Interdisciplinary contributions and applied case studies are particularly encouraged.
1. Climate Science, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence
- Advanced climate data, modelling, and forward-looking scenarios
- Remote sensing, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence
- Climate risks and early warning systems
- Multi-hazard vulnerabilities and mapping of climate impacts
- Territorialized climate indicators and decision-support systems
- Climate data governance and green finance
2. Forests, Biodiversity, Costal and Marine Areas
- Forests, terrestrial biodiversity, and ecosystem services
- Oceans and aquatic biodiversity
- The role of natural ecosystems in mitigation and adaptation
- Coastal and marine areas:
- Coastal erosion and sea level rise
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Sustainable blue economy
- Marine protected areas, environmental governance, and local communities
- Nature-based solutions for coastal territories
3.Agriculture, Food Security and Climate
- Climate-resilient and climate-smart agriculture
- Food and nutrition security
- Sustainable soil and water management
- Agroecology, agricultural innovations and local knowledge
- Sustainable and low-carbon agricultural value chains
4. Health, Education, and Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- Impacts of climate change on public health
- Climate-related diseases, heat stress and air quality
- Resilience of health systems and health adaptation strategies
- One Health and Planetary Health approaches
- Climate migration
- Education, capacity building and training of territorial stakeholders
- Role of universities, research, and youth
- Educational innovation and citizen science
5. Loss, Damages, and Climate Justice
- Emerging typologies of economic and non-economic losses
- Innovative methods for assessment, quantification and monitoring
- Loss and Damage Fund: governance, access, effectiveness and accountability
- Climate justice, territorial equity, and North-South/interregional solidarity
- Social, cultural and heritage impacts of climate change
6. Adaptation, Mitigation policies and Sustainable Development
- Public policies for adaptation and integrated territorial planning
- Transformational adaptation in response to the limits of conventional adaptation
- Integrated approaches addressing gender, youth and vulnerable groups
- Circular economy, nature-based solutions and climate co-benefits
- Adaptation finance and public-private/community partnerships, including in fragile contexts and territories affected by population displacement
- Regulatory frameworks, multi-level governance and international cooperation
7. Mitigation and Decarbonization of Industrial and Socio-Economic Systems
- Sectoral decarbonization
- Energy and energy transition
- Transport, sustainable mobility, decarbonized transportation, and green logistics
- Low-carbon buildings, energy efficiency and smart cities
- Waste management, resource economy and carbon neutrality
- GreenTech, artificial intelligence and industrial innovation
- Renewable energies, green hydrogen, carbon capture and storage
- Energy efficiency and behavioural change
8. Spatial planning, Housing, and Urbanization in the Face of Climate Change
- Spatial planning and integrated climate planning
- Sustainable housing, resilient buildings and climate-adapted infrastructure
- Urbanization, urban heat islands and urban climate solutions
- Resilient cities and green and blue infrastructure
- Urban forests and nature-based solutions
- Urban governance, land use and spatial equity
- Smart cities, digital technology and climate resilience
9. Territorial Resilience and Integrated Solutions
- Resilient infrastructure and sustainable spatial development, including decentralized energy infrastructures
- Ecosystem-based adaptation and hybrid solutions
- Climate migration, forced displacement and socio-territorial dynamics
- Innovation, traditional knowledge and territorial creativity
- Case studies, pilot projects, and community initiatives
- Participatory governance, collective intelligence and co-construction
10. Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Finance
- Corporate social responsibility and corporate climate strategies
- Green finance, sustainable investments and innovative financial mechanisms
- Resource management, laws, and regulations
- New economic models and impact economy
- Social and solidarity economy
- Entrepreneurial innovation, climate start-ups and carbon neutrality
- Impacts of climate regulations on the private sector
- Role of SMEs, territories and innovation ecosystems
11. Sustainable Tourism and Low-Carbon Transition in the Tourism Sector
- Impacts of climate change on tourist destinations
- Resilience of tourism territories to climate risks
- Coastal tourism and vulnerability of coastal areas
- Ecotourism, responsible tourism and nature-based solutions
- Cultural heritage, landscapes and sustainable tourism attractiveness
- Innovation, digitalization and territorial intelligence in tourism
- Engagement of local communities and governance of sustainable tourism
