Why a conference on climate overshoot?
The risk of exceeding the 1.5°C warming threshold is becoming increasingly real, making it more important than ever to understand the challenges of climate overshoot and explore ways to respond. This conference brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss how we can navigate the risks, trade-offs, and opportunities that come with overshoot scenarios.
A key goal is to contribute to a deeper understanding within the scientific and policy communities-as well as among civil society-about the implications of overshoot and the decisions that come with it. At the same time, the conference provides a space to identify critical research gaps, helping to shape the future of scientific work on this urgent issue.
Important dates:
29 APRIL: Launch of Call for Abstracts
4 JULY: Deadline for Abstract Submissions
28 JULY: Registrations open
29 AUG: Deadline by which presenting authors must register for their papers to be included in the program
01 SEPTEMBER: Scientific program will be made available
30 SEPTEMBER: Start of conference
Presentation format
The event will be held in person and will feature oral presentations, including, poster sessions, keynote speeches and parallel sessions.
Conference themes
The conference will cover a range of relevant topics, including:
– Highest possible mitigation ambition under overshoot
– Carbon dioxide Removal: Sustainability constraints and opportunities
– Earth System responses up to net zero and beyond
– Climate impact (ir)reversibility
– Overshoot legacy and tipping elements
– Adaptation and adaptation limits under overshoot
– Loss and damage
– Legal and justice implications of overshoot
