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2024气候变化及其风险国际暑期学校

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2024 International Summer School Program on

Climate Change and Related Risks

Jul 21 - Aug 8, 2024, Shanghai

一、国际暑期学校简介

General Introduction

Climate change stands out as one of the most critical challenges of the 21st century. The global temperature rise negatively impacts natural and socio-economic systems, public health, and individuals' lives. In addition to the overall temperature increase, climate change is associated with an increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, including heatwaves, heavy rainfall, severe storms, floods, and droughts. Indeed, in the 2024 World Economic Forum Risk report, extreme weather events rank number 2 in global risks in the short term (2-year perspective) and rank number 1 on the 10-year time range. The resulting losses and damages are particular severe. Climate change exerts strong and far-reaching impacts on diverse aspects of our living environment. This encompasses not only the planetary health (e.g. marine, freshwater, biodiversity and terrestrial ecosystems), but also the development of human society (e.g. such as energy, water resources, food security, habitats, infrastructure, economy, transport, shipping, human health, tourism, well-being, culture, and population migrations etc.). Tackling the intricate, cascading, and systemic risks triggered by anthropogenic climate change is a top priority for the decades ahead.

Supported by Fudan University (FDU), the World Meteorological Organization/Global Atmosphere Watch Programme (WMO/GAW), the Monitoring, Analysis, and Prediction of Air Quality International Research Program (MAP-AQ), and the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk International Program (IRDR), a decade-long summer school program has been initiated, focusing on climate change and its associated risks. This summer school program will be implemented by the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS), IRDR International Centre of Excellence on Risk Interconnectivity and Governance on Weather/Climate Extremes Impact and Public Health (ICoE-RIG-WECEIPHE) and MAP-AQ Asian Office at Fudan University. This innovative program is designed to serve as an interdisciplinary and international platform for students and young professionals from diverse fields, encompassing nature sciences, especially atmospheric and oceanic sciences, social sciences, such as economic science, and interdisciplinary sciences, such as environmental science and public health. The primary goal is for nurturing the next generation of scientists and leaders engaged in climate governance, immersing early-career scientists in cutting-edge climate change research, promoting inclusive collaboration and holistic integrative problem-solving. The program will offer comprehensive courses, lectures, and exchanges, providing participants with insights into the latest research developments and scientific methodologies to advance their professional growth in this critical field. To enhance the learning experience, the organizers plan to invite 10-20 internationally renowned scholars to Fudan University in Shanghai to deliver lectures who will strongly interact with those early-career scientists.

The summer school is scheduled to take place annually with each year's theme decided by a steering committee of the Summer School. The themes will revolve around climate change and its associated risks.

二、2024年度主题介绍

Description of 2024 Session

In the year 2024, the International Summer School Program on Climate Change and Related Risks will be held at Fudan University’s Jiangwan campus from July 21 to August 8, focusing on climate change and air quality. Climate change and air pollution are strongly interconnected and are exerting a combined effect on the health of our planet and its inhabitants. Evidence suggests that climate change may deteriorate air quality through altering emissions, reactions, and transport of chemical species as well as stagnant weather conditions, which play an important role in driving air pollution events. Air pollutants can also affect global warming. Particulate matters, which are detrimental to human health, can either cool or warm the atmosphere, depending on its characteristics. It is also well understood that climate actions including reducing fossil fuels consumption and a shift to clean energy would not only contribute to mitigation of climate change, but will also significantly improve air quality. Understanding the mutual relations between climate change and air quality is of paramount importance.

Several internationally renowned scholars/officials at the forefront of their fields and with extensive teaching experience have been invited to lecture at the summer school. A few outstanding young scholars/officials will also be invited to share the cutting-edge research findings in the related fields. Three modules are structured: (a) Science Basis of Climate Change, (b) Climate Change Governance, and (c) Climate Change – Air Quality – Health Nexus. The teaching language will be English.

The summer school will select and invite 100-200 students, postdocs and early-career young professionals from applicants worldwide. Alongside lectures and oral presentations, interactive discussions and group mini-project assignments will be organized to foster networking among participants. Distinguished groups will receive awards for their outstanding performance.

三、初步日程安排

Draft Schedule

四、授课专家简介

GeKeynote Speakers

(in alphabetical order of surname)

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Alexander Baklanov

Dr. Baklanov is an Affiliated Professor at University of Copenhagen and a consultant for World Meteorological Organization (WMO). He is a member (Academician) of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences and the Academia Europaea. He has more than 30 years of experience in environmental and atmospheric research, in particular in developing a new generation of online coupled meteorology-chemistry models, especially for urban applications.

Gregory R. Carmichael

Dr. Carmichael is University of Iowa’s Karl Kammermeyer Professor. He serves as the chair of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) of World Meteorological Organization (WMO). He is a leader in the development and application of chemical transport models at scales ranging from local to global. His studies have led to a greater appreciation and understanding of the importance of long-range transport of pollutants within Asia and across the Pacific.

Aiguo Dai

Dr. Dai is a Distinguished Professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York, USA. He is an internationally renowned climate scientist with a focus on climate variability and change, Arctic climate, the global water cycle, hydroclimate, drought, the diurnal cycle, and climate data analysis. He is an AMS Fellow and one of the world’s top 1% Highly Cited Researchers.

Jürg Luterbacher

Dr. Luterbacher is a Professor at Justus Liebig University Giessen. From 2020 to 2024 he served as the Director of Science and Innovation Department and Chief Scientist at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). He is an elected member of the Scientific Advisory Board appointed by UN Secretary General Guterres and member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature / Mainz, Germany. He contributed significantly to the holistic Climate-Earth System approach and has repeatedly received recognition as the Thompson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Geosciences.

Rajesh Kumar

Dr. Kumar is a project scientist in the National Security Applications Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado, USA. He is also a founder and co-chair of the international MAP-AQ (Monitoring, Analysis, and Prediction of Air Quality) project affiliated with the WMO and IGAC. He is a recognized expert on a range of air quality topics including analysis of in-situ and satellite products, emission estimates, source attribution, aerosol and dust modeling, chemistry climate simulations, air quality forecasting, and chemical data assimilation.

Daniele Violetti

Mr. Violetti is the Senior Director of the Programmes Coordination and Director a.i. of the Means of Implementation (MoI) Division, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He provides strategic direction and oversight in relation to the work of the Programmes Department, comprised of the four Programmes divisions (Adaptation, Means of Implementation, Mitigation, Transparency).

Elena Xoplaki

Dr. Xoplaki, a distinguished climatologist and academic leader, currently serves as Head of the Climatology, Climate Dynamics, and Climate Change group at Justus Liebig University Giessen. She is a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Vice-Chair of the ITU-WMO-UNEP Focus Group on AI for Natural Disaster Management. Her commitment to enhancing climate science and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration has yielded recognition, including the prestigious 2020 North South Prize of the Council of Europe.

Panmao Zhai

Dr. Zhai is Chief Scientist of the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Member of the National Climate Change Expert Committee in China. He has long time been involved in IPCC as the lead author for IPCC WG1 AR4 and AR5 and the Co-Chair of IPCC-AR6 Working Group I. His main study area is on detection, attribution, and projection of extreme weather and climate events.

Tong Zhu

Dr. Zhu, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is a Professor at Peking University. His long-term research in atmospheric chemistry and environmental health has yielded innovative results. He is ranked as one of the most cited Chinese researchers in Environmental Sciences by Elsevier, and highly cited researcher in cross field by Clarivate and Web of Science.

五、报名要求及方式

Application Information

(1) Applicant Requirements

Students and postdocs in atmospheric sciences, environmental sciences, climate governance or relevant fields from any country are welcome to apply. Young scholars who received their Ph.D. degree within 5 years are also welcome. Applicants should have a good command of English.

(2) Tuitions & Fees

The summer school is free of tuition.

Meals, transport and accommodation is not covered in general.

(3) Scholarship

The summer school program will select 10-20 outstanding international applicants and offer scholarships to cover their international travel (economy class) & accommodation & meals expenses. International students from developing countries will be given priority. Those interested in applying for a scholarship should submit their application before May 20th, 2024.

(4) Application Website

a) International applicants please sign up and log in to http://istudent.fudan.edu.cn/apply to fill out the online registration form and upload required supporting materials.

To locate our program, you can either (1) click on " Personal Application", then click on "Senior Advanced Student", and search "2024 International Summer School Program on Climate Change and Related Risks：Climate Change and Air Quality" or (2) enter"256719"in quick search channel.

The Admission Code is "256719", which is necessary to initiate the application process.

b) Domestic applicants please sign up and log in to http://register.fudan.edu.cn to fill out the online registration form and upload required supporting materials.

(5) Application supporting materials (Please note that applications without all required supporting materials will not be considered)

a) Passport Photocopy (Personal Information Page), for international applicants only

b) A detailed CV

c) Publications in PDF format (if any)

d) Personal Statement (maximum of 1 page with 2 paragraphs answering the following questions)

What is your motivation to attend 2024 International Summer School on Climate Change and Related Risks: Climate Change and Air Quality?
How do your interests and/or research relate to climate change and air quality? How does this event align with your research/career goals?

(6) Key dates

a) Application open: April 15th, 2024.

b) Deadline for scholarship consideration: May 20th, 2024. The selection results are expected to be notified within 2 weeks.

c) Deadline for general application: June 15th, 2024. The selection results are expected to be notified within 1 week.

(7) Contact Information

Dr. Huiling Ouyang, Email: ouyanghuiling@fudan.edu.cn

Ms. Ruping Wang, Email: wangruping@fudan.edu.cn, Phone: +86-21-31248810

Ms. Shengmei Ding, Email: dingshengmei@fudan.edu.cn

International Summer School Program

Climate Change and Related Risks

For more information, please visit

https://iss-climatechange.fudan.edu.cn （click "阅读原文” to enter）

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