for 

Community Services 

Irina Cattalini, Luke van Zeller, 

Climate Change Readiness for 

Community Services Project, 

West Australian Council of Social 

Service, Perth, Australia 

Overview: Climate Change 

Readiness for Community for 

Services improves understanding 

of climate change impacts in the 

social service sector and supports 

community service organisations 

to improve energy efficiency and 

consumptive behaviours 

Stream: Technical, Political and 

Social Responses 

Room 2 Global Environmental Change, 

Culture and Development: 

Rethinking the Ethics of 

Conservation 

Prof. Elma Montana, Human, 

Social and Environmental 

Sciences Institute(INCIHUSA), 

National Scientific and Technical 

Research Council (CONICET), 

Mendoza, Argentina, Prof. Harry 

Diaz, Canadian Plains Research 

Center (CPRC), University of 

Regina, Regina, Canada 

Overview: The paper links global 

environmental change to cultural 

loss and this to development 

processes, suggesting the 

necessity of rethinking the ethics 

of conservation 

Stream: Human Impacts 

Climate Change: Level of 

Concern and Policy 

Preferences 

Deborah Cotton, School of 

Finance and Economics (UTS), 

University of Technology, Sydney, 

and Macquarie University, 

Sydney, Australia 

Overview: Survey research of the 

Australian population with the aim 

of determining their level concern 

toward climate change and the 

policy response they want from 

government. 



Global Warming Campaigns in 

Bangkok: Framing Analysis 

and Campaign Effectiveness 

Teerada Chongkolrattanaporn, 

Music, Media, Communication 

and Cultural Studies Faculty of 

Arts, Macquarie University Faculty 

of Communication Arts, 

Chulalongkorn University, 

Sydney, Australia 

Overview: The study of global 

warming campaigns established 

by Bangkok Metropolitan 

Administration to communicate 

with certain frames of issues to 

Bangkok residents. 



Risk Assessment of the 

Impacts of Climate Change on 

Fisheries Species: Case Study 

in South Eastern Australia 

Associate Professor Timothy 

Mark Ward, Wild Fisheries 

Aquatic Sciences South 

Australian Research and 

Development Institute (SARDI, 

Flinders University (Full Academic 

Status), Adelaide, Dr Gretta Pecl, 

Climate Change Theme 

Tasmanian Aquaculture and 

Fisheries Institute University of 

Tasmania, Adaptation Research 

Network for Marine Biodiversity 

and Resources, Hobart, Australia 

Overview: Prioritising research to 

inform fisheries adaption to 

climate change off south-eastern 

Australia. 

Stream: Scientific Evidence


THU. PARALLEL SESSIONS 

12:10-12:40 12:45-13:15 13:20-13:50 

Room 3 A Systematic Framework to Good Times Ahead for 

Spatial Temporal Changes in 

Assess the Vulnerability of Canadian Birds? 

Streamflow Patterns in Ontario, 

Fauna to Climate Change: Dr Jean Luc DesGranges, Canada and Their Relation to 

Vulnerability Assessment Quebec City, Melanie-Louise Precipitation Changes 

Dr Mariana Fuentes, ARC LeBlanc, Wildlife Research, Prof. Jan Franklin Adamowski, 

Centre of Excellence for Coral Environment Canada, Canada Department of Bioresource 

Reef Studies, James Cook Overview: Like all models, Engineering Faculty of 

University, Townsville, Australia species distribution models are Agricultural and Environmental 

Overview: This study describes a simplified representations of Sciences, McGill University, Ste 

vulnerability framework to assess reality. This simplification might Anne de Bellevue, Canada 

the cumulative impact of various lead to over estimates of the rate Overview: An understanding of 

climatic processes (increased and extent of the potential trends in regional water resources 

temperature, sea level rise and impacts of climate change. and their relation to regional 

cyclonic activity) on sea turtle Stream: Ecosystemic Impacts meteorological conditions is 

nesting grounds. 

important to help develop 

Stream: Ecosystemic Impacts 

appropriate climate change 

adaptation policies and strategies. 

Stream: Ecosystemic Impacts 

Room 4 Building Resilience to Climate The HeatSafe Pilot Study: Spatial Vulnerability of Rural 

Change in Rural Communities Perceptions of Extreme Heat Households to Climate Change 

in Fiji 

Risk in an Ageing Population of in Nigeria: Implications for 

Dr Stephen Charles Russell, Community-Dwelling 

Internal Security 

Division of Information 

Australians 

Ignatius, A. Madu, Department of 

Technology, Engineering and the Prof Deborah Black, Ageing, Geography-University of Nigeria 

Environment, Defence And Work and health Research Group, Nsukka Centre for Environmental 

Systems Institute, Adelaide, Dr. Leigh Wilson, Ageing, Work Management-University of Nigeria 

Australia, Leone Limalevu, and Health Research Group Enugu Campus, University of 

PACE, Pacific Centre for 

Faculty of Health Sciences, Nigeria, Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria 

Environment & Sustainable University of Sydney, Sydney, Overview: The study assesses 

Development, Dr Gurmeet Australia 

the spatial patterns of rural 

Singh, Faculty of Business and Overview: This study, conducted households’ vulnerability to 

Economics, The School of during the Australian summer, climate change as a backdrop to 

Management, Suva, Fiji 

investigated the perception of highlighting their security 

Overview: This paper reports on a heat-related health risk in 80 implications in Nigeria. 

program to investigate the main community dwelling residents of Stream: Human Impacts 

factors affecting livelihoods of NSW, Australia, who were aged 

communities in rural villages over 75 years 

around Fiji, in order to determine 

their resilience to 

hydrometeorological disasters. 



Garden Session PLENARY GARDEN SESSION - Alison Anderson and Phil Simmons 


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14:05-15:05 14:40-15:10 15:15-15:45 15:50-16:20 

Room 1 Framing Climate Assessing Climate Sea Level Rise and Socio-Political 

Change: Dominant Change Impacts on Managed Retreat Dynamics of Climate 

Social and Political Water-Limited Yields Policies for Australian Mitigating Energy 

Discourses, a China of Grain Corn in the Coastal Communities: Technologies in the 

Case Study 

Western Montérégie Understanding 

United States 

Dr Rebecca Nadin, Region, Québec, Responses Using Jennie Stephens, Clark 

British Council China, Canada 

Social Functionalist University, Worcester, 

Beijing, China, Dr David Dr. Delusca Kenel, Frameworks 

USA 

Viner, British Council Prof. Bryant 

Dr Kim Alexander, Overview: This paper 

London, British Council, Christopher, 

Anthony Ryan, CSIRO presents research to 

London, UK 

Department of 

Ecosystem Sciences, understand the state- 

Overview: Why is Geography, Universite CSIRO, Canberra, level variation in the 

communicating climate de Montreal, Montreal, Australia 

socio-political dynamics 

change so difficult? Canada 

Overview: A social of climate mitigating 

Cognitive and normative Overview: Given functionalist framework technologies including 

barriers to tackling continuing enhancement has been used to wind power and carbon 

climate change. 

in the methods, 

analyse the range of capture and storage in 

Stream: Technical, approaches, techniques personal concerns and the United States. 

Political and Social and tools in the field of formulate how people Stream: Technical, 

Responses 

climate change impacts may respond to 

Political and Social 

studies, new research predicted changes to Responses 

has to be periodically coastal shorelines and 

undertaken. 

managed retreat options 

Stream: Scientific Stream: Technical, 

Evidence 



Room 2 Climate Change Conservation in a Towards an Integrated 

Education: Fostering Dynamic World: An Approach to Climate 

Dialogues Between Approach to 

Adaptation and 

Science and Art Biodiversity 

Mitigation at the 

Dr. Caitilin de Bérigny Conservation Planning Regional Scale 

Wall (onacloV), Faculty in the Paranã River Silvia Serraoof 

Architecture, Design, Basin, Brazil, Under Neumann, Florence 

and Planning, University Climate Change Crick, Prof. Darryl Low 

of Sydney, Sydney, Anderson Cassio Choy, Urban Research 

Erika Woolsey, ARC Sevilha, James Cook Program, Griffith 

Centre of Excellence for University and Embrapa University, Brisbane, 

Coral Reef Studies, Genetic Resources & Australia 

James Cook University, Biotechnology, Prof. Overview: This paper 

Australia 

Robert L. Pressey, provides strategic 

Overview: This 

Australian Research insights to the 

presentation and paper Council Centre of development of coherent 

describes Reefs on the Excellence for Coral climate change policies, 

Edge, an installation Reef Studies, Prof. including adaptation and 

artwork that will 

Stephen E. Williams, mitigation, at the 

generate appreciation James Cook University, regional scale and 

for coral reefs and raise Townsville, Australia across a range of 

awareness about the Overview: A framework sectors. 

climate change-related to approach 

Stream: Technical, 

challenges they are conservation design Political and Social 

facing. 

considering the likely Responses 

Stream: Technical, effects of climate change 

Political and Social on biodiversity. 


Stream: Technical, 



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14:05-15:05 14:40-15:10 15:15-15:45 15:50-16:20 

Room 3 The Case of Palm Oil Assessing the 

Climate Change: How The Impact of Climate 

Plantations in 

Contribution of 

“Blind Eye” Decision Change on Water 

Southeast Asia 

Changing Climatic Making Leads to Resources and 

Tyson-Lord Gray, Conditions to Changes Catastrophic 

Agriculture in China 

Graduate School, Seoul in Mangroves at Outcomes 

Prof. Minghua Zhang, 

Christian University, Selected Sites on the Dr. Sheila Selkregg, Department of Land, Air 

Seoul, South Korea East Alligator River College of Business and and Water Resources, 

Overview: This paper and Magela Creek in Public Policy Public Xiaomang Liu, Land, 

looks at the effects of the Northern Territory, Administration, 

Air and Water 

palm oil plantations in Australia: Detecting University of Alaska, Resources, University of 

Southeast Asia on the Long Term Response Anchorage, Anchorage, California, Davis, Davis, 

local and global 

of Mangroves to USA 

USA 

ecosystem. 

Environmental Change Overview: How cultural Overview: Climate 

Stream: Ecosystemic Using Field Survey dissociation, human change impact on water 

Impacts 

Techniques 

cognitive behaviors, and resources and 

Sergio Cabral, SAFE a paradox of 

agriculture in China. The 

TANK Solucoes, Rio De contradictory market study quantified the level 

Janeiro, Brazil, Assoc. based and public values of impact using historical 

Prof. Peter Waterman, block information and monitoring data. 

University of the 

policies that seek to Stream: Scientific 

Sunshine Coast, Sippy mitigate the risks of Evidence 

Downs, Australia climate change. 

Overview: The question Stream: Technical, 

addressed in this paper Political and Social 

is: Could climate change 

be responsible for the 

temporal changes in 

mangrove communities 

on the East Alligator 

River? 

Stream: Ecosystemic 

Impacts 


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14:05-15:05 14:40-15:10 15:15-15:45 15:50-16:20 

Room 4 Strategies for Urban Exploring Co-Benefits Rapidly Developing Publishing Your Book 

Regional Growth in of Clean Development Cities and the Abortive or Paper with Common 

Coastal 

Mechanism Projects: Action of Climate Ground 

Victoria/Australia: GIS- Lessons learned from Change Combating Jamie Burns, 

Based Gravity Model Santa Catarina, Brazil Efforts, with Special Commissioning Editor, 

to Assess the 

Luz Fernández, 

Reference to IGAD Climate Change Journal 

Interdependencies of Technical University of Cities 

and Book Series, 

Urban Growth, 

Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Dr. Sharaf Eldin Common Ground 

Regional Networks, Janice Bogo, 

Ibrahim Bannaga, Publishing 

Transportation, Universidade do Estado Bannaga Consult, Overview: General 

Greenhouse 

de Santa Catarina Khartoum, Sudan processes, timelines, 

Emissions and Climate (UDESC), Florianópolis, Overview: Rapid urban and frequently asked 

Change 

Brazil, Dr Julio 

growth is primarily due questions. 

Dr Simone Leao, Lumbreras, University to the change effects of 

VALUE - Victoria of Madrid, Spain, Celio globalization and climate 

Laboratory for Urban Andrade, Universidade change. Developing 

Ecologies School of Federal da Bahia, Brazil, cities are expected soon 

Architecture and 

Jose R. Cobo-Benita, to substantially increase 

Building Faculty of 

Science and 

Department of 

Organization 

GHGs emission. 


Technology, Prof. Engineering, Business 

Hisham ElKadi, Faculty Administration and 

of Science and 

Statistics, Technical 

Technology, Deakin University of Madrid, 

University, Geelong, Spain 

Australia 

Overview: The paper 

Overview: A GIS based investigates whether the 

gravity model is 

CDM has played a 

employed to assess the significant role in the 

impacts and 

development of local 

interdependencies communities. The 

between urban design, investigation involved a 

regional networks, PDDs assessment and a 

transportation patterns, case study in Santa 

greenhouse emissions Catarina. 

and climate change in 

coastal 

Victoria/Australia. 



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FRIDAY, 22 JULY 

8:30-9:00 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN 

9:00-9:35 PLENARY SESSION - Larry Pryor, University of Southern California, USA 

9:35-10:10 PLENARY SESSION - Peter Nardulli, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA 




10:25-10:55 11:00-11:30 11:35-12:05 

Room 1 The Indonesian Climate Change 

Adaptation at the Local Level: 

Key Policy Stakeholder 

Perspectives on Sectoral 

Coordination and Capacity 

Building 

Ray Rahayu, Griffith School of 

Environment Griffith Climate 

Change Response Program, 

Griffith University, Dr Richard 

Hindmarsh, Griffith School of 

Environment, Centre for 

Governance and Public Policy, 

Brisbane, Australia 

Overview: Key policy stakeholder 

perspectives and insights with 

regard to effective policy 

development with regard 

especially to sectoral coordination 

and capacity building for climate 

change adaptation at the local 

level. 



Room 2 Estimation of Optimal Rotation 

Age of Spotted Gum 

Plantations Including Stock and 

Carbon Values in Southeast 

Queensland Australia 

Dr. Tek Narayan Maraseni, 

Australian Centre for Sustainable 

Catchments, University of 

Southern Queensland, 

Toowoomba, Australia 

Overview: The goal of this study 

is to estimate the net values and 

optimal rotation ages of spotted 

gum plantations in medium to low 

rainfall area of southeast 

Queensland. 

Stream: Scientific Evidence 

A Regenerated Indicator for 

Monitoring Sustainable 

Development 

Assoc. Prof. Serhan Oksay, 

Department of Business 

Administration, Kadir Has 

University, Istanbul, Turkey, Nur 

Eradli, Faculty of Agricultural and 

Environmental Sciences 

Department of Agricultural 

Economics, McGill University, 

Montreal, Canada 

Overview: This paper is aiming to 

spot sustainable developers of the 

world, among selected countries. 

In order to do this the existing 

indices are used with different 

weighted multipliers. 



Dealing with Climate Change: 

Developing a Long Range 

Transportation Plan Evaluation 

Protocol 

Dr Praveen Maghelal, 

Department of Public 

Administration, University of North 

Texas, Denton, USA 

Overview: This study discusses 

the development of a protocol to 

evaluate the Long Range 

Transportation Plans for its 

adherence to climate change. 


The Lived Experience of 

Climate Change: 

Complementing the Natural and 

Social Sciences for Learning, 

Knowledge, Policy and Action 

Prof. Gordon Wilson, 

Department of Design, 

Development, Environment and 

Materials Faculty of Mathematics 

Computing and Technology, The 

Open University, Milton Keynes, 

Dr. Dina Abbott, School of 

Geographical Sciences, 

University of Derby, UK 

Overview: Knowledge diversity 

and conflict on climate change is 

not a cause for despair. 

Combining the sciences with lived 

experiences is potentially a 

source of joint learning and 

action. 



Do They (Char People) Really 

Matter in Climate Change 

Policy (Donor Agenda) at 

National Level? An 

Anthropological Framework 

Asha Umme Habiba Naznin, 

Institute of Development Studies 

(IDS) Science Policy and 

Research Unit (SPRU) 

Department of Geography of the 

University of Sussex., IDS, SPRU, 

Department of Geography, 

University of Sussex, Brighton, 

UK 

Overview: The root cause of 

vulnerability of local people is 

ignored in climate change policy 

whereas they are predicted to be 

the most vulnerable. 



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FRI. PARALLEL SESSIONS 

10:25-10:55 11:00-11:30 11:35-12:05 

Room 3 Patterns and Drivers of 

Lost in the Wash: Predicting Trade Impacts of Global 

Migration in the Kingdom of the Impact of Losing Aboriginal Climate Change Policy: The 

Tonga: Multi-Directional Coastal Sites in Australia Case of New Zealand 

Associations between 

Dr Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy, Robbie Andrew, Sustainability 

Migration and Climate Risk Cairns, Alice Buhrich, School of and Society, Landcare Research, 

Natasha Chamberlain, College Arts and Social Sciences, James Professor Allan Rae, Centre for 

of Life and Environmental 

Cook University, Yungaburra, Agribusiness Policy and Strategy, 

Sciences, University of Exeter, Australia 

Massey University, Palmerston 

Exeter, UK, Charlotte Catmur, Overview: This paper considers North, Dr Anna Strutt, Waikato 

Prof Jon Barnett, Melbourne potential effects of climate change Management School, University 

School of Land and Environment, on Australian Aboriginal coastal of Waikato, Hamilton, New 

University of Melbourne, 

sites and implications for 

Zealand 

Melbourne, Australia 

Indigenous community identity. Overview: We apply general 

Overview: Understanding patterns We explore culturally relevant equilibrium modeling to examine 

and drivers of population mobility strategies to empower 

the impacts of global climate 

in the South Pacific, with a focus communities to mitigate impacts. change policy on New Zealand's 

on the Kingdom of Tonga. Stream: Human Impacts 

<strong>international</strong> trade. 




Garden Session PLENARY GARDEN SESSION – Larry Prior and Peter Nardulli 

12:05-12:35 LUNCH 

12:35-13:20 TALKING CIRCLES 

Room 1 Technical, Political and Social Responses 

Room 2 Scientific Evidence 

Room 3 Ecosystemic Impacts 

Room 4 Human Impacts 


13:25-13:55 14:00-14:30 14:35-15:05 

Room 1 Negotiating the Global Nature Domestic Food Production and Bringing Science and Policy 

of Climate Change through Hazard Vulnerability in 

Together: The Challenges of 

International Classroom Jamaica: Adaptation and Participatory Adaptation 

Collaborations in STEM and Change in Southern St. 

Planning in Santiago de Chile 

Environmental Education Using Elizabeth 

Dr. Jonathan Barton, Pontifica 

21st Century Skills 

Donovan Campbell, Department Universidad Católica de Chile, 

Dr Laurie Henry, Department of of Geography and Geology, Jordan Harris, Instituto de 

Curriculum and Instruction University of the West Indies, Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales, 

College of Education, University Mona, Kingston, Jamaica 

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de 

of Kentucky, Lexington, Teddie Overview: This paper focuses on Chile, Santiago, Chile, Dr. 

Phillipson Mower, University of the impact of global 

Kerstin Krellenberg, Department 

Louisville Center for 

environmental change on 

of Urban and Environmental 

Environmental Education, 

domestic food production in Sociology, Helmholtz-Centre for 

University of Louisville, Louisville, Jamaica, using a case study in Environmental Reaearch, Leipzig, 

Dr. Carol Hanley, Tracy Farmer southern St Elizabeth 

Germany 

Institute for Sustainability and the Stream: Technical, Political and Overview: Challenges of 

Environment College of 


integrating local-scale science 

Agriculture, University of 

and policy-making within a multi- 

Kentucky, Lexington, USA 

stakeholder, inter-sectoral, 

Overview: Creating new, 

participatory process for 

innovative pedagogies for STEM 

generating climate change 

and Environmental education that 

adaptation measures in Santiago 

focus on the global nature of 

de Chile. 

climate change using <strong>international</strong> 


classroom collaborations and the 

development of 21st century 

skills. 




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13:25-13:55 14:00-14:30 14:35-15:05 

Room 2 Using Microfossils to 

Modern Sea-Level Rise 

Climate Change and the 

Understand Past Environmental Records from the South Island Potential Secondary Impacts on 

Change 

of New Zealand Based on Salt- the Structures of Human 

Dr Hugh Grenfell, Dr. Bruce Marsh Foraminiferal Proxy Data Activities: Analysis on the 

Hayward, Ashwaq Sabaa, Brigida Orioli Figueira, Geology Scale of the Flanders/Belgium 

Geomarine Research, Brigida Department School of 

Region 

Figueira, University of Auckland, Environment, University of Björn Verhofstede, Prof. Dr. 

Auckland, New Zealand 

Auckland, Dr Bruce Hayward, Dr Georges Allaert, Centre for 

Overview: Use of microfossils to Hugh Grenfell, Geomarine Mobility and Spatial Planning 

interpret past environmental Research, Auckland, New Department of Civil Engineering, 

changes. 

Zealand 

Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 

Stream: Scientific Evidence Overview: Analysis of sea-level Overview: In this paper the 

rise in the South Island of New secondary impacts are scoped as 

Zealand for the past 700 years: a consequence of the primary 

Evidence for recent global climate change effects (e.g. 

warming and climate change? flooding, drought, temperature) in 

Stream: Scientific Evidence relation to the structures of human 

activities 



Room 3 Capitalizing on Climate and Applying Outranking Methods Shared and Contested 

Water Policies in the New to Climate Change Vulnerability Elements in Climate Plans 

Zealand Agricultural and Assessment 

Towards a Danish Low Carbon 

Forestry Sectors 

Fahim Nawroz Tonmoy, Dr Society 

Dr. Suzie Greenhalgh, Dr. Adam Abbas El-Zein, School of Civil Assoc. Prof. Michael Soegaard 

Daigneault, Oshadhi 

Engineering, The University of Joergensen, Department of 

Samarasinghe, Sustainability Sydney, Sydney, Australia Management Engineering, 

and Society, Robyn Sinclair, Overview: This paper reviews the Technical University of Denmark, 

Landcare Research NZ Ltd, strength and weakness of existing Kgs Lyngby, Denmark 

Auckland, New Zealand 

predominant Climate Change Overview: An analysis of four 

Overview: Understanding the Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) Danish climate plans identifying 

synergistic impacts of 

methods and applies Outranking shared and contested elements, 

environmental policy can mean methods instead as a new and which should be addressed in 

more efficient policy development. theoretically sound approach to order to align future transition 

These interactions are explored CCVA. 

efforts towards a low carbon 

as a mechanism to drive ehavior Stream: Technical, Political and Danish society. 

change in the agricultural and Social Responses 


forestry sectors. 






15:20-15:50 15:55-16:25 

Room 1 Barriers to Building an Energy Efficiency Market: A 

Transaction Costs Perspective 

Queena K. Qian, Edwin H W Chan, The Hong Kong 

Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

Overview: Identify the Transaction Costs (TC) impacts to 

stakeholders during different stages of real estate 

development. To reduce the identified TC barriers, a 

coherent institutional framework is established for 

policies design. 

Stream: Technical, Political and Social Responses 

Room 2 The Impact of Green Parties on Policy Responses to A Designed Software for Teaching Climatic 

Climate Change 

Changes Concepts to Primary School 

Dr. Scott Brenton, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Students 

Australia 

Dr Ibrahim Homaidan, King Saud University, 

Overview: This paper assesses whether the presence of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

green parties in the legislatures of Australia, New Overview: This study addresses the design of 

Zealand, and Europe has resulted in significant policy computer software to teach climatic change 

change. 

concepts in primary school geography 

Stream: Technical, Political and Social Responses textbooks. 

Stream: Technical, Political and Social 


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15:20-15:50 15:55-16:25 

Room 3 Rethinking Solid Waste Management: Inclusive Diagnosing the Uncertainty and Detectability 

Cross-Sector Strategies Put into Practice – the City of Emission Reductions for REDD+ Under 

of Malmö Experience 

Current Capabilities: An Example for Panama 

Anna, Karin, Elisabeth Bernstad, Water and 

Johanne Pelletier, McGill University and 

Environmental Engineering, Lund University, Malmö, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 

Sweden 

Catherine Potvin, Department of Biology, Dr. 

Overview: Solid waste management in Malmö, Sweden Navin Ramankutty, Department of Geography, 

is used as example to attain the collaboration and McGill University, Montreal, Canada 

governance necessary to achieve decreased climate Overview: Arising from insights for Panama we 

change impact from this sector in a local context 

explore ways to reduce uncertainty in emission 

Stream: Technical, Political and Social Responses reductions from REDD+ in developing countries, 

a crucial element for the detection of real 

emissions reductions. 


Room 4 Urban Eco-Form and Climate Change: An Strategies Vernacular Daylighting for Hot-Arid Climates: 

for Sustainability 

A Response to Climate Change 

Prof. Dr. S. Majid Mofidi, School of Architecture and Eng. Mahsa M. Ghazi-Jahani, Department of 

Urban Development, University of Science and 

Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, 

Technology, Eng. Mahsa M. Ghazi-Jahani, Department Science and Research Branch, Prof.Dr. S.Majid 

of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Science Mofidi, School of Architecture and Urban 

and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of) Development, University of Science and 

Overview: The research will synopsize the results of an Technology, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of) 

extensive study on climate-conscious urban elements Overview: The paper stimulates related 

and principles for different climates and the goal is to professionals, in construction industry in the 

decrease greenhouse gases. 

design and construction in hot regions, to 

Stream: Technical, Political and Social Responses conserve energy by vernacular daylighting 

techniques. 

Stream: Technical, Political and Social 


16:30-17:00 CONFERENCE CLOSING - Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Common Ground Publishing, USA 

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 


Dina Abbott University of Derby UK 

Jan Franklin Adamowski McGill University Canada 

Aina Thompson Adeboyejo University of Venda South Africa 

Kim Alexander CSIRO Australia 

Alison Anderson University of Plymouth UK 

Robbie Andrew Landcare Research New Zealand 

Stacie Anfinson Maricopa County Community College District USA 

Kumar Ashish Gyan Jyoti Nepal 

Sharaf Eldin Ibrahim Bannaga Bannaga Consult Sudan 

Deborah Black The University of Sydney Australia 

Scott Brenton University of Melbourne Australia 

Paula Cristiane Bueno Brazil 

Alice Buhrich James Cook University Australia 

Jessica Bunning Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute Australia 

Sergio Cabral SAFE TANK Solucoes Brazil 

Donovan Campbell University of the West Indies, Mona Jamaica 

Charlotte Catmur University of Melbourne Australia 

Natasha Chamberlain University of Exeter UK 

Pritam Chand Jawaharlal Nehru University India 

Andrew Chiodi University of Washington USA 

Teerada Chongkolrattanaporn Macquarie University & Chulalongkorn University Australia 

Deborah Cotton Macquarie University Australia 

Caitilin de Bérigny Wall (onacloV) University of Sydney Australia 

Jean Luc DesGranges Environment Canada Canada 

Roberta Lorraine Dunlop Simon Fraser University Canada 

Cyril Ifeanyi Duruigbo Federal University of Technology Nigeria 

Hisham ElKadi Deakin University Australia 

Noor Elshaygi United Arab Emirates University United Arab Emirates 

Nur Eradli McGill University Canada 

Mariana Fuentes James Cook University Australia 

Pedro Gill Carbonnew / Unfccc Brazil 

Tyson-Lord Gray Seoul Christian University South Korea 

Suzie Greenhalgh Landcare Research New Zealand 

Hugh Grenfell Geomarine Research New Zealand 

Jordan Harris Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Chile 

Laurie Henry University of Kentucky USA 

Ibrahim Homaidan King Saud University Saudi Arabia 

Seyednezamedin Hosseini Pasteur Institute of Iran Iran (Islamic Republic 

of) 

Michael Soegaard Joergensen Technical University of Denmark Denmark 

Simone Leao Deakin University Australia 

Darryl Low Choy Griffith University Australia 

Julio Lumbreras Technical University of Madrid Spain 

Mahsa M. Ghazi-Jahani Islamic Azad University Iran (Islamic Republic 

of) 

Ignatius, A. Madu Ibrahim Badamasi Babaginda University, Lapai Nigeria 

Praveen Maghelal University of North Texas USA 

Tek Narayan Maraseni University of Southern Queensland Australia 

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Ari Martin USA 

Haley Martin USA 

Peter Martin USA 

Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy James Cook University Australia 

Radhika Mittal Macquarie University Australia 

S.Majid Mofidi University of Sciecne an Technology Iran (Islamic Republic 

of) 

Rebecca Nadin British Council China 

Peter Nardulli University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign USA 

Asha Umme Habiba Naznin University of Sussex UK 

Serhan Oksay Kadir Has University Turkey 

Isaac Olaposi Oladipo The Federal Polytechnic Nigeria 

Brigida Orioli Figueira University of Auckland New Zealand 

Tso-Chien Pan Nanyang Technological University Singapore 

Johanne Pelletier McGill University and Smithsonian Tropical 

Research Institute 

Canada 

Teddie Phillipson Mower University of Louisville USA 

Larry Pryor University of Southern California USA 

Queena K. Qian The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 

Ray Rahayu Griffith University Australia 

Jerry Rivers NACCE USA 

Stephen Charles Russell Defence And Systems Institute Australia 

Sheila Selkregg Universtiy of Alaska, Anchorage USA 

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Serrao-Neumann Griffith University Australia 

Anderson Cassio Sevilha James Cook University Australia 

Tina Sikka Simon Fraser University Canada 

Phil Simmons University of New England Australia 

Jennie Stephens Clark University USA 

Alan H. Teramura University of Hawaii at Manoa USA 

Derek John Thorkelson Simon Fraser University Canada 

Fahim Nawroz Tonmoy The University of Sydney Australia 

Reyhaneh Vahidian Sadegh Iran University of Science and Technology Iran (Islamic Republic 

of) 

Luke van Zeller Western Australian Council of Social Services Australia 

Björn Verhofstede Ghent University Belgium 

David Viner British Council UK 

Timothy Mark Ward Flinders University Australia 

Prudence Willats British Council China 

Gordon Wilson The Open University UK 

Minghua Zhang University of California, Davis USA


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BUILDING KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES

Building Knowledge Communities 

THE CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY 

At a time when knowledge communities are being redefined and disciplinary boundaries challenged, Common Ground aims 

to develop innovative spaces for knowledge creation and sharing. Through our <strong>conference</strong>s, journals and online presence 

we attempt to mix traditional face-to-face interaction with new ‗social web‘ technologies. This is a part of our attempt to 

develop new modes of deliberation and new media for the dissemination of ideas. Common Ground is founded upon and 

driven by an ambitious research and knowledge design agenda, aiming to contest and disrupt closed and top-down systems 

of knowledge formation. We seek to merge physical and online communities in a way that brings out the strengths in both 

worlds. Common Ground and our partners endeavour to engage in the tensions and possibilities of this transformative 

moment. We provide three core ways in which we aim to foster this community. 

PRESENT 

You have already made the first step and are in attendance. We hope this <strong>conference</strong> provides a valuable source of 

feedback for your current work and the possible seeds for future individual and collaborative projects. We hope your session 

is the start of a conversation that continues on past the last day of the <strong>conference</strong>. 

PUBLISH 

We also encourage you to publish your paper in The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses. In 

this way, you may share the finished outcome of your presentation with other participants and members of the Climate 

Community. You also have access to the complete works of the Climate Change Journal in which the published work of 

participants from the <strong>conference</strong> who submitted papers may be found. 

ENGAGE 

Each <strong>conference</strong> presenter is provided a personal CGPublisher website with public and private spaces where you are able 

to: 

The Public View 

� Post your photo, biography and CV. 

� Make your contact details public (or keep them private for access only by publishers and collaborators, if you like). 

� Maintain a personal diary or weblog. 

� Make links to other sites of personal interest. 

� Have a bookstore where your published works appear. 

� Have full access to the HTML and CSS so you may change the look and feel of your site (advanced users). 

The Private View 

� Manage your personal website. 

� Use a secure, private digital storage space where you may create and store your works-in-progress. 

� Create a space where collaborators (joint creators, secondary contributors and publishers) may be invited to 

access and comment on your works-in-progress. 

� Keep a record of version development (keeping each successive draft, as well as a copy of the final work that 

becomes a published edition until you start working on new drafts towards a new edition). 

� Keep a record of messages connected to each work, mirrored in emails and capturing incoming emails. 

CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE COMMUNITY DIRECTIONS 

We encourage anyone interested in hosting the Climate Change Conference, or who has ideas for locations and themes for 

upcoming <strong>conference</strong>s, to discuss these possibilities with members of Common Ground, either at the <strong>conference</strong> or via 

email at support@on-climate.com. We feel it is of critical importance that the trajectory and movement of the community 

emerges from the community itself. 

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COMMON GROUND: OUR PHILOSOPHY 


Common Ground is committed to building dynamic knowledge communities that meet regularly in face-to-face interaction 

connect in a virtual community of web spaces, blogs and newsfeeds, and publish in fully refereed academic journals. In this 

way, we are bringing to the fore our commitment to explore new ways of making and disseminating academic knowledge. 

We believe that the Internet promises a revolution in the means of production and distribution of knowledge, a promise, as 

of yet, only partially realised. This is why we are working to expand social and technical frontiers in the production of text, so 

that academic publishing gains the immediacy, speed and accessibility of the web whilst nevertheless maintaining—and we 

would hope enhancing—the intellectual standards of legacy peer refereed journals. To support these kinds of emerging 

knowledge communities, Common Ground continues to have an ambitious research and development agenda, creating 

cutting edge ‗social web‘ technologies and exploring new relationships of knowledge validation. 

CONFERENCES 

Common Ground <strong>conference</strong>s are intellectually and discursively open places. They connect the global with the local. They 

encourage people to speak in as many ways as possible. They attempt to find ways to include people regardless of whether 

or not they are able to attend in person. They turn otherwise ephemeral conversations into formal knowledge, leading to 

systematic refereeing by the peer community and publication in an academic journal. 

CONNECTING THE GLOBAL WITH THE LOCAL 

Common Ground <strong>conference</strong>s connect with different host universities and local communities each year, seeking fresh 

perspectives on questions of global concern. In recent years, we have worked with a wide range of educational institutions 

including (to list just a few): Beijing Normal University; The Australian National University; The University of London; The 

Institute for Pedagogical Sciences, Cuba; University of California, Los Angeles; The University of Cambridge, UK; The 

University of Carthage, Tunisia; Columbia University, New York; Singapore Management University; McGill University, 

Montreal; The University of Edinburgh, Scotland; and New York University in New York City. At <strong>conference</strong> sites, we bring 

the global to the local—academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world gather to discuss <strong>conference</strong> 

topics. At the same time, we also bring the local to the global, as local academics and community leaders speak from the 

perspective of local knowledge and experience. 

WAYS OF SPEAKING 

Our <strong>conference</strong>s encourage people to converse in as many ways as possible. 

� Plenary presentations by some of the world‘s leading thinkers are followed by ‗garden conversation‘ sessions, a 

circle of chairs where an extended conversation may be had with plenary speakers. 

� Thematically defined ‗talking circles‘ at the beginning of the <strong>conference</strong> encourage people to meet each other and 

discuss their reasons for being at the <strong>conference</strong>. The group meets again near the end of the <strong>conference</strong> to reflect 

on the most striking ideas emerging from the discussions, and to report back agenda items for future <strong>conference</strong>s 

in the closing session. 

� Thirty-minute paper sessions provide participants the opportunity to make a formal 15-minute presentation on their 

intellectual work, be that research, theory, practice or aesthetic work, followed by 15 minutes of audience 

interaction. 

� Sixty-minute workshop sessions involve extensive interaction between presenter and participants around an idea 

or hands-on experience of a practice. 

� Ninety-minute colloquium sessions consist of five or more short presentations with audience interaction. 

The range and breadth of conversational opportunities reflects Common Ground‘s belief that each <strong>conference</strong> belongs 

ultimately to its participants. 

WAYS OF JOINING THE CONVERSATION 

We try to make sure that our <strong>conference</strong>s do not exclude people who cannot afford to travel or who are unable to travel at 

the time of the <strong>conference</strong>. Virtual participation means that a participant may submit a paper for possible publication in the 

journal, take part in the peer referee process, and access the <strong>conference</strong> content, published at the journal website, through 

the journal subscription that comes with <strong>conference</strong> registration. For graduate students, we have a Graduate Scholar 

Award, in which they are granted a fee waiver, present a paper and are presented an award in return for chairing parallel 

sessions at the <strong>conference</strong>. 

TURNING CONVERSATIONS INTO FORMAL KNOWLEDGE 

All too often, ideas circulating at <strong>conference</strong>s disappear into the ether once they have been uttered. People and their ideas 

are often hard to tie down during the <strong>conference</strong> and even harder to track down afterwards. For Common Ground, the 

<strong>conference</strong> is just one step in a formal knowledge-making process, from presentation proposal, to presentation and 

audience feedback, to submission and peer refereeing in a formal journal process. This is how the <strong>conference</strong> becomes an 

integral part of a systematic, dynamic and open academic knowledge-making ecology. 

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THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY ONLINE 

The Climate Change Community has a strong online presence via our blog, email newsletter and social networking sites. 

The blog and links to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and our YouTube channel can be found at http://on-climate.com/ 

EMAIL NEWSLETTER 

The email newsletter will be sent to all <strong>conference</strong> participants. 

Please send suggested links for news items with a subject line ‗Email Newsletter Suggestion‘ to support@on-climate.com 

FACEBOOK 

Find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Climate-Change/112300448805499 

TWITTER 

You can now follow the Climate Change Community on Twitter: http://twitter.com/onclimate 

FLICKR 

View and share pictures from the Climate Change Conference at our Flickr site: 

http://www.flickr.com/groups/climatechange<strong>conference</strong>/ 

YOUTUBE CHANNEL 

VIEW 

Online presentations can be found on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/group/OnClimate 

CREATE A YOUTUBE PRESENTATION 

Whether you are presenting at this <strong>conference</strong>, or are a virtual participant, we encourage all participants to present on the 

Climate Change Conference YouTube Channel. Here are two suggestions: 

1. Record a video of your presentation before or after the <strong>conference</strong>, or ask a colleague to record a video of your 

presentation at the <strong>conference</strong>, and then submit it to our YouTube channel. 

2. Create a PowerPoint presentation with voice-over before or after the <strong>conference</strong>, or record the audio of the 

presentation at the <strong>conference</strong>, then link this to the PowerPoint presentation. 

These presentation recordings will be published to YouTube with a link to your session description on the <strong>conference</strong> 

website, and (if your paper is accepted to the journal), a link to the abstract of your paper on the journal website. 

For instructions on how to create and upload these presentations, visit the <strong>conference</strong> website at 

http://on-climate.com/<strong>conference</strong>-2011/online-presentations/. 

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THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF 

CLIMATE CHANGE: 

IMPACTS AND RESPONSES

ABOUT THE JOURNAL 

The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses seeks to create an interdisciplinary forum for the 

discussion of evidence of climate change, its causes, its ecosystemic impacts and its human impacts. The journal also 

explores technological, policy, strategic and social responses to climate change. 

EDITORS 

Amareswar Galla, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia. 

Bill Cope, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. 

OPEN PEER REVIEW 

The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses is a fully peer reviewed scholarly journal, one of 

approximately twenty-four academic journals published by Common Ground. Common Ground‘s approach to peer review is 

open and inclusive. Instead of being dominated by the exclusive academic hierarchies represented by many traditional 

editors and their networks, Common Ground journals build lateral knowledge communities. Our referee process is criterionreferenced, 

and referees are selected on the basis of subject matter and disciplinary expertise. Ranking is based on clearly 

articulated criteria. The result is a refereeing process that is scrupulously fair in its assessments. At the same time, the 

process offers a carefully structured and constructive contribution to the shape of the published paper. 

INTELLECTUAL EXCELLENCE 

The result is a publishing process which is without prejudice to institutional affiliation, stage in career, national origins or 

disciplinary perspective. If the paper is excellent, and has been systematically and independently assessed as such, it will 

be published. This is why Common Ground journals have so much exciting new material, much of it originating from well 

known research institutions but also a considerable amount of brilliantly insightful and innovative material from academics in 

lesser known institutions in the developing world, emerging researchers, people working in hard-to-classify interdisciplinary 

spaces and researchers in liberal arts colleges and teaching universities. In recognition of the highest levels of excellence, 

every year an <strong>international</strong> prize is awarded for the top-ranked paper in each journal. 

ACCESSIBILITY 

Common Ground is developing a low-cost commercial approach to academic publishing. We believe there are limitations in 

both the high cost commercial publishing and apparently no-cost open access publishing models. This is why are seeking to 

find a practical middle way between the idealism of open access and the inefficiencies and greed of which the big journal 

publishers are increasingly accused. The idealism of open access often creates new problems, leaving academics in the 

often less-than-happy role of amateur publisher. And ironically, open access journals and discipline repositories sometimes 

give insider networks even greater control over what gets published than was traditionally the case with the big commercial 

publishers. 

Common Ground journals are highly accessible on the web. They are not hidden behind subscription walls. Every article 

has its own page; and every author has their own self-maintainable website, which includes any articles and books they 

have published with Common Ground, a blog, and places to paste their bionote, photo and CV. We have modest 

subscription charges for libraries and a small per-article charge for electronic access by non-subscribers. Conference 

participants are granted free electronic access to the corresponding journal for a year. Our journals are also available in 

print editions. 

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JOURNAL AWARD 

The International Journal of Climate Change presents an annual International Award for Excellence in the area of Climate 

Change: Impacts and Responses. All papers submitted for publication in the Journal are entered into consideration for this 

award. The review committee for the award is the International Advisory Board for the Journal and the Conference. The 

committee will select the winning paper from the ten highest-ranked papers emerging from the referee process and 

according to the selection criteria outlined in the referee guidelines. The winning author(s) will be invited to the next annual 

Climate Change Conference, where they will be formally presented with their award. They will receive a free registration to 

attend this <strong>conference</strong>. 

This year‘s award winners are: 

Zareen Shahid, University of Western Sydney, Austrailia and Dr. Awais Piracha, University of Western Sydney, Austrialia 

For the paper: 

Climate Change Impacts in Pakistan: Awareness and Adaptation 

Abstract: 

Climate change is a serious threat to the security and prosperity of the world in the twenty-first century. Although it 

is an inherently global problem, its impacts will not be felt equally across our planet. Developing countries are 

much more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. 

This paper explores various climate change impacts and their consequences in Pakistan. Pakistan is already a 

resource poor country with a very large and fast growing population, a very low natural resource base, and 

especially unfavourable local socio-cultural conditions. Climate change is an additional stress for this country. 

According to a recently published index, Pakistan was ranked 12th on the list of countries most vulnerable to the 

impacts of climate change. 

It is known that increasing environmental awareness leads to better planning and management of environmental 

resources. An important aspect of this research is to look into the relevance of awareness about climate change 

impacts among policymakers in Pakistan. This paper analyses climate change adaptation measures for a poor, 

developing and stressed country like Pakistan. In particular, it assesses the possible role of GIS (Geographical 

Information System) in raising awareness about climate change impacts in Pakistan. 

SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION 

Website: http://on-climate.com/journal 

Publisher: Common Ground - www.CommonGroundPublishing.com 

ISSN: 1835-7156 

Frequency: 4 issues per volume 

EDITORS 

Amareswar Galla, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia 

Bill Cope, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. 

INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION 

Information on library subscriptions may be found at http://on-climate.com/journal/subscribe/. 

COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTION 

As part of the <strong>conference</strong> registration, participants are provided with a complimentary electronic subscription to all full-text 

papers published in The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses. The duration of this access 

period is from the time of registration until one year after the end date of the <strong>conference</strong>. To view articles, go to 

http://onglobalisation.com/journal/publications/. Select the ―Login‖ option and provide a CGPublisher username and 

password. Then, select an article and download the PDF. For lost or forgotten login details, select ―Forgot your login‖ to 

request a new password. 

LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION FORM 

If you wish to recommend the Journal to your library, we have library recommendation forms at the Registration Desk. They 

are also available for download at http://on-climate.com/journal/subscribe/#LR. 

CONTACT 

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact subscriptions@commongroundpublishing.com 

SUBMISSION INFORMATION 

Registration for the Climate Conference allows participants the opportunity to publish in The International Journal of Climate 

Change. Presenters may submit their papers up to one month after the <strong>conference</strong>. Submitted papers will be fully refereed. 

The publication decision will be based on the referees‘ reports. To submit, at least one author of each paper must be 

registered to attend the <strong>conference</strong> (to a maximum of one paper per registered author). 

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General Requirements: 

� We only accept text files or files in .doc format (such as from Microsoft Word or OpenOffice). We do not accept 

PDF submissions or .docx files. 

� Papers should be approximately 2,000-5,000 words in length. They should be written as continuous expository 

narrative in a chapter or article style – not as lists of points or a PowerPoint presentation. 

� Please remember that the papers are to be published in a fully refereed academic journal. This means that the 

style and structure of your text should be relatively formal. For instance, you should not submit a verbatim 

transcript of your oral presentation, such as, ―Today I want to speak to you about …‖ 

� Paper submissions must contain no more than 30% of textual material published in other places by the same 

author or authors, and these other places must be acknowledged and cited; in other words, the remaining 70% of 

the paper must be unique and original to your current submission. 

� Authors must ensure the accuracy of citations, quotations, diagrams, tables and maps. 

� You may use any recognized scholarly referencing style you choose, as long as you use it consistently and to the 

appropriate standards. 

� Spelling can vary according to national usage, but should be internally consistent. 

� Papers should be thoroughly checked and proofread before submission, both by the author and a critical editorial 

friend – after you have submitted your paper you are unable to make any changes to it during the refereeing 

process. 

� Papers will be assessed by referees against ten criteria – or fewer if some criteria do not apply to a particular kind 

of paper (see the Peer Review Process). 

Illustration/Electronic Artwork Guidelines: 

� Figures and images must be clear and easy to view. Common Ground cannot improve the quality of images. 

� Figures and tables need to be placed where they are to appear in the text. If preferred, you may also place images 

and tables at the end of your paper. 

� Please refrain from using Word Drawing objects. Instead use images imported from a drawing program. Word 

Drawing objects will not be rendered in the typeset version. 

Keyword Guidelines: 

Keywords are extremely important in search engine rankings. To achieve better exposure for your paper, please make sure 

your keywords are clear and accurate. 

Resubmission Policy: 

If your paper has been rejected, we will allow a maximum of TWO further resubmissions until TWO months prior to the 

anticipated publication date. 

How to submit a paper: 

For information on how to submit a paper, please visit http://on-climate.com/journal/publish-your-paper/. 

The publication process is as follows: 

� When we receive a paper, it is verified against template and submission requirements. If there are any problems, 

authors will be asked to resubmit the paper. 

� The paper will be prepared and matched to two appropriate referees. When a paper has been submitted to the 

referees, authors will receive an email notification. Additionally, authors may be asked to referee up to 3 papers. 

� When the referee reports are uploaded, authors will be notified by email and provided with a link to view the reports 

(after the referees' identities have been removed). 

� If a paper is accepted, we will confirm <strong>conference</strong> registration before sending a Publishing Agreement. 

� Authors will then be asked to accept the Publishing Agreement and submit the final paper. 

� Papers will be typeset and proofs made available for final approval before publication in the journal‘s online 

bookstore as well as in individual author Creator Sites. 

The final date for submission of papers to the Journal (for one way blind refereeing) is 22 August, 2011 – one 

month after the close of the <strong>conference</strong>. 

Papers are published continuously in the online bookstore. Authors may view the status of their paper at any time by logging 

into their CGPublisher account at www.CGPublisher.com. 

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OTHER JOURNALS PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 

Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides an <strong>international</strong> forum for the discussion of a rapidly growing 

segment of the population, in developed countries as well as in developing countries. Contributions range from broad 

theoretical and global policy explorations to detailed studies of the specific physiological, health, economic, and social 

dynamics of aging in today‘s global society. 

Website: www.AgingandSociety.com/journal 

The International Journal of the Arts in Society aims to create an intellectual frame of reference for the arts, and to 

create an interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. This peer-reviewed journal is intended as a place 

for critical engagement and examination of ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world. 

Website: www.Arts-Journal.com 

The International Journal of the Book provides a forum for publishing professionals, librarians, researchers, authors, 

retailers, and educators to discuss that iconic artifact, the book—and to consider its past, present, and future. Discussions 

range from the reflective to the highly practical, with an eye towards new practices of writing, publishing, and reading. 

Website: www.Book-Journal.com 

The International Journal of the Constructed Environment publishes broad-ranging and interdisciplinary articles on 

human configurations of the environment and the interactions between the constructed, social and natural environments. 

This peer-reviewed journal brings together researchers, teachers, architects, designers, and others interested in how we 

interact with our environment. 

Website: www.ConstructedEnvironment.com/journal 

Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal is a site of discussion exploring the meaning and purpose of 

―design‖ and the use of designed artifacts. This peer-reviewed journal examines transdiciplinary conversations between the 

theoretical and the empirical, the pragmatic and the idealistic. 

Website: www.Design-Journal.com 

The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations allows educators, professionals, 

and anyone interested in the mediation of cultural difference and diversity to empirically and strategically discuss 

globalization, identity and social group formation. This peer-reviewed journal reflects the business of negotiating diversity in 

organizations and communities. 

Website: www.Diversity-Journal.com 

Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of agricultural, 

environmental, nutritional, health, social, economic and cultural perspectives on food. Contributions range from broad 

theoretical and global policy explorations, to detailed studies of specific human-physiological, nutritional and social 

dynamics of food. 

Website: www.Food-Studies.com/Journal/ 

The Global Studies Journal is devoted to mapping and interpreting new trends and patterns in globalization. This peerreviewed 

journal attempts to do this from many points of view and from many locations in the world, working between 

empirical and general modes of engagement with one of the central phenomena of our contemporary existence. 

Website: www.GlobalStudiesJournal.com 

The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society addresses a number of interdisciplinary health topics, 

including: physiology, kinesiology, psychology, health sciences, public health, and other areas of interest. This peerreviewed 

journal is relevant to anyone working in the health sciences, or researchers interested in exploring the 

intersections between health and society. 

Website: www.HealthandSociety.com/journal 

The International Journal of the Humanities provides a space for dialogue and publication of new knowledge which 

builds on the past traditions of the humanities whilst setting a renewed agenda for their future. The humanities are a domain 

of learning, reflection and action, and a place of dialogue between and across epistemologies, perspectives and content 

areas. It is in these unsettling places that the humanities might be able to unburden modern knowledge systems of their 

restrictive narrowness. 

Website: www.Humanities.com/Journal/ 

The International Journal of the Image interrogates the nature of the image and the functions of image-making. This peerreviewed, 

cross-disciplinary journal brings together researchers, practitioners, and teachers from areas of interest including: 

architecture, art, cultural studies, design, education, history, linguistics, media studies, philosophy, religious studies, 

semiotics, and more. 

Website: www.OntheImage.com/journal 

The International Journal of Learning sets out to foster inquiry, invite dialogue and build a body of knowledge on the 

nature and future of learning. This peer-reviewed journal provides a forum for any person with an interest in, and concern 

for, education at any of its levels and in any of its forms, from early childhood to higher education and lifelong learning. 

Website: www.Learning-Journal.com 

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The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management examines the nature of the organization in 

all its forms and manifestations. Across a variety of contexts, a pragmatic focus persists—to examine the organization and 

management of groups of people collaborating to productive ends, and to analyze what makes for success and 

sustainability. 

Website: www.Management-Journal.com 

The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum asks: In this time of fundamental social change, what is the role of 

the museum, both as a creature of that change, and as an agent of change? This peer-reviewed journal brings together 

academics, curators, researchers, and administrators to discuss the character and future of the museum. 

Website: www.Museum-Journal.com 

The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society aims to create an intellectual frame of reference for the 

academic study of religion, and to create interdisciplinary conversations on the role of religion and spirituality in society. This 

peer-reviewed journal seeks to critically examine ideas that connect religious philosophies to their contexts throughout 

history. 

Website: www.Religion-Journal.com 

The International Journal of Science in Society provides an interdisciplinary forum to discuss the past, present, and 

future of the sciences and their relationships to society. This peer-reviewed journal examines broad theoretical, 

philosophical and policy explorations and detailed case studies of particular intellectual and practical activities at the 

intersection of science and society. 

Website: www.Science-Society.com/Journal 

The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences aims to examine the nature of disciplinary practices and 

the interdisciplinary practices that arise in the context of ‗real world‘ applications. This rigorously peer-reviewed journal also 

interrogates what constitutes ‗science‘ in a social context, and the connections between the social and other sciences. 

Website: www.SocialSciences-Journal.com 

Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies addresses some of the most pressing 

and perturbing social, cultural, economic and environmental questions of our time. This peer-reviewed journal focuses on 

spaces of production, consumption, and living, and flows of people, goods, and information as crucibles and vectors of 

ongoing transformation. 

Website: www.SpacesandFlows.com/Journal 

The International Journal of Sport and Society provides a forum for wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination of 

sport. This peer-reviewed journal examines the history, sociology, and psychology of sport; sports medicine and health; 

physical and health education; and sports administration and management. Discussions range from broad 

conceptualizations to highly specific readings. 

Website: www.SportandSociety.com/Journal 

The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability creates a place for the 

publication of papers presenting innovative theories and practices of sustainability. This peer-reviewed journal is crossdisciplinary 

in its scope, a meeting point for natural and social scientists, researchers and practitioners, professionals and 

community representatives. 

Website: www.Sustainability-Journal.com 

The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society creates a place for the publication and presentation 

of innovative theories and practices relating technology to society. This peer-reviewed journal is cross-disciplinary in its 

scope and provides a meeting point for technologists with a concern for the social and social scientists with a concern for 

the technological. 

Website: www.Technology-Journal.com 

Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal sets out to define an emerging field. Ubiquitous Learning is a new 

educational paradigm made possible in part by the affordances of digital media. Our changing learning needs can be served 

by ubiquitous computing. This peer-reviewed journal investigates the affordances for learning through digital media, in 

school, and throughout everyday life. 

Website: www.Ubi-Learn.com/Journal 

The Journal of the World Universities Forum seeks to explore the meaning and purpose of the academy in times of 

striking social transformation. This peer-reviewed journal brings together university administrators, teachers and 

researchers to discuss the prospects of the academy and to exemplify or imagine ways in which the university can take a 

leading and constructive role. 

Website: www.Universities-Journal.com 

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THE CLIMATE CHANGE BOOK SERIES 

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SUBMIT YOUR BOOK PROPOSAL 

Common Ground is setting new standards of rigorous academic knowledge creation and scholarly publication. Unlike other 

publishers, we‘re not interested in the size of potential markets or competition from other books. We‘re only interested in the 

intellectual quality of the work. If a book is a brilliant contribution to a specialist area of knowledge that only serves a small 

intellectual community, we still want to publish it. If it is expansive and has a broad appeal, we want to publish it too, but only 

if it is of the highest intellectual quality. 

TYPES OF BOOKS 

Each <strong>conference</strong> and journal community has an accompanying book imprint. We welcome proposals or completed 

manuscript submissions of: 

� Individually and jointly authored books 

� Edited collections addressing a clear, intellectually challenging theme 

� Collections of papers published in The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 

Editorial selection can occur after the <strong>conference</strong>; or a group of authors may first wish to organize a colloquium at the 

<strong>conference</strong> to test the ideas in this broader intellectual context. 

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES 

Books should be between 30,000 and 150,000 words in length. They are published simultaneously in print and electronic 

formats. To publish a book, please send us a proposal including: 

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� Title 

� Author(s)/editor(s) 

� Back-cover blurb 

� Table of contents 

� Author bionote(s) 

� Intended audience and significance of contribution 

� Sample chapters or complete manuscript 

� Manuscript submission date 

Proposals can be submitted by email to books@commongroundpublishing.com. Please note the book series that you are 

submitting to in the subject line.

RECENT BOOKS PUBLISHED BY COMMON GROUND 

Limited quantities are available for purchase at the Registration Desk. These and other books are available at 

http://on-climate.com/books/. 

Building our Sustainable Cities 

by Rita Yi Man Li 

Sustainable development has become a hot topic worldwide in 

recent decades. Following the Copenhagen Summit, politicians and 

the general public were once again faced with the reality of 

inevitable climate change. Is there anything we can do to stop global 

warming? Are there any possible ways to achieve the goal of zero 

carbon? What can we, as laymen in the global village, do in the 

coming years so that future generations can enjoy a natural 

environment similar to ours? 

This book consists of three parts. The first part is an introduction 

that provides a general overview of sustainable development in 

China, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States of 

America and Australia. The second part introduces the concept of 

sustainability in the built environment. The <strong>third</strong> part of this book 

focuses on sustainable land use planning in Hong Kong. 

Learning Nature: How the Understanding of Nature 

Enriches Education and Life 

by Ruyu Hung 

Learning Nature presents exciting scholarship on the exploration of 

the concept of nature and its implications for education. The 

author—Ruyu Hung—argues that ―nature‖ is a rich and fundamental 

source of meaning to enable one to learn to live a meaningful life 

and yet that what is taught about nature in many conventional 

curricula is severely limited, resulting in an impoverishment of 

meaning. The central aim of this book is to provide different 

approaches to the understanding of nature in order to show the 

fecund meanings that have rich educational significance and the 

implications for pedagogy. 

Interrogating the educationally meaningful conceptions of nature, 

this book identifies five themes to anchor our multifarious 

understandings of nature. Each theme with its implying polarities 

illuminates the significance of the human conceptualisation of nature 

as an on-going dynamic and dialectic process. The investigations 

invite the readers to envisage and reconfigure education so as to 

accommodate heterogeneous and plural views of nature and reveal 

the abundance of meaning to be had in different ways of 

experiencing nature in the context of one‘s unique life. 

The Sustainability Practitioner’s Guide to Input-Output 

Analysis 

edited by Joy Murray and Richard Wood 

This book provides an introduction to input-output analysis for 

sustainability practitioners. It is designed for those with knowledge 

about the sustainability dilemma we face, but who are unsure about 

the how of measuring our impacts, tracking our progress and 

informing the decisions for a sustainable future. 

Input-output analysis placed in a transdisciplinary setting is a 

method that captures the complexities and interdependencies of our 

social, economic and environmental support systems. Examples of 

the use of input-output analysis in life-cycle assessment, triple 

bottom line accounting and carbon and ecological footprints are 

provided along with an introduction to a range of software tools. In 

academic circles research has been gathering pace on these 

methods and issues over the last years. This book brings this state 

of the art to the decision makers and policy shapers of today. 

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