International Conference on Climate Change at NLU, Assam on 9-10 March, 2019, [Submit by 5 Dec]

What: International Conference on Climate Change: Exploring the Multidisciplinary Contours

When: 9-10 March 2019

Where: National Law University and Judicial Academy, Hajo Road, Amingaon, Guwahati.

About Organiser

In 2015, NLU Assam has established the Centre for Environmental Legal Advocacy and Research [CELAR] which has continuously aimed at imparting legal environmental knowledge through various activities in the past. The Centre has collaborated with various governmental and non-governmental bodies for projects in North-East India. The Centre also has its own publication namely the Lex Terra and its own magazine named the Green Advocate, with a team of extremely enthusiastic administration, faculty and students, the university has been aiming towards achieving excellence in the field of environmental law in the coming years.

About Conference

Climate Change is one such discourse, which has evolved massively in the last two decades. The entire timeline of UNFCCC is proof of several key milestones in the evolution of global climate policy, which includes a series of Conferences. These global meetings range from small sessions to large COPs (Conference of Parties decisions).

Climate negotiation is one such unique forum, where not only individual states but also like-minded countries came together as a group. During COP 21, in 2015, governments agreed to mobilize stronger and ambitious climate action to attain the goals of the Paris Agreement.

India and especially North East India, have witnessed several climate disasters in last one decade. The problems of floods, water shortage, depletion of natural resources, loss of natural biodiversity reserves, the rise in GHG emissions and temperature and many more.

We, in the field of academics and research, acknowledge and believe that there is a dire need to scale up global response to climate change. In order to do the same, commitments from all stakeholders and actors are necessary, including those propelled via Lima Paris Agenda.

The concept behind this international conference draws its inspiration from all the aforementioned conferences, where multilateral discussions on climate change matters took place. Taking place on 9th and 10th March 2019 in National Law University and Judicial Academy Campus, Guwahati- Assam, this will be the first multidisciplinary international conference on multi-faceted aspects of Climate Change to showcase the multidimensional contours of Climate action across several disciplines of academic and research studies.

Themes

Global Climate Change Negotiations: International Legal Framework [Journey from the UNFCCC to the Paris Agreement]
Cardinal Elements of the Framework Convention on Climate Change [Mitigation, Adaptation, Land Use, Land Loss and Damage, Technology Transfer, REDD, Capacity Building, Climate Finance, Climate Justice, Climate Technology and the Gender Dimension]
Impact of Climate Change on Natural Resource Management
Socio-Economic Aspects of Climate Change
Human Rights Dimension of Climate Change
National Legal Framework on Climate Change
Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity, Himalayan Ecosystem, Agriculture, Wildlife and Marine Environment.
Analysis of the nexus between different aspects of International Dimensions and National Dimensions on Climate Change.
Pricing Carbon pollution- Emission Trading and Reduction from Pan-Canadian Framework
Energy Security and Canada's stand for green energy
Complementary Mitigation Actions of Canada
Pathways to Canada's 2030 Climate Action Target
Indo- Canadian joint initiative- bilateral and international cooperation to address climate change and secure a clean energy- International Solar Alliance initiative.

Eligibility

Students, Researchers, Academicians, Practitioners, Any other delegate who is interested in the subject matter and wishes to participate.

Important Dates

Submission of Abstracts deadline: December 5, 2018
Notification of Acceptance of Abstract: December 16, 2018
Submission of Full Paper: January 31, 2019
Early Bird Registration: till February 7, 2019
Final Registration: till February 20, 2019
Conference Dates: March 9-10, 2019

Submission Procedure

Submit an abstract of your paper highlighting the questions that will be dealt with in the paper.

The sub-theme has to be mentioned while abstract submission.

The abstract must not be more with 500 words (including 4-6 keywords) and must be accompanied by the details of the author(s), containing their email address, contact number, and postal address, designation of the authors, should be sent to the Members of the Organizing Committee as provided below.

Co-authorship is restricted to two members only.

The papers have to be submitted in soft copies only through [email protected] and should be 'copied' to [email protected] and [email protected].

Abstracts demonstrating a high level of research and imminent relevance will be selected.

The notification of the acceptance of the abstracts will be sent via e-mail to all those whose abstracts will be selected.

All those whose abstracts are selected will be required to submit their final papers by this date, including all supplementary documents that they wish to present along with the paper (eg: report, diagrams, etc.).

Final Papers must maintain the word limit of 5,000-7,000 words (inclusive of footnotes). The supplementary documents will also be included in this word limit.

The Body of the paper should be written in Times New Roman, Font Size 12, Line Spacing 1.5 and Footnotes in Times New Roman, Font Size 10, Line Spacing 1.

The Citation must be in OSCOLA 4th Edition. The Authors should strictly adhere to it.Registration

All registrations will be complete only after the payment for registration is made

A copy of the payment slip must be sent to [email protected] when it is done

Participants must also inform the Organizing Team about their travel dates, along with intimation of fulfilling visa requirements in case of international delegates.

Registration Fee

Students/Researchers [Paper Presentation]: Rs. 2,000/-
Students/Researchers [Participation only]: Rs. 1,500/-
Academics/Practitioners [Paper Presentation]: Rs. 3,000/-
Academics/Practitioners [Participation only]: Rs. 2,500/-
NLUJAA Scholars [Paper Presentation]: Rs. 750/-
NLUJAA Scholars [Participation only]: Rs. 500/-
Delegates [Participation only]: Rs. 1,000/-
NLUJAA Faculty [Paper Presentation]: Rs. 1,000/-
On-spot Registration: Rs. 2,000/-

Online payment portal will open soon with the Conference Website very soon. We request you to stay updated and follow the university website for further updates.

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Ms. Juri Goswami: +91-9706788987

Ms. Adrita Bhuyan: +91-7663917434

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